LOS ANGELES-- Jan. 8, 2002--Key3Media Group announced a new educational conference specifically designed for the PDF community. Enterprises, organizations and government agencies are increasingly using PDF technology to store, exchange, review, re-purpose, proof and print digital documents. To meet the growing educational demand of PDF producing IT managers, graphic designers, marketing managers, printers and documentation specialists, Seybold Seminars introduces the Seybold PDF Conference, February 19-22, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. "By adding a PDF Conference to its educational program, Seybold Seminars is signaling the expanding role of Adobe PDF in businesses of all kinds,'' commented Joe Eschbach, vice president, ePaper Solutions Business Unit, Adobe Systems Incorporated. "Recent years have seen a tremendous growth in the use of Adobe PDF in corporations and governments worldwide. The PDF Conference will offer a compelling venue for the exchange of ideas and experiences and will enable all who attend to learn even more about putting Adobe PDF to work digitizing business processes.'' Mr. Eschbach, one of the keynote speakers for the two-day conference, will be joined by Paul Showalter, senior technical printing specialist, Internal Revenue Service. They will address both the creator and use of PDF technology. The Seybold PDF Conference is comprised of in-depth technical information, strategic discussions about the future of PDF, and practical case studies showing PDF's role in streamlining publishing and communication workflows. According to Hans Hartman, president of Suite 48 and co-conference chair of the Seybold PDF Conference, "We have designed a comprehensive educational program that covers about every possible application of PDF. If PDF is important to anyone's organization, this is the place to be.'' The six conference educational tracks and chairs are: * PDF For Print Publishers - David Zwang, systems and process analyst, Zwang & Company * PDF For Application Developers and Integrators - James King, principal scientist, Adobe Systems, Inc. * PDF for Enterprises and Government- Karl De Abrew, founder and CEO, BinaryThing.com * PDF for E-Publishing - David Zwang, systems and process analyst, Zwang & Company * PDF for E-forms and Database Publishing - Karl De Abrew, CEO, BinaryThing.com * PDF for Print Output Providers - Chris Heric, president, Christopher J. Heric & Co. For more information about Seybold Seminars New York 2002, visit www.seyboldseminars.com. To interview a Seybold executive contact Stacye Montez at [email protected]. To register as media visit http://www.key3media.com/seyboldseminars/