COMDEX Canada 2002 Successfully Gathers Canadian IT Community and Vendors.

Business/Technology Editors

COMDEX Canada 2002

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002

Canada's IT Decision Makers Gathered to Tackle Strategic Business

Issues Through Education and Face to Face Interaction

Key3Media Group, Inc., (NYSE:KME) announced today that COMDEX Canada 2002 successfully concluded Friday, July 12, 2002 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, where attendees from Toronto and across Canada gathered during the three-day event. This year's show focused on today's hottest IT and business topics: eMobility, information security, Windows technology and networking and communications. This year's show created an environment where education and peer-to-peer interaction were the top priorities allowing specific IT buyer and seller communities to more efficiently conduct business on the show floor.

"COMDEX Canada 2002 successfully assembled the Canadian high-tech community into a forum of education and interaction, and gave buyers and sellers a clear and focused opportunity to conduct business in a highly charged setting," says Andy Effenson, event director, COMDEX Canada.

Attendees experienced an exhibit show floor designed with a greater emphasis on information and interaction. They met face-to-face with more than 250 industry vendors and solution providers, including Citrix, Computer Associates, Ebay, EDS, Epson, Extreme Networks, Fluke Networks, Foundry Networks, F5 Networks, Microcell, Microsoft, Sony, TELUS, and Xerox.

This year, the highly successful keynote program included keynote addresses from Donna Dubinsky, co-founder and CEO of Handspring, Inc.; Darren Entwistle, president and CEO, TELUS; Russell Artz, executive vice president and co-founder, Computer Associates International; and Tom Bradley, CEO, Solutions Group, Palm Inc.

The first-ever keynote panels were very successful, with participation at each averaging 500 attendees. The first panel, titled "Business Leadership", was moderated by Howard Green, host of Report On Business Television's "The Business News" and included panelists Frank Clegg, president, Microsoft Canada Co.; Emile Querel, president, EDS Canada - Solutions Consulting; Michael Moskowitz, president and general manager, Palm Canada and Paul Tsaparis, president, Hewlett Packard Canada, Ltd. They issued a call for corporate accountability and responsibility, while also debating the benefits of corporate growth versus corporate profitability in today's unstable economy. The second panel titled, "Security versus Privacy", was moderated by Steve Dotto, host of "Dotto on Data" and Hy London, president, Systems Canada. The panelists consisted of Ann Cavoukian, privacy commissioner, Ontario; David Troy, senior project manager, EDS; Stephanie Perrin, chief privacy officer, Zero Knowledge, and Robert Stevens, chief of staff, Canadian Security Establishment. They discussed information security concerns and other hot issues in the marketplace today.

Another highlight of COMDEX Canada included the Executive Perspectives Forum, a dynamic and interactive day of high-level advice, strategies and networking designed to give senior-level executives a new outlook on how to run their organization in these complicated times. Participants included Walter Mcnee, president, MasterCard Canada; James Baumgartner, president and CEO, Moneris Solutions Corp.; Michael Moskowitz, president, Palm Canada; Joan McCalla, corporate chief strategist, Government of Ontario; Rupert Duchesne, president & CEO, Aeroplan; Dr. Brian Shaw, chief, Community Health and Knowledge Transfer, Hospital for Sick Kids, Douglas Goold, editor, Report On Business Magazine, and Nick Tidd, president, 3Com Canada.

The content-rich show floor - which focused on Software Platforms and Solutions, Information Security, Networking and Communications, Wireless and Mobility, and Digital Imaging and Document Management - and the multiple conference sessions made COMDEX Canada 2002 the premier forum for IT professionals to gain the critical knowledge needed to help make complex technology and purchasing decisions. The conference sessions offered three days of in-depth educational content focused on helping professionals learn about the essential products and strategies needed to take businesses mobile and make them more secure.

As the marketplace for buyers and sellers of business technology, COMDEX provides an overview of the critical issues, trends and technologies driving the IT Marketplace. Each year at COMDEX, certain trends emerge that demonstrate the potential to change the entire IT landscape. COMDEX is the IT marketplace where buyers and sellers meet, learn and make business technology decisions. For more information, visit www.comdex.com.

About Key3Media Group:

Comdex Canada is a Key3Media event. Key3Media Group, Inc., is the world's leading producer of information technology tradeshows and conferences, serving more than 5,300 exhibiting companies and 1.3 million attendees through 60 events in 17 countries. Key3Media's products range from the IT industry's largest exhibitions such as COMDEX and NetWorld+Interop to highly focused events featuring renowned educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing programs. For more information about Key3Media, visit www.key3media.com

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