DMA Calls for Speaker Proposals for 85th Annual Conference & Exhibition

NEW YORK, January 10, 2002 – The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) Annual Conference & Exhibition is heading west in 2002. The DMA will host the 85^th Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Francisco, CA from October 20 – October 23, 2002. The conference will include more than 150 sessions focusing on topics such as business-to-business direct marketing, database tools and technology, customer relationship management, global marketing, internet marketing, among others.

Those who would like to be a speaker or panelist at the largest gathering of direct and interactive marketers in the world should submit a speaker proposal form, to be completed and received no later than February 9, 2002.

Proposals received after this date will not be considered. For a proposal form, contact Joyce Hernandez, conference coordinator, The DMA, at 212.790.1505, or jhernand@the-dma.org. You can also access the form online at http://www.the-dma.org/conferences.