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Carmen D. Jones Appointed as Education Director for Abilities Expo.


Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

MILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2003

Advanstar Communications is proud to announce the appointment of Carmen Carmen

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the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr.
 Jones as the new Education Director of Abilities Expo. Carmen Jones is President of the Solutions Marketing Group (SMG SMG - Screen Management Guidelines. A VMS package of run-time library routines providing windows on DEC VT100 terminals. ), a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
consulting company

business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a
 that helps company's market programs to the disability market. Carmen, paraplegic paraplegic /para·ple·gic/ (-ple´jik)
1. pertaining to or of the nature of paraplegia.

2. an individual with paraplegia.
 since her junior year in college, is especially well suited to lead the development of Abilities Expo educational programs.

"Having devoted her entire career to advising Corporate America about the impact, benefits and results of disability marketing, Carmen will be sure to produce an exciting new curriculum for the Abilities Expo series of events," said Diane Waltersdorf, Show Director for Advanstar Communications, producers of Abilities Expo. "Carmen will develop the free consumer and professional educational workshops for healthcare and education professionals. We look forward to working together to develop stimulating and timely sessions with knowledgeable and interesting speakers."

There are six Abilities Expo events held each year which attract over 35,000 individuals with disabilities, senior citizens, their families & caregivers, as well as healthcare and education professionals. Hundreds of products and services are showcased at each event, making Abilities Expo the premier event where attendees can see first-hand, the latest products being introduced to this multi- billion market including vans, clothing, lifts, wheelchairs, toys, support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , computers, sports and exercise equipment, daily living aids, personal care products and much more.

Each of the Expo's also offers several exciting special events. Throughout the year there have been various sports demonstrations, that are always popular among attendees, including martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts
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  • Testa
Nigeria
  • Dambe (Hausa Boxing)
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, basketball, hockey, football, quad rugby, and wheelchair fencing. Following is the list of dates and locations for 2004:

-- Abilities/New York Metro: April 16-18 at the New Jersey

Convention Center in Edison, NJ.

-- Abilities/Southern California: June 11-13 at the Anaheim

Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.

-- Abilities Expo/Chicago Metro : August 13-15 at the Donald E.

Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL

-- Abilities Expo/New England: September 17-19 at the World Trade

Center in Boston, MA

-- Abilities Expo/Florida: October 15-17 at the Ft.

Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center.

-- Abilities Expo/Northern California: November 12-14 at the

Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba
Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba.
 Convention Center, CA.

Abilities Expo is produced by Advanstar Communications Inc. (www.advanstar.com), a worldwide business information company serving specialized markets with high quality information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration.

(2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT.
 and integrated marketing solutions. Advanstar has 100 business magazines and directories, 77 tradeshows and conferences, numerous Web sites, and a wide range of print and electronic direct marketing, database and reference products and services. Advanstar serves targeted market sectors in such industries as art, automotive, beauty, e-learning, call center, digital media, entertainment/marketing, fashion & apparel, healthcare, manufacturing and processing, pharmaceutical, powersports, science, telecommunications and travel/hospitality. The Company has more than 1,200 employees and currently operates from multiple offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Europe and Asia. For information about any of the Abilities Expo events visit www.abilitiesexpo.com or call 800-385-3085.
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