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Bruce Chizen of Adobe and Visionary John Seely Brown to Present Keynote Addresses at the AIIM Conference & Exposition

Press release from the issuing company

AIIM 2006 NEWTON, Mass.--Jan. 17, 2006-- Questex Media Group, Inc. today announced the keynote speakers for its AIIM Conference & Exposition, the leading industry event for enterprise content and document management, to be held May 15-18 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The keynote sessions will provide attendees with valuable insights into the convergence of communications, digital information, and printing. Keynote speakers include: Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Inc., will present the keynote address on Tuesday, May 16 at 9:00 a.m. Mr. Chizen's customer-focused vision has transformed Adobe into one of the world's largest and most diversified software companies in terms of revenue, global reach and breadth of products. He has turned a company known mainly for its popular design products into one of the most significant forces in the software industry today. John Seely Brown, former chief scientist at Xerox Corporation will deliver the keynote address on Thursday, May 18 at 9:00 a.m. Mr. Brown is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California. Previously, he was the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and the director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)--a position he held for nearly two decades. While at Xerox, he was deeply involved in the management of "radical innovation" and in the formation of corporate strategic positioning of Xerox as The Document Company. He co-authored the acclaimed book "The Social Life of Information," that has been translated into nine languages, and has just finished co-authoring "The Only Sustainable Edge" which challenges businesses to look beyond conventional boundaries when envisioning the future. "We have a remarkable lineup of technology leaders to keynote the event this year. We anticipate an excellent response to these gentlemen," said Christina Condos, group director, Technology Events for Questex. "Several months in advance of the conference, we are seeing strong commitments from exhibitors and attendees - this demonstrates the critical importance of this industry. Conference and exposition attendees will learn about new trends, the latest technologies and how to develop the best strategies for their organization's business performance." "For more than two decades we have redefined business by setting new standards for producing and delivering content that engages individuals anywhere at anytime," added Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Incorporated. "We continue to push the boundaries of the digital universe. I look forward to offering my insights on the industry to attendees of the conference." "AIIM will be showcasing the most advanced technologies and solutions available for improving enterprise content management business processes," commented John Mancini, president of AIIM, the ECM association. "Our goal is to raise awareness of the pivotal role that enterprise content management technologies plays within an overall IT structure and increase understanding of core technologies and how they fit into a sound ECM solution." The AIIM Conference & Expo is the largest enterprise content and document management event showcasing the technologies and solutions that help align content and business processes in order to drive performance. For more than 50 years, it has attracted business professionals and executive management seeking the latest technologies to capture, manage, share, and store documents and digital content to support business processes, comply with governmental regulations, drive down costs, and gain the competitive advantage. Keynote sessions are free to all AIIM Conference & Exposition attendees. For additional information, please visit www.aiimexpo.com.