ADVISORY/TechLearn 2002 and the World e-Learning Congress to be Held in Orlando, Florida, October 27-30.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Sunday-Wednesday (Oct. 27-30)

TechLearn 2002

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Event, Produced by Advanstar Communications and Hosted by

Elliott Masie, to Focus on the Future of Learning

WHAT:       TechLearn 2002 is a unique opportunity to work with
            other senior learning and training colleagues from
            organizations around the world on the "Future of
            Learning!" Each year, TechLearn addresses the key issues
            that are currently confronting learning and training
            professionals and a full range of deploying learning,
            training and technologies, including e-Learning, digital
            collaboration, learning management, instructional
            design, new models of classroom training and aligning
            learning with business drivers and outcomes. TechLearn
            provides a vendor-neutral learning and dialogue
            environment throughout the conference, asking tough and
            challenging questions and providing a "radar screen" of
            upcoming changes in the field.

WHEN &      Sunday, October 27 - Wednesday, October 30, 2002
WHERE:      Disney's Coronado Springs Resort at Walt Disney World,
            Orlando, Florida

EVENT
HIGHLIGHTS:  -- TechLearn 2002 will provide an intense look at:
                 -- Content, Content and More Content: How can we
                    close the content gap?
                 -- Models of organizational learning.
                 -- Technologies for developing, delivering and
                    managing learning.
                 -- Business processes needed to leverage the impact
                    of learning.
                 -- Services, products and tools in and coming into
                    the marketplace.

             -- High Profile Keynotes & Case Studies:
                 -- Elliott Masie, President, The Masie Center
                 -- Peter Senge, MIT
                 -- Dave Barry, Comedian & Columnist
                 -- Steve Kerr, CLO, Goldman Sachs, formerly of GE
                 -- Beth Thomas, Learning Manager, The Limited
                 -- Wayne Hodgins, AutoDesk
                 -- Edward Yourdon, Author, "Byte Wars"
                 -- Home Depot Case Study: TechLearn Award Winner
                    for Enterprise-Wide e-Learning Delivery
                 -- McDonald's Case Study: TechLearn Award Winner
                    for Enterprise-Wide e-Learning Strategy

PRODUCED
BY:         Advanstar Communications' Collaboration & e-learning Group
            201 Sandpointe Ave., Suite 600
            Santa Ana, California 92707
            Tel: [phone]
            www.techlearn.com