Wednesday, May 15, 2002

GCoX Invitation - 2002

You are cordially invited to the German Centers of Excellence Executive Breakfast

May 16th, 7:30 - 9:00am at the Fairmont Hotel, San José

Dear Executive,

On behalf of the German Centers of Excellence, a forum for technology innovation and investment in Germany, I would like to extend an invitation to you to attend an exclusive private breakfast to be held at the Fairmont Hotel, in San José on Thursday, May 16th, 2002 between 7:30 and 9:00am. This "Executive Breakfast" will be attended by senior executives from technology companies across Germany and representatives from the 13 largest German cities. The program will include speakers as venerable as Paul Grosse, President and CEO of Deutsche Telekom; Claude Leglise, Vice President of Intel Capital; and Mr. George Shirakawa, the Vice Mayor of San José.

The purpose of the Executive Breakfast is to connect a select number of American executives with their German counterparts in order to share information and introduce opportunities for new business development both in the United States and in Germany. As a prominent member of the corporate leadership of Silicon Valley, the executive members of Germany's top cities have sincerely requested your presence. The Executive Breakfast launches the German Centers of Excellence program at the Fairmont Hotel in San José that includes workshop sessions in the afternoon, followed by an evening reception at the Tech Museum. You are very welcome to attend the workshops and reception, and we encourage you to look into the program on the German Centers website listed below.

We do hope that you will be able to attend this rich event; however, if you are not, we would be happy to extend an invitation to a representative that you may appoint in your place. You can learn more about the conference at our website: http://www.germancenters.com. Please R.S.V.P. as soon as possible to AHampton@OdellSimms.com or call (877) 313-6840. We look forward to hearing back from you and seeing you at the Breakfast.

Sincerely,

Andrea Hampton
German Centers of Excellence
Tel: (877)313-6840
Email: AHampton@OdellSimms.com