Metastorm Announces 2006 Global BPM Forum & User Conference

Leading Organizations Gather to Discuss BPM Success Stories, Process Innovation, and Breakaway BPM

BALTIMORE, MD – August 22, 2006 – Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software for modeling, automating, integrating, and improving both human and system-based processes, today announced plans for its sixth annual Global BPM Forum & User Conference. The conference, to be held October 16-18, 2006 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando, Florida USA, will bring together industry experts and Metastorm’s global user community to engage in interactive discussions focused on the latest advances and implementations in BPM technology and best practices.

The event is one of the largest BPM conferences in the world and last year it attracted attendees from 18 different countries. This year’s theme, “Breakaway BPM”, focuses on a new era of Business Process Management. It is designed to facilitate thinking in terms of how a particular process drives innovation, profitability, the achievement of core business objectives. Attendees will have the opportunity to collaborate with an extensive network of BPM experts and Metastorm’s executives, partners, customers and industry leaders and to network with BPM users across various industries. Sponsors of the event include Anexinet, Booz Allen Hamilton, BRD Ltd., BTI, BusinessEdge, EPO Consulting, ICCM, Interwoven, Microsoft, and Thomson Elite.

“We are extremely delighted by the success of our Global BPM Forum and the growth in attendance we have achieved in only six years,” stated Eileen Garry, chief marketing officer for Metastorm. “It is truly gratifying to know it has fast become an industry-leading event for information exchange and a way for attendees to deepen their knowledge of BPM to help make more informed decisions in their business. We are honored to host such a world-class group of customers, industry experts, and partners.”

The agenda will include in-depth BPM market analysis and trends, high-level strategies, solution development tips and techniques, best practices, product demonstrations, case studies, and product workshops that address the complete Metastorm BPM Suite.

Highlights of this year’s preliminary agenda include:

• Keynote address from Robert Lewis, president and founder of IT Catalysts entitled “Everything You Know is Wrong: Redefining Information Technology”
• Presentation by Janelle Hill, vice-president and research services director of Gartner Inc., entitled “Why Invest in BPM?”
• Presentation by Nathaniel Palmer, president and founder of Transformation+Innovation, entitled “Building a Business Case for BPM”
• Customer case study presentations representing a variety of industries and organizations from around the world – including AmerisourceBergen, Great Clips, Jones Day, and Mallesons Stephen Jaques
• In-depth product workshops on the latest product offerings and proven deployment best practices
• An all day Global Partner Symposium preceding the Forum
• A Partner Pavilion showcasing various complementary technologies designed to extend the value of the Metastorm BPM software