May 1- May 11, 1997
Thursday May 1
1:00 pm: Opening Press Conference
Equitable Center, 49th floor
Saturday May 3, Game One
11:00 am - 9:00 pm: Press Room Open
Equitable Center, 49th floor
3:00 pm: Game One
Equitable Center
5:00 - 5:15 pm: Press Briefing
Host: Dr. C.J. Tan, Press Room
Post Game: Limited one on one interviews with team members
Please schedule interviews in advance in the Press Room
Sunday May 4, Game Two
11:00 am - Noon: Demonstrations of IBM Technologies
Michelangelo Mezzanine; please sign up in advance in the Press Room
11:00 am - 9:00 pm: Press Room Open
Equitable Center, 49th floor
3:00 pm: Game Two
Equitable Center
5:00 - 5:15 pm: Press Briefing
Host: Dr. C.J. Tan, Press Room
Post Game: Limited one on one interviews with team members
Please schedule interviews in advance in the Press Room
9:00 - 10:00 pm: Press teleconference with Asia Pacific press and
team
(Time estimated based upon the length of the game)
Monday May 5, No Game
8:00 - 2:00 pm: Press trip to IBM Research
Overview of IBM Research, new technologies, demos. Transportation and lunch provided. Please sign up in advance in the Press Room
10:00 - 11:00 am: Press teleconference with European press
11:00 - 6:00 pm: Michelangelo Mezzanine open to press
2:30 - 4:00 pm: Press tour of Deep Blue technologies
Equitable Center
Includes tours of: Deep Blue system, Deep Blue team war room, match room, website operations center
Please sign up in advance in the Press Room
Tuesday May 6, Game Three
11:00 am - 9:00 pm: Press Room Open
Equitable Center, 49th floor
3:00 pm: Game Three
Equitable Center
5:00 - 5:15 pm: Press Briefing
Host: Dr. C.J. Tan, Press Room
Post Game: Limited one on one interviews with team members
Please schedule interviews in advance in the Press Room
Wednesday May 7, Game Four
11:00 am - 9:00 pm: Press Room Open
Equitable Center, 49th floor
3:00 pm: Game Four
Equitable Center
5:00 - 5:15 pm: Press Briefing
Host: Dr. C.J. Tan, Press Room
Post Game: Limited one on one interviews with team members
Please schedule interviews in advance in the Press Room
Thursday May 8, No Game
8:00 - 2:00 pm: Press trip to IBM Research:
Overview of IBM Research, new technologies, demos. Transportation and lunch provided. Please sign up in advance in the Press Room
10:00 - 11:30 am: Press tour of Deep Blue technologies
Equitable Center
Includes tours of: Deep Blue system, Deep Blue team war room, match room, website operations center
Please sign up in advance in the Press Room
11:00 - 6:00 pm: Michelangelo Mezzanine open to press
Friday May 9, No Game
10:00 - 11:30 am: Press tour of Deep Blue technologies
Equitable Center
Includes tours of: Deep Blue system, Deep Blue team war room, match room, website operations center
Please sign up in advance in the Press Room
11:00 - 6:00 pm: Michelangelo Mezzanine open to press
Saturday May 10, Game Five
11:00 am - Noon: Demonstrations of IBM technologies
Michelangelo Mezzanine
Please sign up in advance in the Press Room
11:00 - 9:00 pm: Press Room Open
Equitable Center, 49th Floor
3:00 pm: Game Five
Equitable Center
5:00 - 5:15 pm: Press Briefing
Host: Dr. C.J. Tan, Press Room
Post Game: Limited one on one interviews with team members
Please schedule interviews in advance in the Press Room
Sunday May 11, Game Six, Mother's Day
11:00 - 9:00 pm: Press Room Open
Equitable Center, 49th Floor
3:00 pm: Game Six
Equitable Center
5:00 - 5:15 pm: Press Briefing
Host: Dr. C.J. Tan, Press Room
Post Game:
Press Conference, Equitable Center, 49th Floor
Awards, prize money to be given out
Limited one on one interviews with team members
A short briefing is scheduled with Garry Kasparov and the IBM Deep Blue
team after each game. All attendees, including editors, are invited. The one on one
interviews with Deep Blue team members will immediately follow these short
briefings.
Games are limited to seven hours in regulation play; the average length
of games in 1996 was under four hours.
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