EE Times Group Unveils ESC Boston 'Press Room Program' to Maximize Exhibitor Media Relations Efforts

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technology news, analysis and intelligence for the  electronics industry's decision makers, today announced the media relations services and events comprising the "Press Room Program" at  ESC Boston 2010 to be held September 20 -23, 2010 at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston.

Free of charge to exhibiting companies, the ESC Boston Press Room Program includes:

• Virtual Press Office (VPO) services — online news distribution solutions and press office management, typically available to conference and trade show participants for a fee. The integration of VPO into ESC's already extensive media relations program provides an unparalleled platform for the event's organizers and exhibitors to maximize their marketing communications efforts, dramatically increase brand awareness and generate sales leads
• PR Newswire tutorials — representatives from the global leader in news and information distribution services for professional communicators will be on hand to assist exhibitors with disseminating news and information  
• Private interview rooms — available to exhibitors by advanced booking for meetings with registered journalists and analysts

In addition, veteran EE Times Group journalists Brian Fuller, Patrick Mannion, Ron Wilson and Junko Yoshida will deliver a first of its kind "Press Room Address" explaining the company's new and evolving editorial, content and product strategies on September 22 at 8:30 AM in the ESC Boston Press Room. Limited seating at the address is available to exhibiting companies and registered members of the media on a first come, first served basis.

"The Press Room has become an increasingly valuable part of the ESC experience for exhibitors, journalists and industry analysts," said David Blaza, vice president of Events and Embedded Systems, EE Times Group. "Helping exhibitors to reach industry influencers in a timely manner with important electronics industry news and information is a key communications strategy for ESC Boston. The ESC Press Room venue is also an ideal venue for the EE Times Group's editorial and content leadership team to share their vision and plans with the embedded systems development community."

About ESC Boston (http://esc-boston.techinsightsevents.com)

Entering its 18th year in Boston, ESC brings together the largest community of designers, technologists, business leaders, and suppliers all in one place. Held in key strategic technology development locations worldwide, the Embedded Systems Conference is the global electronics industry's leading event.  With cutting edge product demonstrations, visionary speeches and hundreds of essential technical training classes and accreditation opportunities, ESC is the ideal venue for the design engineering community to learn, collaborate and recognize excellence. In addition, ESC Boston celebrates decades of unique local electronics industry culture, innovation and significant contributions to the global technology industry.

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Established in 1996, VPO changed the way exhibitors and the media communicate by inventing the trade show online press office. Today we are the global leader in online press office management and trade show news distribution solutions with over 400 events relying on VPO services. We have developed a successful formula to reduce our client's news distribution and marketing costs while greatly expanding reach and delivering measurement.

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SOURCE EE Times Group