Columnist Terry Savage, CEOs from HotJobs.com and Metamor Tech Also To Speak

U.S. Commerce Secretary William M. Daley will deliver a noon luncheon address entitled "WWW: The Web, The Worker, the World: Commerce that Works in the 21^st Century," May 18 at the 1999 Spring Business Conference sponsored by DePaul University’s College of Commerce.

The conference, "Global Connections for the Next Millenium," convenes at the Chicago Hilton & Towers, 720 S. Michigan Ave.

"William Daley has done an outstanding job as commerce secretary and has proven himself to be a champion of all American business," said conference host Ronald J. Patten, dean of DePaul’s College of Commerce and Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. "We are pleased and honored that he will be speaking at the conference and I know people in the business community will be very interested in what he has to say."

The conference, which begins with a networking breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and concludes after the luncheon, also will feature panel discussions on current business topics. Author and nationally syndicated finance columnist Terry Savage will lead a 9 a.m. session on financial markets. At 10:30 a.m., Richard Johnson, President and CEO of HotJobs.com, Ltd., and Brian Farrar, President and CEO of Metamor Technolgies, Ltd., will discuss topics relating to Internet commerce. The title of Johnson's address is "Ecommerce: Viable Business Models for Success." A leading Internet recruiting site, Hotjobs.com features 11,000 resumes online, serves 118,000 employers and projects revenues of $25 million this year. Metamor Technologies is a technology consulting business with projected revenues of $80 million this year.

Daley, the brother of Chicago Mayor and DePaul law school graduate Richard M. Daley, became the 32^nd secretary of Commerce and a member of the President’s economic team two years ago. He manages a department of 40,000 employees and a budget of $5 billion. The far-reaching department promotes American business, keeps a vast array of business statistics, issues patents and trademarks, sets industrial standards, conducts oceanic research, forecasts the weather and will conduct the upcoming year 2000 census.

Since becoming commerce secretary, Daley has visited 35 countries to promote American exports, led 120 executives on trade missions, and headed efforts to help firms win 100 contracts overseas worth $26 billion. He has worked to improve the department’s overseas staffing to find new exporting opportunities. Daley also has increased the monitoring of foreign trade practices to ensure American companies and workers are not being harmed. Daley’s priorities include increasing Internet use by small- and medium-sized businesses and creating government policies that help the private sector’s efforts to expand electronic commerce.

The conference fee is $125 per person to attend the full conference or $75 per person to attend only the luncheon and Daley’s address. The registration deadline is May 8. For information and registration, call 312/362-8584.

About DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

Kellstadt is the fifth largest business school in the nation with an enrollment of about 2,500 students. The school’s part-time Master’s of Business Administration degree program is ranked fifth best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and the school’s entrepreneurship program is ranked second best program in the country by SUCCESS magazine. Kellstadt’s MBA program was launched 50 years ago. DePaul, the largest of all American Catholic universities by enrollment, is celebrating the 100^th anniversary of its founding this academic year.