CEO of Latitude Communications, Rick McConnell, to Speak At the Raymond James Communications Software and Electronic Conferencing Forum.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2002

Rick McConnell, chief executive officer of Latitude Communications, (Nasdaq:LATD), a leading provider of secure, integrated voice and web conferencing products and services, is a featured speaker at this week's Communications Software and Electronic Conferencing Forum. Sponsored by Raymond James and Associates, the conference will be held at the Inter-Continental The Barclay in New York City. McConnell will speak Thursday Oct. 3, 2002 at 3:45 p.m.

About Latitude Communications

Latitude Communications (Nasdaq:LATD) provides MeetingPlace(R), a leading secure, integrated voice and web conferencing solution. Companies such as Aetna, Agilent and Cisco use it to work better and speed decisions through real-time collaboration. Available as an outsourced service or on-premises platform, MeetingPlace integrates with traditional and IP communications infrastructures enabling people to share and edit live documents from any location. Latitude's technology integrates with standard groupware applications such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes to simplify scheduling. Based in Santa Clara, Calif., Latitude has offices and distribution partners in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and India. Visit www.meetingplace.net or call 408/988-7200 (800/999-7440 in the U.S.).

Cautionary Language

This press release and/or conference presentations contain forward-looking statements regarding Latitude's future operating results and business strategies that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such statements. All forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Latitude as of the date hereof, and Latitude assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, Latitude's limited operating history, economic uncertainty and resulting weakness in capital expenditures, the company's shift toward a more services-oriented business, the company's dependence upon major customers, potential fluctuations in operating results, intense competition, including price competition from substantially larger, more recognized companies, the early stage of development of the market for integrated voice and web conferencing systems, the company's reliance on the performance of its development and distribution partners, uncertain market acceptance for Latitude's products and services, rapid technological change, and maintenance of the minimum bid price and other requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq National Market. Risk factors are described in detail in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2001, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

MeetingPlace is a registered trademark of Latitude Communications Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks of their respective holders.