Performing an Audit of the Year 2000 Project Two Day Technical Audit Seminar for Auditors & Control Professionals

June 8-9, 1998 - St. Louis, MO
July 20-21, 1998 - Minneapolis, MN
August 17-18, 1998 - Denver, CO
Presented by Audit Serve, Inc. For more information, refer to Click Contact Link

SPG Conferences

June 29-July 1, 1998 - Chicago, IL
September 16-18, 1998 - Los Angeles, CA
September 23-25, 1998 - San Francisco, CA
October 20-22, 1998 - Dallas, TX
November 9-11, 1998 - Boston, MA
Presented by Software Productivity Group (SPG). For more information, refer to Click Contact Link

Year 2000 TIC (Testing, Implementation, Certification) & Beyond Two DayTechnical Seminar for Y2K Date Conversion & Project Office Professionals

April 30-May 1, 1998 - Washington, D.C.
July 23-24, 1998 - Minneapolis, MN
Presented by Audit Serve, Inc. For more information, refer to Click Contact Link

DCI Conferences

June 16-18, 1998 - Chicago, IL
September 1-3, 1998 - Boston, MA
October 13-15, 1998 - Orlando, FL
November 3-5, 1998 - Chicago, IL
Presented by DCI. For more information, refer to Click Contact Link

Year 2000 Computer Crisis: The Litigation Summit

June 18-19, 1998 - Atlanta, Georgia
July 30-31, 1998 San Francisco, CA
Presented by Fulcrum Information Systems. To receive more information, call 800-869-4302. Co-chaired by Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP.

Professional Notes

Speaking Engagements

Vito C. Peraino is scheduled to speak at the following speaking engagements:

Fulcrum's Year2000 Computer Crisis: The Litigation Summit

June 18-19, 1998 - Atlanta, GA
July 30-31, 1998 - San Francisco, CA

Environmental Claims Managers Association
April 22-24, 1998 - Sanibell Island, FL

IPBA Conference
May 1-5, 1998 - Auckland, New Zealand

Hawaii Bankers Association
May 30, 1998 - Honolulu, HI

SPG Conferences

September 16-18, 1998 - Los Angeles, CA
October 20-22, 1998 - Dallas, TX

Peter J. Whalen will be speaking at the following:
Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association
April 30, 1998 - St. Petersburg, FL

Executive Enterprises US/Canadian GAAP Reporting Standards Conference
May 4-5, 1988 - Vancouver, Canada

Savannah Lichtman will be speaking at the following:

Environmental Claims Managers Association
April 23, 1998 - Sanibell Island, FL

Projected Year 2000 Problem Costs

The charts below provide an updated tally of several published Year 2000 budgets. If you are aware of a published budget, please e-mail Janki Nayar at Click Contact Link and include the published reference. For a complete listing of Year 2000 projected costs, please refer to the Hancock Year 2000 page at Click Contact Link

                              Projected
                              Future
Company                       Costs          Source

American Greetings            $35M           Crain's Business 2/16/98
Arkansas Employment 
Security Dept.                $4.9M          Business Wire 2/25/98
AXA Canada                    $10M           The Gazette 2/7/98
BCE Inc.                      $450M          The Gazette 2/7/98
Belgium                       $12B           Int'l Market Insight 
                                             Reports  2/4/98
Bell Helicopter Textron 
Canada                        $1.1M          The Gazette 2/7/98
Calgary                       $1.5M          The Ottawa Citizen
                                                        1/25/98
City of St. Petersburg, FL    $1.5M          St. Petersburg 
                                             Times 2/9/98
Cobb County, GA               $3.2M          The Atlantic Journal 
                                             and Constitution 2/12/98
Columbia/HCA                  $60M           Business Journal-
                                             Jacksonville 11/28/97
FAA                           $50M           Air Safety Week 2/9/98




First Commercial Corp.
of Little Rock                $10M           Business Dateline;
                                             Arkansas Business 
                                             1/12/98
Florida Power                 $10M           St. Petersburg 
                                             Times 2/9/98
Hydro-Quebec                  $60M           The Gazette 2/7/98
KeyCorp                       $40M           Crain's Cleveland
                                             Business 2/16/98
Massachusetts Bay 
Transit Authority             $35M           Crain's Cleveland
                                             Business 2/16/98
National Library              $10M           NZ Infotech 
                                             Weekly 2/9/98
Ottawa-Carleton Regional
Transit                       $4.6M          The Ottawa Commission
                                             Citizen 1/25/98
Pinellas County, FL           $300K          St. Petersburg 
                                             Times 2/9/98
Raymond James & Associates    $5M            St. Petersburg 
                                             Times 2/9/98
Reuters                       $200M          Daily Mail 2/11/98
Unilever                      $500M          Journal of Commerce  
                                             2/25/98
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.          $22M           Business Dateline;
                                             Arkansas Business 
                                             1/12/98

Hot Healthcare Internet Links

Click Contact Link Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP's Year 2000 Liability Website. This site provides a resource to year 2000 legal information.

Click Contact Link Health Care Year 2000 Information

Click Contact Link Rx2000 Solutions Institute Home Page

Click Contact Link Orlando Regional Health Care System Year 2000 Home Page

Click Contact Link Center for Disease Control and Year 2000
Click Contact Link Food and Drug Administration and Year 2000
Click Contact Link Year 2000 Working Group Best Practices and Online Conference

Vito C. Peraino, Esq. of Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP in Los Angeles, California chairs the firm's Year 2000 Working Group and specializes in 4, Year 2000 legal issues. Reach him at Click Contact Link

Please refer to our website at Click Contact Link for more links

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