VODIUM SELECTED TO WEBCAST GLOBAL FINANCIAL CONFERENCE

Corrie Shanahan, Chief Media and Marketing, IFC, explained the strategy to produce an interactive conference to global participants, at the convenience of their desktop.

“Held in Hong Kong, the full conference was made available to hundreds of participants through the convenience of webcasting. With interactive webcasting, the desktop becomes an individualized conference room. Rather than incorporating time consuming global travel, IFC presents this conference in a dynamic and engaging manner in a convenient setting. Vodium’s technology affords IFC with superior state of the art technology and individualized customer service,” said Ms. Shanahan.

“When working with a complex global marketplace, IFC requires consistent quality on technology and up to the minute content. We were pleased that Vodium’s search function – allowing the users to search through video by every spoken word – creates a valuable resource for desk top users. It is convenient, beneficial and easy to execute,” noted Ms. Shanahan.

Karl Williams, Vodium’s Chief Operating Officer, noted the global acceptance of web casting conferences among the business community.

“Global financial organizations such as The World Bank recognize the expediency of webcasting. Through Vodium’s technology platform –which includes dynamic interactive features –the International Finance Corporation conference organizers expanded their conference, achieved cost savings, and introduced IFC to new audiences through the ease of desk top distribution,” said Mr. Williams.

Vodium’s software features unique functions providing customers with strategic resources: the search function allows the customer to refer to the video by every spoken word, creating an easy to use on line resource and the library function stores the entire conference for future applications.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries as a way to reduce poverty and improve people's lives.

IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, DC. It shares the primary objective of all World Bank Group institutions: to improve the quality of the lives of people in its developing member countries. Established in 1956, IFC is the largest multilateral source of loan and equity financing for private sector projects in the developing world. It promotes sustainable private sector development primarily by financing private sector projects located in the developing world, helping private companies in the developing world mobilize financing in international financial markets, and providing advice and technical assistance to businesses and governments.

Vodium provides web-based delivery of interactive rich media presentations to audiences of 10 or 10,000. Key applications include on-line training, knowledge management, virtual conferences, and corporate communications. Vodium's software and services enable customers to create dynamic presentations that incorporate synchronized video, slides and text within a single interface. These multimedia presentations are then archived into a customized library, available anytime, anywhere over the Internet. For organizations, Vodium offers a powerful and cost-effective platform to reach larger audiences and achieve high impact communications, live or on demand. For the audience, Vodium presents an engaging viewing experience where searching through video is as easy as text. Vodium's customers span across Fortune 100 companies, Federal agencies and the educational sector. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.vodium.com. or contact Vodium, 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. Ph: 202.868.1170; Fax: 202.868.1171