X-Pubs 2008 Announces PTC Platinum Sponsorship - PTC to Contribute DITA Presentation and Free Content Workshop

LONDON, February 28 /PRNewswire/ --     Europe's Largest XML Component CMS (CCMS) Conference announces structured
content giant PTC will be running a workshop on creating useable document and
learning content, and taking on Platinum Sponsorship - June 22-24 London, UK

PTC has been a sponsor at X-Pubs 3 years running, each year at a higher
level. This year they will be running a free Sunday workshop on easily
creating usable document and learning content, as well as presenting a 'DITA
for Training Materials' case study, based on their use of the Darwin
Information Typing Architecture (DITA), to educate attendees.

"We're delighted PTC will be returning this year and providing attendees
valuable informative sessions from which they can take back new knowledge to
their organisations," says Noz Urbina, X-Pubs Conference Committee Member.
"Attendees at X-Pubs are a diverse and enthusiastic group, all looking to
learn how smart content strategies can help improve their business. PTC's
expertise is a welcome addition to this year's educational opportunities that
help them do that."

PTC customers will be eligible for discounted entry, and early
registrants get first pick entry on Free Pre-Conference Workshops. Attendees
can pre-register without obligation today on http://www.x-pubs.com

X-Pubs will be held in London's Heathrow Marriott Hotel on June 22-24 and
will focus on how Web 2.0, DITA, CMS and S1000D can re-invent customer's
content experience.

Speaker highlights:

- Rockley Group's Charles Cooper illuminates the black art of
Taxonomy and Metadata

- Chris Woods, British Aerospace Engineering (BAE)'s Technology
Manager and S1000D expert

- Specification Manager Gunnar Krause shares Qimonda's research
used to choose Content Reuse methodology

- Matthew Ellison, DITA Learning and Training Materials
Subcommittee Member

- JoAnn Hackos, author of and Mekon Ltd's Noz Urbina return with
their own 'how-to' presentations

- Amanda Bucklow, Information Management and Strategy expert

- Many more...

About X-Pubs

X-Pubs organises and delivers webinars, seminars, case-studies and
whitepapers from some of the industry's most valued minds to educate on and
promote the content standard such as XML, the Darwin Information Typing
Architecture (DITA), and S1000D. Every year X-Pubs organises the X-Pubs
Conference, Europe's Largest and XML Content Management and XML Publishing
conference.

About PTC

PTC solutions for dynamic publishing enable companies to automate the
assembly and publishing of product or service information in multiple
languages and formats. These solutions are made up of the Arbortext product
family and are used by 30% of Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing,
life sciences, publishing, government, insurance and financial services
industries.

PTC's Arbortext streamlines and automates your information publishing
process and eliminates costly inefficiencies. Leveraging XML authoring,
technical illustration creation, content and process management, and dynamic
publishing capabilities of Arbortext, you can improve your publishing
processes and help your organisation gain significant competitive advantage
and lasting differentiation.

For more information, please contact:

    Noz Urbina
    Conference Administrator: X-Pubs
    +44(0)208-722-8400
    info@x-pubs.com

    http://www.x-pubs.com / info@x-pubs.com