COMDEX Momentum Builds Globally, Responding to the Changing Dynamics of Enterprise Information Technology Buyers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

COMDEX Fall 2003

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003

COMDEX Events in Asia, Canada and Europe Provides

Momentum for COMDEX Fall 2003 in Las Vegas 

COMDEX Worldwide announced today that COMDEX Fall 2003 will deliver unprecedented value to a global community of enterprise technology buyers through highly targeted programs that cater to the needs of companies evaluating critical business technology purchases. COMDEX Fall 2003 will be held November 15-20, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This year's programs are designed to support all stages of the buying process for Line of Business, IT professional and developers, from awareness to consideration, adoption to support. The agenda reflects a clear focus on improving the experience through which these individuals meet, learn about, and make technology decisions on a global scale. This focus extends around the globe to the more than ten COMDEX events held throughout the year across Asia, Europe and Canada that offer local content and global momentum toward COMDEX Fall in Las Vegas.

"COMDEX continues to be a critical marketplace for strengthening relationships with our customers and prospects," said Ralph Tang, president, BenQ America Corp. "We are returning to COMDEX this year because our customers tell us that it is an important destination for them to evaluate new technologies for their enterprises."

The COMDEX 2003 agenda is organized around a collective set of technology themes, identified by the enterprise buying community as the most critical areas for evaluation, education and adoption of new purchases. They include Data Centers, Wireless and Mobility, the Digital Enterprise, Web Services, Windows/.NET, Open Source, On Demand Computing, and Security. Together, these themes represent a collection of the fastest growing areas of technology advancement that will drive the majority of market innovation in support of user need in 2003 and beyond.

Targeted Programs Designed with the Enterprise IT Buyer in Mind

The Fall 2003 lineup includes a series of revamped program formats designed to better support the decision making process for the business IT buying community.

Added 2003 exhibitor Computer Associates, "COMDEX is an important marketplace for strengthening relationships with our customers and prospects," said Amanda Lukianchuk, CA's Divisional Vice President. "Many of our customers regard COMDEX as a key destination to evaluate new technologies for their enterprise."

Buyer-centric elements of COMDEX Fall 2003 include:

-- The show floor layout and product demonstration areas are

designed with ease of information-gathering in mind, mapping

to the solution areas most demanded by the buying community.

Global brands committed to showing their solutions at COMDEX

this year include Microsoft, BenQ, Computer Associates and

more.

-- Keynote speakers will be selected based on relevance and

importance to the themes and will feature visionary

technologists whose insight will shape future technology

buying trends. Of interest this year will be CEOs from

Microsoft, Computer Associates, Symantec and more.

-- Demonstrations of new and existing products, event labs,

on-the-floor technology demonstrations supporting each major

theme, and other activities deliver a hands-on opportunity for

enterprise buyers to try, test and evaluate potential business

technology purchases. Specific products to be showcased at

this year's event will be unveiled throughout the next several

months.

-- Meeting face-to-face with companies designing the most

innovative technology products, attending informational

meetings, and participating in formal product education tracks

and learning sessions will provide buyers with an invaluable

advantage in the product adoption phase. Visit www.comdex.com

for more information.

-- The ability to gather and meet with peers, discuss best

practices, and form new relationships that span borders,

provides a support network across an organization that extends

well beyond the COMDEX US forum. COMDEX Fall will offer a

series of networking events both during and after show hours,

details to be announced next month.

"Expertise and insight gained over the past two decades with the IT buying community has helped shape the format of our forums and this year's focus will support the industry's return to pragmatic purchase decisions," said Kim Myhre, President of International for Key3Media Events, LLC. "Today's technologies must have an exponentially higher value proposition and deliver measurable benefits to the business organization. This has added a new level of complexity and created a more critical need for companies to do more with the technology investments they have already made. As a result, we see a much more collaborative decision making process for IT purchases emerging involving a wider range of influencers from within the business, including Line of Business executives as well as IT managers and developers."

Global Community Continues to Flock to COMDEX

Year after year, buyers from around the globe flock to COMDEX Fall to get a first glimpse into the technology trends and products that will impact their local regions in the coming year. Last year alone more than 125,000 international buyers representing more than 100 countries attended the event. Along with them comes an international community of media -- more than 2,000 last year from US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Catering to the needs of these critical global influencers, COMDEX Fall will feature a series of events and gathering to facilitate greater opportunities both among and outside these markets. Detailed information regarding these programs will be available at www.comdex.com.

Driving momentum toward the pinnacle event in the Fall are the more than ten local COMDEX gatherings held throughout the year across Asia, Europe and Canada. Designed to offer local area opportunities and focused market content within key technology geographies, locations include:

-- Seoul, South Korea, August 18-21, 2003

-- Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 18-21, 2003

-- Toronto, Canada, September 16-18, 2003

-- Basel, Switzerland, September 24-27, 2003

-- Goteborg, Sweden, January 20-22, 2004

-- Greece, February 2004

-- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 14-18, 2004

-- Beijing, China, April 2004

-- Paris, France, April 2004

About Key3Media Group

COMDEX is a Key3Media event. Key3Media Group, Inc. (OTCBB:KMEDQ) produces 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.

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