The biggest players in the Electronic Document Systems industry look to the event for thought leadership and an eye to the future. September 24 , 2002: Top level executives from Adobe Systems, Heidelberg Digital/NexPress, Hewlett-Packard Commercial Printing Systems, IBM Printing Systems, Nipson Digital Printing Systems BV, Oce Printing Systems USA Inc., Scitex Digital Printing and Xerox Corporation will be offering key insights into their organisations strategies and electronic document systems (EDS) solutions at Xplor 2002, 27th - 30th October, in Anaheim, California. All members of Xplor International's Joint Technology Council (JTC), the eight major league executives will be discussing the latest product innovations and offering fresh industry intelligence at a one-off user forum on the first day of the conference, Sunday 27th October. All eight companies represented will also be making announcements or displaying new solutions during the four day exhibition. The JTC program offers a forum for technology users and suppliers to debate the state of the EDS industry and examine and discuss industry trends and the latest product offerings from EDS vendors. "The JTC forum is a great chance for end users to become directly involved in future EDS technology developments," said Geri Del Priore, EDP, vice chairman of Xplor International. "And JTC forum members are able to develop a better understanding of customer requirements while building partnerships with other suppliers that benefit both vendors and users". The JTC Executive Forum will be the centrepiece in the Opening Session of Xplor 2002. The JTC members will be joined by The Delphi Group's Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Carl Frappaolo, who will present a keynote session on what the word 'document' now means and the challenges and opportunities within document management. At this, one-off session attendees will also be addressed by: - Adobe Systems Kumar Vora, Vice President ePaper Server Solutions Group - Heidelberg/Digital NexPress Mark Weber, Executive Vice President of NexPress Solutions - Hewlett-Packard Bill McGlynn, General Manager, Commercial Printing Solutions - IBM Printing Systems David Dobson, General Manager - Nipson Digital Printing Systems, BV Alfons Buts, President and CEO - Oce Printing Systems USA, Inc. Tom Long, President and CEO - Scitex Digital Printing Nachum (Homi) Shamir, President and CEO - Xerox Corporation Anshoo Gupta, President Xerox Production Systems Group "Leading professionals need to stay on top of current trends in the industry and they look to the JTC for insight," said James Shand, EDP, chairman of Xplor International. "It's a fantastic opportunity having the JTC available to attendees at Xplor 2002. I'd encourage everyone in the industry to take the time to come along and listen to what the forum members have to say." Further information can be found at: http://www.xplor.org/jtc Additional Information To register or for updates on Xplor 2002, the 23rd Global Electronic Document Systems Conference & Exhibit, visit http://www.xplor.org/xplor2002, e-mail [email protected], or call +1-866-799-7567.