ADVISORY/Governor William J. Janklow and Tom Kelly From Cisco Systems to Open 11th Annual e-Learning Conference & Expo Today At the Washington, DC Convention Center.

Business/Technology Editors

11th Annual e-Learning Conference & Expo

ADVISORY...for Wednesday-Friday (April 18-20)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:           Over 5,000 professionals in the corporate, academic
                and government/military markets are expected to
                attend the 11th annual e-learning Conference & Expo
                starting today at the Washington DC Convention
                Center.

HIGHLIGHTS:     --Keynote Speakers for Wednesday, April 18 include:

                    9:00 a.m. --  William J. Janklow, Governor of
                    South Dakota will talk about "The Importance of
                    Technology in Education," in Room 30 and 31

                    10:00 a.m. -- Tom Kelly, CLO, Cisco Systems will
                    talk about "The New World Learning Challenge:
                    Keeping Pace in the Internet Era," in Room 30 and
                    31

                --Dozens of New Product Introductions: Companies
                planning to introduce new products and services
                include Trainersoft, The Avenue Group. Generation 21
                Learning Systems, Cybermax, LogicBay, THINQ Learning
                Solutions and many others.

                --New features on the show floor include the
                e-learning lab and Showcase Theater where attendees
                have an opportunity to try new technologies and
                evaluate products. In addition, the Advanced
                Distributed Learning (ADL) Applications Center will
                have demonstrations of the latest innovations in ADL
                technology. Attendees will be able to witness a live
                broadcast of the US Army's TNET video teleconferencing
                extra-terrestrial network integrated with the Army's
                DOD Satellite Education Network.

                --Principal Sponsor for the event are Astound, Inc.,
                Oracle, Click2Learn, EDS, Mentergy, Digital Think,
                Element K, Instruction Set, SmartForce, VCampus, THINQ
                Learning Solutions, Frost & Sullivan, NYUonline, Peer3
                and Quisic.

WHEN &          Wednesday, April 18 - Friday, April 20, 2001
WHERE           Washington, DC Convention Center

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MANAGED BY:     Advanstar Communications' Collaboration & e-learning
                Group
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                Santa Ana, CA  92707
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                http://www.elearningexpos.com