Planet PDF is pleased to announce its affiliation as a sponsor of the PDF 2000 Conference, scheduled for June 5 - 7, 2000 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The three-day event, produced and hosted by DigiPub Solutions Corporation, will feature presentations, discussions and workshops led by some of the top Adobe Acrobat/PDF experts from around the world.

"Carl Young and the DigiPub team have put together a program that is nothing short of amazing," says Karl De Abrew, CEO of BinaryThing.com, the company that runs the Planet PDF family of Web sites dedicated exclusively to Adobe Acrobat and PDF. "Anyone involved with publishing, whether traditional or New World, simply must be at this event. We are looking forward to this educational event, and also to personally spending time with some of our online visitors and the PDF community."

De Abrew will join founder Young as one of the conference's many presenters, part of an impressive, international list of individuals with a range of Acrobat/PDF expertise and experience. His topic will be eBooks and Digital Rights Management.

PDF 2000 Conference speakers

The speaker roster, which features several regular Planet PDF columnists and contributing writers, currently includes:

Thomas Merz, Germany

software developer, technology consultant and author

Dan Poynter

authority on book writing, publishing and promoting

Joseph S. Bass

Principal Electronic Commerce Specialist for RAMS, Inc.

Nicholas J. Duncan

CEO of e-Forms NOW!, Inc.

Ray Flatt

Vice President of Technology, NEC

Mitzi Haley

Senior Product Specialist, Enfocus Software

Chris Heric

publishing systems consultant specializing in PDF

Russell Hollmann

independent web media developer and consultant

Gregory Milman

Director, Office of Innovations and Special Programs at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases (NIAID)

Lindsay Moir

Director and President of RightsMarket.com Inc.

Ted Padova

Author, The Acrobat PDF Bible

Shlomo Perets

Developer of the FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers and the FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques course

Tommy Petrogiannis

President and co-founder of Silanis Technology Inc

Allen Rogers

Authentica Software

Nad Rosenberg

President of TechWRITE, Inc.

Joseph Schorr

Creativepro.com, Extensis Products Group

Gary Staas

PDF Dream, Acrobat API support

Lance Urbas

Authentica

Stevan Vigneaux

Authentica Software

Chuck Wegrzyn

Authentica's Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Advanced Development

Max Wyss, Switzerland

an independent consultant for technical communication

Carl Young

president of DigiPub Solutions Corp.

Many Learning Opportunities

As an Adobe-certified Acrobat trainer and consultant, Carl Young knows first-hand that the more people learn about the varied capabilities of Acrobat/PDF, the more they discover solutions to various problems. The conference is another way to jump-start that learning process.

"I see a real hunger among users for more and better information," Young says. "I created the PDF 2000 Conference to bring the most knowledgeable experts in Acrobat/PDF together for an in-depth discussion of how to maximize the effectiveness of the product."

Young says potential applications of Acrobat/PDF can be found across all industries and organizations involved with communication. "Web designers, technical writers, book publishers, prepress and print operators and people in the banking, pharmaceutical, insurance, manufacturing and utility industries," he says, "can increase their Acrobat know-how by attending this conference in June."

To further expand those learning opportunities, the list of presenters and sponsors is still growing. "We've added a third track of speakers," he says, "and are pleased to announce Planet PDF as a sponsor."

"Planet PDF has become the leading source of independent Acrobat/PDF information on the web," he says. "Many PDF 2000 Conference speakers contribute regularly to Planet PDF, and have posted tips and tricks to the site's extensive archives. It's a great resource for all Acrobat users."

Registration and More Information

Registration can be done online at the PDF2000 Conference Web site: http://www.pdfconference.com/register.html.

The latest information on the conference program is also available at: http://www.pdfconference.com/conference.html

Questions about the conference should be directed to Carl Young.

About Planet PDF

Planet PDF represents a suite of specialized, integrated Web sites that together help to inform and bring together a global network of Acrobat/PDF users. Its parent company recently announced a name change -- from ARTS to BinaryThing -- with an expanded mission and focus.

With operations in Melbourne, Australia, and Madison, Wisconsin, BinaryThing.com hosts a specialist B2B network for emerging technologies, combining content, community and commerce. It provides an impartial meeting place for the online business communities on technologies including PDF, XML, eBooks and Wireless Internet. Through their B2B network, BinaryThing advocates the use of emerging technologies to create efficient leveraged businesses.

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