Patricia Russo, Chairman & CEO of Lucent Technologies, Keynotes at the ICT World Forum @ CeBIT, March 17 -- 19, 2004

I2i Media Inc., in cooperation with Deutsche Messe AG, is pleased to announce that Ms. Patricia Russo, Chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies, will be the opening keynote speaker at the 2004 ICT World Forum @ CeBIT, at 10:00 on March 17, 2004.

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) December 16, 2003 -- I2i Media Inc., in cooperation with Deutsche Messe AG, is pleased to announce that Ms. Patricia Russo, Chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies, will be the opening keynote speaker at the 2004 ICT World Forum @ CeBIT, at 10:00 on March 17, 2004.

Patricia Russo is chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies, one of the largest suppliers of communications hardware, software and services to the world's communications service providers.

Ms. Russo was one of the founding executives who helped launch Lucent in 1996 and has spent 20 years of her career managing some of Lucent's and AT&T's largest divisions and most critical corporate functions.

Before returning to Lucent in January 2002, Ms. Russo served as president and chief operating officer of Eastman Kodak Company, overseeing the day-to-day operations of Kodak's operating divisions and serving as the CEO's strategic partner in pursuing new business opportunities.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Russo was chairman of the board of Avaya Inc., one of the world's leading enterprise communications businesses.

From 1999 to 2000, she served as executive vice president and CEO of Lucent's Service Provider Networks Group and had responsibility for $24 billion in sales, distribution, installation and development of products and systems for Lucent's service provider customers worldwide.

Ms. Russo also served as executive vice president, Corporate Operations at Lucent from 1997 through 1999. She was responsible for the executive management and oversight of strategy and business development as well as human resources development, public relations, investor relations, advertising, government affairs, global procurement and real estate services.

From 1992 through 1996, Ms. Russo was president of AT&T's Business Communications Systems unit (now Avaya Inc.). She led the business through a successful restructuring and financial turnaround, making it the second largest global business when Lucent was spun off from AT&T. Ms. Russo led the global sales and service operations in Business Communications Systems before becoming president.

Prior to 1992, Ms. Russo held key management and executive positions throughout AT&T in strategic planning, marketing, human resources and operations. Before joining AT&T in 1981, she spent eight years in sales and marketing at IBM.

Ms. Russo is a member of the board of Lucent Technologies, Schering-Plough Corporation and Georgetown University.

She received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in 1989. She also received an Honorary Doctorate in Entrepreneurial Studies from Columbia College in South Carolina.

With headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J. and 34,500 employees worldwide (Sept. 30, 2003), Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide.

Bell Labs is one of the world's leading sources of new communications technologies in use today. On March 10, 2003, Bell Labs was granted its 30,000th U.S. patent. Bell Labs scientists have received six Nobel Prizes in physics, nine U.S. Medals of Science and eight U.S. Medals of Technology.

For fiscal 2003, the company reported $8.5 billion in revenues from continuing operations.

The ICT World Forum @ CeBIT, now in its second year and already recognized as the defining conference event for senior leaders in the information and communication technology markets, will deliver its most comprehensive program to-date March 17 -- 19, at the Maritim Hannover Airport Hotel & Conference Center.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from an unprecedented lineup of speakers from some of the worlds most recognized technology companies.

Registration for the Forum is now open at: http://www.ictwf.com/regnow/ . Special discounted prices are offered through December 31.

For further information, please contact Alexander Glos at: aglos@i2i-m.com .

Tel: ++1.407.833.3892 or Fax: ++1.407.833.3894.

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