Industry Leaders to Discuss Covisint and E-Commerce in the World Market At the 35th Annual Detroit Management Conference, Wednesday, Nov. 15 At the Michigan State University Management Education Center

13 November 2000

    EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 13 The 35th Annual Detroit
Management Conference on Wednesday, Nov. 15, will focus on the leadership role
metro Detroit and the automotive industry are taking in shaping the e-commerce
revolution.
    The conference will be held at the Michigan State University Management
Education Center at the corner of Square Lake and Crooks Roads in Troy and
is sponsored by the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State
University.
    The conference schedule:

    *  1:30 p.m. -- Internet Workshop -- "Broadband: The High Speed Advantage
in Today's Digital Economy."  (Presented by Big Net.)

    *  3 p.m. -- Panel Discussion -- "Detroit Goes Dot.Com" -- the panel
discussion will feature key architects developing the Covisint online
business-to-business exchange.  Discussing the year's most-talked about and
most-debated business initiative are Alice Miles, Ford Motor Co.'s leader on
Covisint's executive planning team; Gary Dilts, senior vice president, e-
commerce platform team, DaimlerChrysler Corp.; Don Walker, vice president,
Commerce One; and Paul Cook (CFA), senior portfolio manager, Munder Capital
Management.

    *  5 p.m. -- Reception.

    *  6 p.m. -- Dinner and Keynote Presentation -- "Making Every Customer an
MVP: Brand Building in the New Economy," by John Costello.  Costello is
president and CEO of MVP.com, an online source for sports, fitness and
outdoor equipment and apparel.