NetEvents

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Maximizing International Press Coverage

• Is your organization interested in meeting
  with top industry analysts and the leading
  technology press throughout the Asia-Pacific
  and/or Europe ?
• then you should consider NetEvents in 2005

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What is NetEvents?

• NetEvents - where technology leaders meet the
  worlds press
• NetEvents is an opportunity to foster lasting
  relationships with the worlds leading Telecoms
  and networking journalists and analysts in a
  relaxed, focussed environment over a few days
• NetEvents facilitates the interchange of latest
  market trends, industry news and technological
  developments

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• Conference Sessions

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NetEvents 2005Where technology leaders meet the
worlds press

• Asia Press Tour Summit
• May 24 27, 2005
• Tokyo Seoul - Shanghai
• European Press Analyst Summit
• September 28 30, 2005
• Capri, Italy

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NetEvents Asia 2005Where technology leaders meet
the worlds press

• Asia Press Tour Summit
• May 24 27, 2005
• Tokyo Seoul - Shanghai

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Features BenefitsNetEvents Asia, May 24 27,
2005

• Individual briefings with 25 technology press
  from throughout the Asia-Pacific region
• Make best use of your key executives valuable
  time when briefing press throughout Asia
• Participate in a series of scheduled 45 minute
  briefings over 3 days in Tokyo (May 24th ), Seoul
  (May 25th ) Shanghai (May 27th )
• Structured for maximum efficiency, with 1 to 3
  press in each of the 14 briefing sessions
• Speaker AND press briefing opportunities at
  Shanghai Press Summit
• brief key press from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
  Singapore, Malaysia etc. at Shanghai Summit on
  May 27th
• Opportunity to participate in conference sessions
  on final day in Shanghai chaired by press and
  analysts
• Increase your companys visibility in the Asian
  market

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Features Benefits cont. NetEvents Asia, May 24
27, 2005

• Open Meeting sessions
• Your opportunity to organize follow-up or
  additional meetings with press on-site
• Quality time with the worlds press
• Social sessions enable you to strengthen and
  build upon existing relationships with
  Asia-Pacific press
• Translations made easy
• NetEvents can translate all press materials and
  provide interpreters in each country if required

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Event FormatNetEvents Asia, May 24 27, 2005

• May Tour Summit
• Tokyo 24th, Seoul 25th Shanghai Press Summit
  27th
• Prime Focus
• A series of individual 45 minute scheduled
  briefings with IT press
• 14 scheduled briefing sessions over 3 days with 1
  to 3 press in each briefing
• Press Conference Summit on final day includes
• Round-table debates
• Analyst Outlook
• Briefings with press from China, Taiwan, Hong
  Kong, Singapore Malaysia
• Open meeting sessions hospitality

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Client Testimonials

•  NetEvents is one of the most effective IT
  focused forums for press and analyst relations
  that I have ever experienced - Id recommend
  these events to anyone wishing to build relations
  with the global press and analyst community.
• Nan Chen, President, Metro Ethernet Forum
• NetEvents is a great venue for us to meet with
  all the top networking press in a short period of
  time. It also enables us to develop relationships
  with the press on a more informal basis.
• Laura Craddick, Manager, Marketing
  Communications, TippingPoint
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• I found the sessions to be a unique way to meet
  the press and share relevant information. It was
  very good use of time.
• Richard B. Anderson, General Manager Network
  Services, IBM Global Services
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• NetEvents have proven to be an excellent forum
  for 3Com where our Senior Executives can meet
  face to face with a high number of key press and
  market analysts during just 2 days...
• Sandra Van Vreedendaal, Director, Corporate
  Communications,
• 3Com Corporation

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Client Testimonials

• NetEvents .I think its a great place to
  socialize and really communicate, educate and
  exchange ideas.
• Desh Deshpande, Founder Chairman, Sycamore
  Networks, Inc.
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• "NetEvents is key to our international PR
  program. It goes beyond just packing what
  normally requires several weeks into just a few
  short days it also provides an environment that
  fosters meaningful and long lasting relationships
  with the editors and analysts."
• Neil Anderson, Vice President, Spirent Global
  Service
• NetEvents has a proven formula for successfully
  bringing together the top networking press from
  around the world with leading vendors in a single
  location. NetEvents is highly cost-effective and
  makes efficient use of an executives time.
• John McHugh, Vice President General Manager,
  Pro-Curve Networking,
• Hewlett Packard
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Press Analyst Testimonials

• NetEvents is an excellent forum for meeting
  senior executives in the industry and is an
  excellent use of my time.
• WeiMin Huang, Editor-in-Chief, China PC World
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•  NetEvents gives us the opportunity to keep us
  up-to-date with the latest trends and the
  on-stage debates are lively and informative.
• Libra Ene Hsieh, Executive Editor, Network
  Magazine Taiwan
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• We're really looking forward to NetEvents in
  Shanghai where we can meet with the top
  executives from the main global networking and
  telecom players.
• JiangZhong Jin, Editor-in-Chief, China Network
  World
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Press Analyst Testimonials

• "Its a very good opportunity to communicate with
  the key vendors and the press and we will take
  this chance to learn more here. The telecom
  market is growing very fast. It's a very good
  opportunity to communicate with key vendors and
  the press to learn how industry and technology is
  developing."
• Belle Jung, Editor-in-Chief, Telecom Korea
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• "Different vendors have their own ideas and
  different channels lead to different results. By
  attending the events, we were able to share all
  the ideas of the vendors and to study the
  possible results by different channels."
• Young-Sil Gimm, Editor-in-Chief, Computerworld
  Korea
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• "Now we can share our opinions with high level
  corporate and technical executives from many
  vendor companies face to face and to talk about
  the issues we are most concerned with in the
  events."
• Satoshi Yoshida, Editor-in-Chief, IDG
  NETWORKWORLD, Japan
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NetEvents Europe 2005Where technology leaders
meet the worlds press

• European Press Analyst Summit
• September 28 30, 2005
• Capri, Italy

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Features BenefitsNetEvents Europe, September
28 30, 2005

• Over 40 European technology press and analysts
  from 12 countries available in a single location
  for individual briefings
• Make best use of your key executives valuable
  time when briefing the worlds press
• Take part in a series of 8 scheduled 40 minute
  briefings over 2 days
• Structured for maximum efficiency, with 1 to 3
  press/analysts in each meeting

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Features Benefits cont.NetEvents Europe,
September 28 30, 2005

• Analyst briefings
• Keep analysts informed of your companys
  strategic objectives and performance
• Open Meeting sessions
• Your opportunity to organize follow-up or
  additional meetings with press and analysts
  on-site
• Speaker opportunities - participate in conference
  sessions chaired by press and analysts
• Increase your companys visibility in the
  industry
• Film crew on-site for use by on-line journalists
• Opportunity to obtain increased coverage in
  on-line /
• broadcast media

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Features Benefits cont.NetEvents Europe,
September 28 30, 2005

• On-site stenographers produce conference session
  transcripts
• Make sure your voice is heard - transcripts,
  photographs, presentations and analyst reports
  made available to the press via NetEvents website
  
• Quality time with the worlds press
• Social activities over 2 days enable you to
  strengthen and build upon existing relationships
  with the worlds press and analysts

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Event FormatNetEvents Europe, September 28 30,
2005

• Prime Focus
• A series of individual 40-minute scheduled
  meetings with industry press analysts
• 8 scheduled sessions with 1 to 3 press/analysts
  in each briefing
• Press conference sessions include
• Round-table debates head-to-heads
• Analyst Outlook
• Industry leaders and visionaries
• Open meeting sessions hospitality
• Superb location www.quisi.com

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Client Testimonials

• NetEvents is a must for any company who wants
  better visibility in the European market. The
  quality of press and analysts that attend the
  conference each year is very impressive. Each
  year we make new contacts and strengthen the
  relationships we made the year before. NetEvents
  has proven to be the best European PR event weve
  ever attended!
• Jenni Adair, Director of Public Relations,Trapeze
  Networks
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• "NetEvents was a most effective forum for
  getting Extreme Networks' message out to the
  International Press.  NetEvents attracts a highly
  influential and knowledge contingent of industry
  press and analysts with a program that
  mixes panel debates and individual 11 briefings
  which worked well for all involved."
• J. Craig Easley, Director of Product Marketing,
  Extreme Networks
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• NetEvents proved to be very successful and
  worthwhile attending. The event was very
  productive, giving us the opportunity to meet
  face to face with key journalists and analysts as
  well as major players in the industry. We look
  forward to attending future NetEvents"
• Micheline Germanos, EMEA Director, Nortel
  Networks
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Client Testimonials

• . I would strongly recommend this event to any
  organization considering it as part of its
  European PR campaign. Be prepared, they take the
  concept of work hard, play hard to a whole new
  level!
• Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Chief Technical Officer,
  TippingPoint Technologies
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• NetEvents provided Avici Systems with a
  great opportunity to interact with key members of
  the European press and analyst community in
  one convenient forum."
• Esmeralda Swartz, Director Worldwide Marketing,
  Avici Systems
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• "This is an excellent format combining
  thought-provoking panel discussions followed up
  with individually scheduled briefings with the
  leading press and analysts. It is a very cost
  effective and time efficient way to meet and
  brief a group of International journalists.
• Mark Ferrone, Senior Public Relations Manager,
  Symbol Technologies
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Client Testimonials

• My most precious commodity is time. These
  events bring together journalists from all around
  the world, and we are able to hold one-to-one
  meetings. It is the most efficient way I have
  come across to deliver important business
  messages.
• Bob Jones, Managing Director, Equiinet
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• NetEvents have proven to be an excellent forum
  for 3Com where our Senior Executives can meet
  face to face with a high number of key press and
  market analysts during just 2 days...
• Sandra Van Vreedendaal, Director, Corporate
  Communications,
• 3Com Corporation
• "..two fantastic days meeting all the press..
• Rick Onyon, President CEO, fusionOne
• ..it was an excellent event and I think the
  quality of attendees was excellent ..certainly
  an event Cisco will return to .."
• Marthin De Beer, Marketing Director, Cisco

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Press Analyst Testimonials

• Excellent - the best event I have ever been to
  for bringing together the industry, channels and
  European press.
• Ralf Ladner, Editor-in-Chief, Network Computing
  (Germany)
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• These events represent a very good opportunity
  for the French press to meet high level corporate
  and technical executives from many vendor
  companies. Its great also, to be able to compare
  our vision of this world with other analysts and
  press. Its a good way to establish better
  relations with many people in the industry.
• Frédéric Simottel, Editor-in-Chief, 01
  Infomatique (France)
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• "NetEvents is the best opportunity all year to
  meet key players in the technology sector and the
  most effective efficient way to collect
  valuable information in a very short time."
• Fredrik Bernsel, Editor in Chief, Nätverk
  Kommunikation/Säkerhet Sekretess (Sweden)
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Press Analyst Testimonials

• Strong subject focus, good background
  informative sessions, plenty of opportunities for
  interaction with the attending companies... it
  all boils down to time very well spent for solid
  technical and commercial insights.
• Guy Kindermans, Senior Editor, Data News
  (Belgium)
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• I was very impressed with the sessions, the
  diversity of the journalists and the vendor
  representations. Good organisation and planning
• Ian Keene, Vice-President, Gartner Group
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• At these events I meet with the vendors and the
  press who are very important for me to network
  with and to talk to about the latest issues in
  networking over a couple of days. From my
  perspective, it has always been useful for me to
  get the inside story on the latest trends and to
  network with the most important people.
• Pim Bilderbeek, VP, eBusiness Networking
  Research, IDC
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Press Analyst Testimonials

• "These events are definitely unique. They bring
  together key press, vendors, and analysts in a
  very relaxed environment very unlike the
  zoo-like atmosphere of industry trade shows. The
  on-stage debates are lively, sparking keen
  audience interactions, while quieter, more
  intense discussions go on among press, vendors,
  and analysts during informal meetings
• Michael Howard, Founder and Principal Analyst,
  Infonetics Research, Inc.
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• a great chance to make a whole lot of useful
  contacts, without the heavy industry approach.
• Tam DellOro, Founder CEO, DellOro Group

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Where technology leaders meet the worlds press

• Click on video
• to play example of past event

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Summary of costs

• NetEvents Asia Tour Summit
• 18,850 first delegate
• 3,950 each additional delegate
• NetEvents European Summit
• 9,500 first delegate
• 2,850 each additional delegate
• NetEvents Customized Press Tours
• Cost available upon request
• Cost for technical translations, interpreters
  and additional sponsorship opportunities
  available upon request
• Compare cost of NetEvents with alternatives
• Global Press Tour 120K (5-6 weeks)
• International Press Reception incl. press
  flights, accom., account management etc.
  250K

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NetEvents InternationalPress Tours Summits

• Dont just take our word for it
• ask to speak to our customers
• NetEvents contact
• Sally Moulton
• Email sallym_at_netevents.org
• Tel [phone]
• www.netevents.org

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