Globalization Challenges of Content Management Highlighted at Gilbane Conference in Amsterdam; DITA Standard, International Regulatory Compliance, Managing Multilingual Content to Receive In-Depth Analysis, Discussion.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars announced that the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technology slated for Amsterdam at the RAI Centre, 25-27 May 2005, will feature educational sessions and panel discussions on the challenges of managing content across multiple countries and languages.

Mary Laplante, Vice President of Consulting Services, Bluebill Advisors, and Senior Editor, The Gilbane Report, will moderate two of the panel discussions on content globalization.

"Organizations doing business globally face some crucial challenges in managing content, such as complying with multiple international regulatory requirements and the need to publish content simultaneously in several languages on localized Web sites," says Laplante. "These sessions will bring together some of the best minds in the industry to explore the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard and other means of addressing these pressing issues."

Sessions covering international content topics include:

--  "The Role of ECM in Meeting Compliance Regulations," Wed., 25
        May, 16:00
        Panel: Chuck Myers, Technology Strategist, Intelligent
        Documents Business Unit, Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE);
        and Sebastian Holst, VP Marketing & Product Management,
        Axentis, Inc. Moderator: Mary Laplante.

    --  "Solutions for Complex Content Applications," Thurs., 26 May,
        11:00
        Panel: Andrew Thomas, Adobe Systems, Inc.; Ian Larner,
        Information Architect and Software Engineer, User
        Technologies, IBM Hursley Lab (NYSE: IBM); and Eric
        Silberstein, CTO & Founder, Idiom Technologies, Inc.
        Moderator: Mary Laplante.

    --  "Challenges in Multilingual Content Management," Thurs., 26
        May, 14:00
        Presenters: Detlef Obenaus, Senior Content Administrator,
        Documentation Department, LHS, "Challenges in Multilingual CMS
        - an LHS Case Study"; and Paul Trotter, Founder & CEO,
        AuthorIT, "The Role of XML in Translation Workflows."

The Gilbane Conference on Content Management is being held in conjunction with XTech 2005 (formerly XML Europe). Gilbane Conference attendees will receive four free session passes to attend sessions at XTech 2005. For more information, visit www.xtech-conference.org.

To view the entire Gilbane Conference program, visit: http://www.gilbane.com/conferences/Amsterdam_05_program.html.

Register for the Gilbane Conference in Amsterdam at: www.lighthouseseminars.com/amsterdamreg.html

About Bluebill Advisors, The Gilbane Report

Bluebill Advisors, Inc. serves the content management community with publications, conferences and consulting services. The Gilbane Report administers the Content Technology Works program disseminating best practices with partners Software AG (TECdax:SOW), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Artesia Technologies, Atomz, Astoria Software, ClearStory Systems (OTCBB:INCC), Context Media, Convera (NASDAQ:CNVR), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Idiom Technologies, Mark Logic, Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX), Trados, Vasont, and Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN). www.gilbane.com

About Lighthouse Seminars

Lighthouse Seminars' events cover information technologies and "content technologies" in particular. These include content management of all types, digital asset management, document management, web content management, enterprise portals, enterprise search, web and multi-channel publishing, electronic forms, authoring, content and information integration, information architecture, and e-catalogs. www.lighthouseseminars.com