As time and dollar investments into research and development (R&D) continue to grow, the life sciences industry demands ever increasing support from the IT community to achieve maximum results in drug discovery and development. The Executive IT Life Science Forum gives senior executives the opportunity to discuss, strategize and offer solutions that drive efficiency within the R&D processes. Bill Blake, senior vice president of product development at Netezza Corp. and Marshall R. Peterson, CTO of the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, are Forum keynote co-presenters for a session on High Performance Computing. The conference, which is presented by Marcus Evans, will address significant concepts in R&D innovation including approaches to high-throughput computing, enhanced data management capabilities, bioinformatics functionality, distributed computing infrastructures and emerging R&D technologies. Who: Bill Blake, senior vice president, product management, Netezza Corp. Marshall R. Peterson, CTO of the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation What: 'Executive IT Life Science Forum' Co-Keynote Presenters When: Thursday, June 5, 2003 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, Mass. 11:30 a.m. ET, Co-Keynote Presentation on "High Performance Computing" How: Register now at--www.marcusevans.com/Prices/regPrice.asp?EventID=7332 Bill Blake is also serving as Day Two Conference Chair, delivering opening remarks at 8:45 a.m. ET, and will moderate a panel discussion "Open Source Computing: High Performance Computing Advantages and the Challenges That Arise" at 1:45 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 5, 2003.