September 16, 2002, Medford, NJ — Forrest Sawyer, NBC News anchor and chairman and co-founder of Sawyer Media Systems, will be the opening and plenary keynote speaker at the KMWorld & Intranets 2002 Conference & Exposition to be held October 29-31 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California.  This forward-thinking keynote presentation will explore the impact and potential of rich media and digital video assets on enterprise knowledge management, describing Sawyer’s vision of how to integrate legacy information and new media production with emerging digital video technology. 

Sawyer is widely recognized as one of today’s most experienced and credible broadcast journalists.  Now, he is bringing his media expertise, creativity, and vision to bear on the challenges of enterprise content creation and management.  In addition to the accomplishments in his recent endeavors, Sawyer has received numerous honors during his career, including the George Foster Peabody Award, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, an Associated Press Award, and five National Emmy Awards. 

KMWorld & Intranets 2002 focuses on the strategic potential of knowledge management and the related technologies of intranets and portals.  The co-location of KMWorld and Intranets makes this year’s meeting the largest of its kind.  The event will not only feature top keynote speakers, like Forrest Sawyer, but will give conference attendees and visitors a unique opportunity to explore tools, products, solutions, and services at the most comprehensive exposition in the knowledge management community and the related technologies of intranets and portals.  

The Exposition, held in conjunction with the three-day Conference, will feature the following top companies in the KM and portal communities:   
 

ClearForest				Inxight Software					Sopheon
Convera				Kamoon					SPSS
Factiva				NewsEdge					Stellent
Hyperwave				ProClarity					Stratify
Inktomi				Sawyer Media Systems					Tacit Knowledge Systems
Intelliseek				SER Solutions, Inc.					TheBrain Technologies

The hours of the KMWorld & Intranets 2002 Exposition are Tuesday, October 29 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday, October 30 from 9:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; and Thursday, October 31 from 9:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.  Free exhibit hall passes are available at https://www.infotoday.com/kmw02.

For more information on the KMWorld & Intranets 2002 Conference & Exposition, please contact Information Today, Inc. at 800-300-9868 (outside the U.S. call 609-654-6266); e-mail custserv@infotoday.com, or visit www.kmworld-intranets.com.