COMDEX Fall 2002 Conference Registration Beating 2001; Top Conference Program Registration 15% Ahead of Last Year; New Certification Training Especially Popular.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

COMDEX Fall 2002

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002

Conference registration for COMDEX Fall 2002 is running ahead of last year, Key3Media Group, Inc. (OTCBB: KMED), announced today. The COMDEX Fall extensive educational and conference program runs from Saturday November 16 through November 21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.

"We've seen a tremendous interest in our conference programs this year, which are designed to help our customers make smart technology choices, learn from industry experts and secure the highest possible return on their technology investments," said Mike Millikin, Senior Vice President, COMDEX Worldwide. "COMDEX delivers the strategic advice and peer networking that are crucial to successful business planning and measurement in today's challenging economy."

Registration for courses in the Business Technology Conference and the Tech Centric Conference for developers are running especially strong at 15 % ahead of last year. COMDEX Fall, the industry's leading technology event, has also seen a surge in signups for new certification training programs offered in partnership with Thomson Learning. Thomson is offering accelerated IT certification for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) through its NETg Wave Boot Camp product line. The Wave Boot Camps help learners quickly achieve a variety of IT certifications with an intensive curriculum that includes pre-class self-study with books, e-Learning, proactive mentoring, instructor-led training, and hands-on labs.

In addition to the partnership with Thomson Learning, COMDEX has aligned itself with other "best of breed" conference partners including, BusinessWeek, Fortune Small Business, World Organization of Webmasters, MIS Training Institute, IEEE Spectrum, and Benchmark Learning.

For more information on the COMDEX Fall conference program and to see a list of conference speakers visit http://www.comdex.com/fall/conferences. To register for the event or to interview a COMDEX executive, contact Eric Grodziski at eric.grodziski @key3media.com or [phone].

About Key3 Media Group:

COMDEX Fall 2002 is a Key3Media event. Key3Media Group, Inc., is the world's leading producer of information technology tradeshows and conferences. 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

Certain matters discussed in this release are "forward-looking statements," including statements about Key3Media's future results, plans and goals and other events which have not yet occurred. These statements are intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can find many (but not all) of these statements by looking for words like "will", "may", "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "plans" and "estimates" and for similar expressions. Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are many factors that could cause Key3Media's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in this release. These include, but are not limited to, economic conditions generally and in the information technology industry in particular; the timing of Key3Media's events and their popularity with exhibitors, sponsors and attendees; technological changes and developments; intellectual property rights; competition; capital expenditures; and factors impacting Key3Media's international operations. In addition, the IT industry has experienced a significant downturn since the middle of 2001 and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 have adversely affected the economy generally and significantly decreased air travel in particular. These developments have and will continue to adversely affect participation and attendance at Key3Media's events, although the Company is not able to quantify or reliably estimate the future impact that these matters may have on its businesses, results of operations or financial condition. The sections entitled "Item 1. Business - Certain Factors That May Affect our Businesses" and "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 filed by Key3Media with the SEC contain important cautionary statements and a discussion of many of the factors that could materially affect the accuracy of Key3Media's forward-looking statements and/or adversely affect its business, results of operations and financial position. These statements and discussions, as well as any others contained in Key3Media's other SEC public filings, are incorporated herein by reference. Key3Media does not plan to update any forward-looking statements.

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