LANCASTER, Pa.--Jan. 10, 2003--The Acrobat & PDF 2003 Conference will be held at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, in the heart of Walt Disney World April 10-11, 2003. The conference is the premiere gathering of professionals involved in creating Portable Document Format (PDF) files and implementing PDF document solutions. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems and is used by their popular Acrobat software. Twenty-four separate educational sessions over two days provide a wealth of PDF information organized into three separate tracks. These three distinct tracks meet the needs of CIOs and technology managers, PDF users and IT professionals. Complete session descriptions, speaker biographies and registration information is available on-line at www.pdf2003.com. In the Technology Management track, managers can learn about PDF based document and forms solutions. Sessions covering new and emerging PDF technologies along with software from Adobe and other PDF vendors are included. Sessions also include case studies showcasing best practices for PDF documents and forms including PDF offerings from multiple vendors. The IT Professional track provides the technical details necessary for implementing PDF solutions. Sessions in this conference track include XML & PDF, JavaScript & PDF and PDF. The PDF User track is for those responsible for creating, sharing and using PDF files. Sessions are focused on making users more efficient with Adobe Acrobat and other PDF software. Sessions includecreating optimized PDFs for print and web publishing, editing PDF files, securing PDF files and converting documents to PDF. Well-known industry experts, authors, software developers and technologists lead the conference sessions. PDF Bible author Ted Padova, Teach Yourself Acrobat in 24 Hours author Christopher Smith, activePDF founder Tim Sullivan, Image Solutions President Jinsoo Kim and PDF Sages' Chief Technology Officer Leonard Rosenthol are all scheduled to present. A complete list of speakers is available on-line at www.pdf2003.com. The conference provides exceptional access to conference speakers and numerous networking opportunities to meet other professionals involved with PDF. An exhibit area provides opportunities to see the latest PDF technologies and meet with vendors developing PDF solutions. A partial list of exhibitors includes activePDF, Appligent, AGI, DataLogic, Enfocus, PowerXChange and PlanetPDF.