Seybold Seminars Amsterdam 2004 Announces Powerful Industry Presence on Pavilion Floor; Hot Picks Winners Highlight Exceptional New Products and Technologies at Event

Business Wire,  April 6, 2004  

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Seybold Seminars Amsterdam 2004

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2004

MediaLive International, Inc. today announced strong industry momentum for the Pavilion area at Seybold Seminars(R) Amsterdam 2004, taking place April 18-21 at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Pavilion is co-located with XML Europe 2004 and will feature industry-leading sponsors including: Adobe; Enfocus Software; Esko-Graphics; Microsoft Office Infopath 2003; and Quark Inc.

"The print and enterprise publishing markets are at a crossroads," said James M. Smith, VP and GM of Seybold Seminars, Publications & Consulting. "The presence of these blue chip companies underscores the importance of an event like Seybold Seminars Amsterdam 2004 to provide the community, context and commerce that our industry needs to push forward."

Several companies will be issuing product announcements at the event, including: Digilink's MediaBase PuMa publishing application; Ektron's CMS400.NET "native" .Net-based content management solution; Van Gennep's latest version of PlanSystem3; new features added to the PDFlib's product suite; and Snapbridge XStudio Pro and Snapbridge FDX XML Server.

Additional Pavilion exhibitors include:

-- 3kSoft Co., Ltd.

-- Advent 3B2 Inc.

-- Antenna House, Inc.

-- Artwork Systems

-- Astoria Software Inc.

-- Blast Radius

-- Callas Software

-- CarpeVerba, division of Fotek nv

-- Caslonsoft A/S

-- Datalogics, Inc.

-- Design Science

-- Digilink

-- DTS Medien GmbH

-- Ektron Inc.

-- Exegenix

-- Innodata Isogen, Inc.

-- MIMOTEK

-- Ontopia

-- PDFlib GmbH

-- Percussion Software

-- ReportLab

-- ScanSoft, Inc.

-- Screen Europe

-- Snapbridge Software, Inc.

-- Stibo Catalog Inc.

-- Thomson Digital

-- Tridion BV

-- Van Gennep - M.A.C.

-- Inventive Designers NV

Hot Picks Winners Announced

Seybold Seminars, Publications & Consulting has also announced Seybold Publications Editors' Hot Picks. The five products selected as Hot Picks highlight the new products and technologies on display during Seybold Seminars(R) Amsterdam 2004.

The companies recognized this year are: Advent 3B2; Callas Software; Digilink; Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003; and Van Gennep. The products selected, some of which are launching at the event, include a new XML publishing technology; an automated data preparation program for digital printers; a publication management system; an information gathering and management program; and a workflow management system with content management capabilities.

To be considered for Hot Picks recognition, all exhibiting companies were required to submit information on their exhibiting products at Seybold Seminars(R) Amsterdam 2004 and were subjected to a comprehensive review process. From these, The Seybold Report editors selected the most exceptional entries to be their Hot Picks, which will also appear in the April 12 issue of The Seybold Report.

Seybold Seminars(R) Amsterdam 2004 and its sister event in San Francisco provide a global platform for companies to learn about, test-drive and purchase technologies for creative professionals and the print and enterprise publishing markets. Seybold Seminars(R) Amsterdam 2004 will cover developments and best practices in the PDF, JDF, content management and creative professional markets.

About Seybold Seminars, Publications & Consulting

Part of the MediaLive International, Inc. family of global brands, Seybold Seminars, Publications & Consulting ("Seybold Seminars") provides events, educational forums and publications that keep businesses competitive within the rapidly evolving publishing technology industry. Through targeted conferences and Pavilions, technical publications and reports, and its custom corporate consulting services, Seybold Seminars fosters ongoing debate, collaboration and commerce for companies focused on leveraging media technology for business success. Upcoming Seybold Seminars events include Seybold(R) San Francisco, August 16-19, 2004 in San Francisco. Learn more about the Seybold Seminars community at www.Seybold365.com.

For more information about Seybold Seminars(R) Amsterdam 2004, please visit www.Seybold365.com/ams2004, or contact Ben Stricker at ben.stricker@mlii.com.

About MediaLive International, Inc.

MediaLive International is producer of the world's best-known events, related media and marketing services for technology buyers and sellers. MediaLive International's products and services encompass the IT industry's largest exhibitions, including COMDEX(R) and NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R), such highly focused educational programs as Next Generation Networks(R), custom seminars including JavaOne(SM), respected publications including Business Communications Review, and specialized vendor marketing programs. Created in 2003 from the assets of Key3Media, MediaLive International is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, with offices throughout the world. For more information about MediaLive International, visit www.medialiveinternational.com.