SOFTBANK EXPOS TO CO-SPONSOR "SMART SOUNDS: MUSIC FOR THE PLANET," A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE
FOSTER CITY, Calif. (October 10, 1996) -- SOFTBANK Exposition and Conference Company, the leading producer of educational technology events, today announced that it will be co-sponsoring "Smart Sounds: Music for the Planet," a concert to benefit the conservation programs of the Rainforest Alliance. "Smart Sounds" is scheduled for Thursday, October 17, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. at New York's City Center Theater and will feature the talents of Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Bruce Cockburn, Marc Cohn, Steve Earle, Lisa Loeb, special guest Carly Simon and an all-star band featuring Cliff Carter, Steve Jordan, G.E. Smith, Danny Kortchmar, Warren Haynes and T-Bone Wolk. Performers will play Gibson SmartWood guitars, the first-ever line of environmentally friendly guitars made from wood harvested under strict environmental standards and certified by the Rainforest Alliance.
SOFTBANK Expos is co-sponsoring "Smart Sounds" in conjunction with the Netscape Internet Developers' Conference, scheduled for October 16-18, 1996 at the New York Hilton and Towers in New York City. SOFTBANK Expos will be offering registered conference attendees free tickets to "Smart Sounds" on a first-come, first-served basis at the Hilton and Towers. The Netscape Internet Developers' Conference will focus on developers building enterprise applications and content for corporate Intranets and Web sites. The three-day conference is part of an ongoing educational initiative for Intranet and Internet developers, and will feature session tracks geared to meet the needs of corporate software developers, independent software vendors, and enterprise Web masters.
"SOFTBANK Expos is very excited to be a co-sponsor of the 'Smart Sounds' benefit concert," said John Herr, President of the Internet Business Development Group of SOFTBANK Expos. "This is the first time SOFTBANK Expos has co-sponsored an event of this magnitude or environmental significance. We feel it is an excellent opportunity to offer Netscape Internet Developers' Conference attendees an evening concert to enhance their educational conference experience, and to support a very special cause--the conservation of the earth's rainforests and natural resources."
Netscape Internet Developers' Conference attendees who take advantage of the free tickets to attend "Smart Sounds" also get a 12-month cyber membership in the Rainforest Alliance, the ten-year-old international nonprofit organization. Cyber members will receive the Rainforest Alliance's newsletter, The Canopy, six times a year as well as periodic mailings for events and updates on Alliance activities starting in November 1996.
Developers interested in registering for the Netscape Internet Developers' Conference can call 800/488-2883, or register via the Web at http://developer.netscape.com/devcon. Full registration for the Netscape Internet Developers' Conference is U.S.$1,395. Members of Netscape DevEdge, the company's development partners program, will receive a U.S.$100 discount. An additional U.S.$100 discount is available to attendees of the March 1996 Netscape Developers Conference.
In addition to SOFTBANK Expos, "Smart Sounds" is sponsored by Netscape Communications Corporation, Gibson, WNEW-FM, Harley-Davidson Cafe, Archives Express and the Metropolitan Entertainment Group. The concert is being produced by the Rainforest Alliance and the Metropolitan Entertainment Group.
The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests for the benefit of the global community. Its mission is to develop and promote economically viable and socially desirable alternatives to the destruction of tropical forests and endangered, biologically diverse natural resources. The Rainforest Alliance pursues this mission through education, research in the social and natural sciences, and cooperative partnerships with businesses, government and local peoples. For more information on the Rainforest Alliance, check out http://www.rainforest-alliance.org.
SOFTBANK Expos, the world's largest Internet conference and trade show company, presents 21st century technology events, including NetWorld+Interop, Interop DotCom, JavaOne, Seybold Seminars, Web Innovator, Web Nation, Windows NT Intranet Solutions, Netscape Internet Developers' Conference, Interactive 96, Novell's DeveloperNet '97 Conference, Support Services, Lotus Domino Web Developers' Conference and Computer Training & Support. Its divisions include Strategic Networks Consulting, which provides custom consulting, advisory services, enterprise testing and benchmarking, and a national seminar series. The events begin with premier educational conferences which attract the brightest technology professionals. For qualified attendees, the trade show floor is a professionally enriching experience which maintains the attendee-exhibitor relationship year-round through online events and a collection of focused newsletters.
For more information on SOFTBANK Expos, call 800/4-SBEXPOS or 415/578-6900, or go to the SOFTBANK Web site.
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