IDEMA to Host Private Roundtable Panel at DISKCON USA 2006; Newly Announced Forum Gives Press & Analysts Exclusive Access to Executives From Hitachi GST, Hutchison, Komag, Toshiba, Western Digital and Xyratex.

IDEMA:

WHO: The International Disk Drive Equipment & Materials Association
(IDEMA) and Executives from Hitachi GST (Dr. Currie Munce), Hutchison
(Rick Penn), Komag (Tim Harris), Toshiba (Scott Maccabe), Western
Digital (Dr. William Cain) and Xyratex (Adam Wray)

WHAT: Private Executive Panel Forum for Press & Analysts Only

WHEN: Wednesday, September 13 from 10:00-10:30 a.m. PST

WHERE: DISKCON USA 2006- Hyatt Regency Hotel/Santa Clara Convention
Center in the Theatre room. The Convention Center is located at 5001
Great America Parkway in Santa Clara, California.

Closed Panel Details:

This closed executive panel will feature a discussion around some of
the industry's most controversial subject matters. The forum will have
a moderator who will ask the panelists the following questions:

1. Security -- What are disk drive manufactures doing to address it?

2. What are the next three big trends for the disk drive market?

3. What types of testing challenges do you foresee on the horizon with
next generation drives?

4. What is the disk drive market doing to compete against technologies
such as Flash?

Following this discussion, media and analysts will have the
opportunity to have 1:1 meetings with panel members to ask additional
questions on the topics discussed. DISKCON's Executive Roundtable is
well-known for its executive forums which feature the industry's top
decision makers.

By confirming your attendance today, you will be able to "hear it
first" from some of the most notable organizations in the disk drive
business. This is a "must attend" event for media, analysts or anyone
who tracks or participates in the storage industry.

Event Details:

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. -- Media Only Executive Roundtable Discussion

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Open Executive Roundtable immediately
follows with a different agenda

To confirm your spot, please contact:
Janice Mackey, Weber Shandwick for IDEMA
916-717-9165 (cell)
[e-mail]

About IDEMA

Now celebrating its 20-year anniversary, IDEMA is the trade association for the $30 Billion hard drive industry, representing 340 member companies in the personal computing, enterprise, and consumer electronic storage with offices in Sunnyvale, CA, Singapore, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please visit: www.idema.org.