MUMBAI, India, July 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Tata Interactive's Annual Global Event to Highlight Innovative Learning
Strategies to Help US Companies Take on Business Challenges

Taking the view that learning that delivers business impact can help
organizations tide over the uncertainties posed by the global economy, the
Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF) 2008 will focus on critical business
issues such as boosting revenues by better customer interaction management,
reducing time-to-competence, ensuring that staff are aligned to business
goals, and increasing productivity and performance.

Now in its fifth edition, the highly successful annual TLF provides an
interactive platform for thought leaders across domains to get together,
interact - and inspire - each other. The event, being held in partnership
with Training Magazine (Nielsen Media), aims to help organizations work
together to overcome current challenges by sharing insights, innovations, and
successes. It comprises discussions of the experiences of various
organizations, and the different tools they use to make learning effective.
As a unique knowledge-sharing platform, the TLF 2008 seeks to encourage ideas
and innovations with a special focus on the effectiveness of interventions,
specifically in an uncertain economy.

According to Gajanan (Gaj) Kasbekar, Vice President - Corporate Learning
Solutions, "Given the uncertainties of today's business climate, the event
will aim to identify and highlight potential successful strategies to
overcome the key challenges faced by US companies. We'll assess the business
impact of simulations, viz., how to enhance business acumen in a risk-free
environment. We also plan to closely review the use of electronic performance
support to help users learn on-the-job, enabling Day One productivity, and
serious games to improve performance by providing immersive and engaging
practice. On the whole, we aim to evaluate what learning and performance
interventions and strategies are the most relevant and effective in today's
business climate."

This year, the event will be held on October 17 at the University of
Chicago Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago. Participants in the TLF not only
stand to gain from the successful experience of their peers in the industry,
but also network and exchange ideas with the leaders in the learning.

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About Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)

Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a global leader in e-learning, is a part
of the $45bn Tata Group. Truly international, TIS has a presence across the
US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, India, and mainland
Europe. TIS offers corporations, universities, schools, publishers and
government institutions a diversified and innovative bouquet of learning and
training solutions including Simulation-based Learning Objects (SimBLs(R)),
Story-based Learning Objects (StoBLs), courseware and curriculum design,
special-needs education, assessments, electronic performance support systems
(EPSS), mobile learning, game-based learning along with other corporate
training and consultancy services. Our multi-disciplinary expertise and 17
years' experience across domains helps us design e-learning programs that are
unique to clients' requirements and specifically crafted to boost knowledge
retention and application.

TIS is the only e-learning organization in the world to be assessed at
Level 5 in both the SEI-CMM and P-CMM frameworks. TIS's quest for excellence
is reflected in numerous prestigious industry awards, including a Performance
Centered Design Award, an ASTD Award, IT Training Awards, Brandon Hall
Excellence in Learning Awards, APEX Awards of Excellence, BETT Awards, and
Business World-NID Design Excellence awards.

For more information log on to http://www.tatainteractive.com.

    Further information from:
    Sonal Chhaya
    Tata Interactive Systems
    +91-22-6643-8000
    sonal_c@tatainteractive.com