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War in Iraq: The U.S. Relationship with Europe Transatlantic Webcast by Netbriefings

St. Paul, Minnesota - April 3, 2003 - On Monday April 7, St. Paul Webcast services company, Netbriefings, will donate its services to broadcast a live keynote address that begins a two-week Internet discussion about the war in Iraq. The two-week forum is being hosted for North American and European students by Politalk, an organization that provides Internet space for public policy discussions on controversial issues. Former US Ambassador to NATO, Robert Hunter, will deliver the keynote address, speaking of the impact that the war in Iraq has had on the US-European relationship. The Netbriefings Webcasting technology and Internet interface will allow students from North America and Europe to listen to the speech live and submit questions electronically. Moderators, on location in Washington DC, will select questions and present them to the speaker, while students on both sides of the Atlantic will hear the speaker's response. p>Gary Anderson, CEO of Netbriefings, stated, "We are donating our services for this worthwhile event because getting people involved, to openly discuss global issues, can only help to bring people together."

According to conference organizer, Tim Erickson of Politalk, "Through the Webcast and subsequent on-line discussions, we are able to provide students from around the world an opportunity to directly interact and discuss a critical issue facing the entire global community."

Students from 50 countries have already registered for the two-week discussion.

The live Webcast of Robert Hunter's address will begin at 9:00 A.M. Pacific, 12:00 P.M. Eastern, in North America; or 17:00 Western Europe Time and 18:00 Central Europe Time, on April 7.

Participation is free. To listen or submit questions to the Ambassador, visit the following URL at the time of the Webcast. http://event.netbriefings.com/event/politalk/Archives/Iraqstudent/

At the site, participants should register, enter their School name instead of Company, and not enter a phone number.

About Politalk
Politalk was founded in 1999 to provide a safe and civil space on the Internet for public policy discussions on controversial issues. Politalk specializes in structured events that bring together citizens, policy experts, and policy makers in moderated discussions about important and often controversial policy issues. Previous Politalk events have focused on a variety of topics, including: local gun control policy, a national discussion on public financing for professional sports stadiums, to a series of transatlantic discussions on terrorism and the situation in Iraq. For more information, visit www.politalk.com.

About Netbriefings
Netbriefings is a full service web technology provider specializing in engaging video messaging and large group webcasting. Its Proclaim sales solutions are the most effective way to increase sales and personally engage with prospects and customers. The Proclaim Messenger solution allows individuals to easily create a video message with PowerPoints and rich media clips and email to their prospects and customers. The Proclaim Enterprise solution provides webcasting to audiences in the 100s to 10,000s, designed for town hall meetings, CEO meetings and multi-day conferences. (www.netbriefings.com) (www.blog.netbriefings.com) (www.ProclaimYourself.com)

Contact Info

Jeanneane Kloss
651-225-1532 x151 office
jkloss@netbriefings.com
Politalk
Tim Erickson
Phone: 651-246-5045
Email: tim@politalk.com
Web site: www.politalk.com