MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact: Jeffrey Marquis, DCI Media Relations
(508) 470-3870

Release Date: July 23, 1997

1997 Massachusetts Interactive Media Council (MIMC) Awards
To Take Place at DCI's Internet Expo Boston

Council to Recognize Top New England Companies

BACKGROUND:

DCI’s Internet Expo in Boston will play host to the 1997 MIMC Awards. The awards are the only regional competition recognizing Internet, multimedia, and enabling business technologies designed, produced, or developed in New England.

WHO:

Business and technology editors; Internet, Email and Web beat reporters

WHERE:

Hynes Convention Center - Boston, MA
Ballrooms A and B
in conjunction with DCI’s Internet Expo, August 12-14, 1997

WHEN:

Tuesday, August 12
Cocktails: 6 p.m.
Awards Show: 7:30 p.m.

WHY:

MIMC is a non-profit industry council. Its mission is to help build the interactive industry in Massachusetts and to fuel industry growth as a powerful economic engine for the state. To fulfill its mission, MIMC conducts over 70 educational training and networking events per year. In addition, MIMC acts as a watchdog and advocate with regard to important legislative issues as they pertain to this industry. MIMC members, over 700 to date, include CD-ROM and software developers, programmers, electronic publishers, and Internet Service Providers. Information on MIMC, its events, and the MIMC Awards, including ticket purchasing, is available by calling its office at (617) 227-2822, ext. 21.

The 1997 MIMC Awards sponsors are: Fleet Bank, Eastman Kodak, Apple Computer, Acme Digital Lab, Coopers & Lybrand LLP, MacTemps, Strategic Interactive Group, Peabody & Brown, Weber Public Relations Worldwide, Thunder House, and OAK.

DCI, located in Andover, MA, is a world leader in producing conferences and expositions for the high-technology industry.

CONTACT:

Press are encouraged to attend the awards show. For more information, please contact Jeffrey Marquis at (508) 470-3870 or via e-mail at jmarquis@dciexpo.com.