pulvermedia(TM) today announced that it has acquired Foreword Financial, a leading producer of events for the banking and financial services industry. Since 2004, Foreword Financial has created and managed conventions, trade shows, conferences and client meetings for financial services professionals. The newly combined entity will maintain the pulvermedia name, while the financial services events will continue to use the Foreword Financial brand.

The first event planned for the combined entity will be an event scheduled for the fall of 2007, that will feature six Foreword Financial conferences under one roof. Five of these meetings have been successful stand-alone events, which will now be co-located to offer a combined exhibit floor for all attendees. These conferences are the Bank Card Conference, Operations Conference, Bank Technology Convention, Outsourcing Forum and the Security Forum. These meetings will maintain their separate programming and networking functions so as to foster their traditional community-building purposes. The 3rd annual Foreword Financial Bank Card Conference will be held October 11-13 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate.

In addition to these five existing conferences, a new conference - called the Securities Brokerage and Asset Management Operations & Technology Conference - will augment the agenda with its own advisory committee, programming and networking functions. The new event will take place in New York City.

Foreword Financial's core team will remain in tact and will continue to focus on the financial services sector. Pulvermedia will leverage its back-end operations, sales and marketing infrastructure to accelerate the growth of the Foreword Financial event brand.

"We chose to become part of pulvermedia because of its infrastructure, team and track record to grow events worldwide," said Mike ter Maat, co-founder of Foreword Financial. "Joining forces made sense as we look to grow our portfolio of events in the financial services sector."

"Adding Foreword Financial and their portfolio of events to pulvermedia allows us to expand our reach into the financial services sector," said Jason Chudnofsky, Chief Executive Officer of pulvermedia. "This move expands our portfolio of events into a sector that, like IP Communications, is experiencing rapid change and disruption."

About pulvermedia:

pulvermedia is the leading integrated media company, building communities and providing ready marketplace access through its unparalleled blend of trade shows, publications, web channels, and progressive cutting-edge media. And as the foremost integrated media company, pulvermedia is ideally poised to deliver a vast range of messages to a wide variety of audiences, including technology buyers and sellers, government regulators, industry analysts, luminaries, pundits and bloggers. For more information, please visit http://www.pulvermedia.com/.

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