slide 1 World Congress on Information Technology 2006 “The Digital Life – Unleashing Human Potential” Presentation to WITSA Steering Committee May 5, 2005

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slide 3 WCIT 2006 – 3 Days in May Day 3-5 – World Congress on IT (WCIT)  Focus on Technology in the society of the 21 st Century  Keynote and General Sessions  Business, government and academia involved  True International Participation  Speakers, panels and interviews  Extensive opportunities for social gathering with peers  Novel technologies ‘Wall of Information’ – Wireless gone mad ‘Star Wars’ presentations

slide 4 WCIT 2006 Sample Program Areas Wireless Standards and Mobility Intellectual Property Security – Privacy and Piracy Healthcare Energy Open Source Education Transportation Media & Entertainment The Environment

slide 5 Speakers We will have around 115 speakers for the WCIT event They will be organized as:  1 “Marquee” speaker  6 ‘Keynote’ speakers  33 General Session speakers  ~ 75 additional speakers for a series of parallel sessions addressing subsets of the Congress The ‘mix’ of speakers will approximate the mix of the delegates:  70% Business  20% Government  10% Academia

slide 6 WCIT 2006 Confirmed US Business Speakers Michael Dell, Chairman, Dell John Thompson, CEO, Symantec Hector Ruiz, CEO, AMD John Chen, Chairman, CEO and President, Sybase Anne Mulcahy, Chairman & CEO, Xerox Michael Capellas, CEO, MCI

slide 7 Entertainment Events and Locations The Oasis – Drinks, dinner and live music Golf Tournament – Barton Creek Dead Man’s Hand Poker Tournament – Driskill Hotel – proceeds to charity Casino Night – Driskill Hotel Austin City Limits – ‘Texas Swing’ A Taste of Texas – Bob Bullock Museum ‘Geek Fest’ – La Zona Rosa –Battle of the High Tech bands Cinco de Mayo celebration – Auditorium Shore 6 th Street – ‘You’re on your own!!’

slide 8 WCIT 2006 Marketing

slide 9 WE NEED WITSA HELP WITSA Organizations are our PRIMARY point of contact to Delegates We intend to travel to at least the top 10 countries (by number of projected delegates)  We need your help with direct s  We need you to identify our audiences for presentations  We need you to set up ‘special events’ surrounding our visits We need your recommendation as to ‘group’ WITSA meetings and which ones we should attend

slide 10 Profile of Target Sponsors $100K + Sponsors Influential / Semi-Anchor Sponsors Industry Service Categories Services Software Hardware Government / Military Affinity Aerospace / Defense Energy / Utilities Financial Institutions Top 5 – 10 in Industry Geographic Focus

slide 11 Our Sponsorship Development Team Ben Bentzin – CEO Donna Wilcox – VP, Operations & Business Development Ainsley Williams – Director, Corporate Development Steve Levin – The Van Heyst Group Peter Johnson – The Van Heyst Group

slide 12 Call to Action Submit Company Name and Contact Information (name, title, phone number, address) to WCIT 2006  Ainsley Williams, OR Complete sponsorship form on website,

slide 13 Partial List of WCIT 2006 Sponsors

slide 14 World Congress on Information Technology 2006 “The Digital Life – Unleashing Human Potential”