MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2003--Internet World Germany and Mobile World, trade shows produced by Penton Media GmbH, a subsidiary of Penton Media, Inc. (NYSE: PME) will move from Berlin this year and be held in conjunction with SYSTEMS, which takes place October 20-24, 2003, at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre.

SYSTEMS is considered one of the top five business-to-business exhibitions for the information technology and telecommunications industries in the world. The 2003 event will be the 22nd annual run of the show. Business attendance at SYSTEMS 2002 was more than 70,000. The event is owned and produced by Munich Trade Fairs International.

"Internet World and Mobile World exhibitors will benefit enormously from the move to SYSTEMS in Munich, and particularly from SYSTEMS' huge, highly qualified attendee base," said Thomas Koch, managing director of Penton Media GmbH. "It makes great sense to co-locate with SYSTEMS, whose primary themes are entirely complementary with the e-business, ISP/ASP, online marketing, and mobile solutions themes of Internet World and Mobile World."

Klaus Dittrich, managing director of Munich International Trade Fairs, said, "Bringing Internet World and Mobile World together with our event makes SYSTEMS more appealing because the e-business sector reinforces the traditional SYSTEMS exhibitor base. Today, almost every IT/telecom solution imaginable includes Internet features, and more and more mobile solutions are being incorporated into existing IT infrastructures. That is why it makes sense to combine these areas of expertise and give exhibitors a more attractive platform."

SYSTEMS is focused on four business themes: software, systems and integration; telecommunications and networking; office and peripheral technology; and IT applications for government, healthcare and the finance and insurance sectors.

According to Koch, "This partnership between one of Germany's exhibition powerhouses -- SYSTEMS -- and Germany's leading business Internet events from Penton - offers a fantastic proposition for visitors, too, with Internet World and Mobile World delivering new, exciting and innovative content to the industry-leading SYSTEMS event. We are delighted to be in such fine company".

About Penton Media

Penton Media GmbH (formerly ComMunic GmbH) is a subsidiary of Penton Media, Inc., ( www.penton.com) a US-headquartered diversified business-to-business media with international operations in London, Munich and Hong Kong. The company's integrated media products, which include trade magazines, trade shows and conferences and online media, serve 12 industries: Internet/information technology; electronics; aviation; design/engineering; food/retail; government/compliance; leisure/hospitality; manufacturing; mechanical systems/construction; natural products; and supply chain.

Additional information about Internet World and Mobile World is available at: www.internetworld-messe.de and www.mobileworld-messe.de, respectively.

About Munich Trade Fairs International

MMI (Munich Trade Fairs International) is one of the leading organizers of trade shows in the world. The company organizes some 40 trade shows annually for the investment and consumer goods industries and for the high-technology sectors of electronics, photonics, information technology, analysis and product engineering. In 2002, more than 30,000 exhibitors from 90-plus countries, and nearly 2 million visitors from more than 160 countries participated in trade fairs in Munich. MMI also organizes trade shows in Asia and South America.

Additional information about SYSTEMS is available at www.systems-world.de.

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             For Penton Media GmbH, Internet World Germany
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