ADVISORY/SFTA Presents: Privacy Challenges Facing Businesses Today; Thursday, November 20th at FIU's Koven's Center, 3000 N.E. 151st St.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech, Health & Medical Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Nov. 20)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT? AND    The South Florida Technology Alliance, the premier
WHO?         knowledge resource and networking facilitator for
             executives of South Florida high-tech companies, will
             host Privacy Challenges Facing Businesses Today featuring
             Orson Swindle, Commissioner Federal Trade Commission.

             "Privacy is on the move," FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle
             said to a gathering of high-tech executives in Austin,
             Texas last month. "If you don't tend to the issue, the
             government will. And I don't think a government solution
             will be the right solution."

WHEN? AND    Thursday, November 20th at the Koven's Center of FIU's
WHERE?       Biscayne Bay Campus, 3000 N.E. 151st St., 5:30 p.m.
             reception/tabletop displays. 6:30 p.m. presentation.

DIRECTIONS:  From the South: Take I-95 North to N.W. 135th Street,
             Opa-Locka Blvd. (Exit 10B). Take 135th Street East to
             Biscayne Blvd. (US 1). Turn left on Biscayne Blvd. to
             N.E. 151st Street. Turn right at N.E. 151st Street and
             follow the signs to Koven's Conference Center (approx.
             1.5 miles).

             From the North (including Ft. Lauderdale International
             Airport): (Please note that "Biscayne Blvd." is US 1 in
             Miami. In Broward County US 1 is known as "Federal
             Highway.") Take I-95 South to Ives Dairy Road (Exit 16).
             Take Ives Dairy Road East to Biscayne Blvd. Take Biscayne
             Blvd. South to N.E. 151st Street. Turn left at N.E. 151st
             Street and follow the signs to the Koven's Conference
             Center (approx. 1.5 miles).

             From Miami International Airport: Follow signs to I-95
             North or Ft. Lauderdale. Follow Directions "From South"
             Listed Above.

             From the West (Palmetto Expressway, Turnpike, or Golden
             Glades Interchange): Follow Route 826 eastbound following
             signs "to Beaches" (this becomes N.E. 163rd Street). Turn
             right on Biscayne Blvd. (US 1). Take Biscayne Blvd. South
             to N.E. 151st Street. Turn left at N.E. 151st Street and
             follow the signs to the Koven's Conference Center
             (approx. 1.5 miles).

HOW?         For sponsorship and membership information or to RSVP,
             email [e-mail] or call 954-938-4763.

             Cost is $30 for non-members and $15 for South Florida
             Technology Alliance members.

             Visit our Web site http://www.southfloridatech.org for
             more information.