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UK Internet Summit
Thursday 28th October 1999



9.00am Welcome
Ian Hargreaves, Chair, New Statesman

9.10am Implications for the UK Economy and the Government’s approach
Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Text of Chancellor's speech
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9.55am Taming technology – why the UK will lead the digital world
Barclay Knapp, CEO, ntl:
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11.10am Changing the balance of power: the individual versus the establishment
Esther Dyson, Chairman, EDventure Holdings

11.50am New Economic Models and the challenge of policing the economy
Dr Tim Holt, Director, Office for National Statistics
Jim Rose, CEO, QXL

12.20pm Skills development and the new role for unions
Tony Young, Senior Deputy General Secretary, Communication Workers Union

2.00pm Venture Capital and the Role of the Stock Market
Dr Hermann Hauser, Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd
Tommaso Pompei, CEO, Wind (Italy)
Dan Wagner, CEO, Dialog Corporation plc

2.55pm Web Upstarts: a threat to the new establishment?
Xavier Azalbert, Managing Director, first-e
Mina Gouran, Kornferry interactive recruitment
Martha Lane-Fox and Brent Hoberman, lastminute.com
Bob Geldof, deckchair.com
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4.15pm How best should ‘Traditional’ Companies can React to the Web?
Tim Jones, MD, NatWest Retail Banking
Bob Dusté, CEO, Charles Schwab Europe
Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP Group
Carl Symon, CEO, IBM UK

5.10pm Employment and Lifelong learning
Michael Wills MP, Lifelong Learning Minister, DfEE

5.20pm Discussion and closing remarks
Patricia Hewitt MP, Minister of State, DTI

Media links

Guardian
Poor to receive computers for £5 a month

PA
Ministers launch virtual government