ADVISORY/CEOs Of Agfa, Epson, Fuji and Kodak To Discuss Changing Landscape Of Imaging Industry At Marquee Event As Part Of Photokina 2002.

Business Editor & News Director

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (September 25)

Photokina 2002

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

What: The CEOs of Agfa-Gevaert Group, Eastman Kodak Company, Fuji Photo
      Film Co., Ltd., and Seiko Epson Corp. - as well as executives from
      IBM Corp., Photo Marketing Association International and Future
      Image Inc. - will discuss the changing landscape of the imaging
      industry in a landmark panel discussion organized by the Cologne
      Fair Authority (KolnMesse GmbH) and the German Photo Industry
      Association.

      Titled "Imaging Convergence. Market Convergence: Advances In
      Imaging Are Reshaping World Markets," the panel will kick off
      photokina 2002, the world's largest imaging trade show and
      exhibition to be held from September 25-30 in Cologne, Germany.
      Panelists will address topics such as how the convergence of
      imaging and information technology is reshaping the imaging
      industry, new technologies, how companies can adapt to this
      change, the nature of competition with new industry players, and
      the future of the industry.

Who: The panelists will be:

   -- Dr. Ludo Verhoeven, chief executive officer, Agfa-Gevaert Group
   -- Daniel A. Carp, chairman and chief executive officer, Eastman
      Kodak Company
   -- Minoru Ohnishi, chairman and chief executive officer, Fuji Photo
      Film Co., Ltd.
   -- Gail Whipple, vice president, Global Digital Media, IBM Corp.
   -- Norio Niwa, senior managing director and chief executive, Seiko
      Epson Corp.
   -- Alexis J. Gerard, president, Future Image Inc.
   -- Ted Fox, chief operating officer, Photo Marketing Association
      International

      Paul Maidment, executive editor of Forbes magazine, will
      moderate the panel.

Where: Photokina 2002 in Cologne, Germany; Kristallsaal (Entrance 10/11
       of the Cologne Exhibition Center)

When: 10 to 11:30 a.m. (Cologne, Germany, time) on Wednesday,
      September 25, 2002

Contacts: Ulrike Hoberg, +49 / (0)221/821-2246, [e-mail]

Notes: The panel is open to members of the media and the general
       photokina audience. For more information about the panel and
       photokina 2002, visit www.photokina.de.

SOURCE: KolnMesse GmbH (Cologne Fair Authority)