INBOX EAST 2004, The Email Event, to Make East Coast Debut Next Week at Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Nov. 17-19.

GOLDEN, Colo. -- The Golden Group today announced that it is launching the East Coast edition of INBOX, The Email Event, next week at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, GA, from November 17-19. Following its highly-successful debut in San Jose this past June, INBOX East 2004 will offer a intensive three-day view of the current state of electronic messaging, as well as its likely future.

Built around a substantive, discussion-oriented conference, this targeted event focuses on email, email systems, instant messaging and collaboration. INBOX is designed for C-level executives, IT, marketing and business professionals in enterprise and service provider organizations. With over 100 speakers, the industry's leading associations and more than 40 exhibiting companies involved, INBOX East provides a wealth of information, networking and resources in one place for the messaging industry.

"Hot on the heels of the FTC's Email Authentication Summit in Washington, D.C. this week, the major email industry groups are convening at the INBOX event to discuss their programs and industry collaboration towards the deployment of email authentication standards in the war against spam and phishing," said Martin Hall, Conference Director. "We're proud to welcome them to our event, and to provide a forum for the exploration of next-generation email systems for the whole messaging ecosystem."

In addition to a comprehensive conference program focusing on Systems, Solutions, Security & Privacy, CRM & Marketing, and the "Big Picture," INBOX East also offers a broad spectrum of free sessions to all event attendees, including:

KEYNOTES

--Privacy vs. The Common Good: The Industry Debate over Fighting Email Abuse -- Linda Beck, EVP Operations, EarthLink

--Shifting the Burden Back to the Spammers and Phishers -- Ryan Hamlin and Stirling McBride, Microsoft

PLENARY SESSIONS

--Primetime for Mobile Email? -- Jason Guesman, SEVEN; Kevin Packingham, Sprint; Christine Bolles, Cingular; Joe Fabris, PalmOne Inc.

--Phishing: Just Another Risk with Authentication Implementations? -- Richard A. Parry, JPMorgan Chase

SYMPOSIUMS

--How to Catch a Phish

--CIO Roundtable

--How to Deploy the SenderID Framework Now

--Email Deliverability

SPECIAL FEATURES

--The Industry Collaboration Symposium, with representatives from ESPC, TRUSTe, The Open Group, TECF, InfraGard, MAAWG and APWG. Sponsored by Sendmail.

--The MailFrontier Phishing IQ Test -- Think you can't get caught in the "phishing" net of online fraud? Dive into MailFrontier's Phishing IQ test and find out if you can avoid the hooks of the online crooks. Making its version 2 debut at INBOX East.

INBOX East will also feature over 40 of the industry's most innovative companies on its show floor, showcasing their newest email technologies and solutions. Event sponsors include CipherTrust, IronPort Systems, MailFrontier, Microsoft, Novell, Port 25 and Qualcomm/Eudora.

Registration

For complete event information and registration, please visit http://www.inboxevent.com/2004East/register.asp. Members of the press and industry bloggers are invited to attend the entire conference including the keynotes, plenaries and symposiums. For press registration, please visit: http://www.inboxevent.com/2004East/press.asp.

About The Golden Group (http://www.thegoldengroup.net/)

The Golden Group crafts exceptional conferences and invigorating industry gatherings including ISPCON and INBOX -- The Email Event. The company is headquartered in Golden, Colorado with offices in northern California.