ADVISORY/Micropayments Conference: The New Business Models Driving Internet Commerce.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Monday (Nov. 3)

Micropayments Conference

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         Ron Rivest, Co-Founder of RSA and Greg Papadopolous, CTO       of Sun Microsytems Among the Visionaries to Discuss Future              of Micropayments at New York City Conference             The Harvard Club, 27 West 44th St. New York City;                          8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.      On November 3, 2003, at the Harvard Club in New York City, more than 80 senior executives from leading entertainment, media and publishing companies will gather to discuss the future of Internet commerce at the first executive conference focused on micropayments.     The conference, hosted by Peppercoin, a micropayments company that enables profitable, new business models for low-priced digital content and physical goods, will focus on the potential of micropayments in today's business climate and how micropayments will fundamentally change business models in music, gaming and other industries. The full-day program features keynotes, six panels, a sit-down lunch and a post-conference cocktail reception.     Ron Rivest, founder of RSA Security and Peppercoin, and Greg Papadopoulos, chief technology officer for Sun Microsystems, will be presenting keynotes. Executives from Nickelodeon Online, PayPal, Sony Music, Visa USA, Warner Music Group, and Yahoo! Music, among other companies, will explore business and technology trends and new business models as they apply to micropayments and e-commerce.     Panel discussions will focus on:      --  The future of micropayments keynote by Ron Rivest      --  New business models in online publishing      --  New business models in digital music      --  Micropayment infrastructure keynote by Greg Papadopolous      --  Micropayments and the payment industry      --  New business models for online games      REGISTER: To register as media, request additional information or arrange an interview at or before the conference, please contact Mark McClennan or Scott Love at 781-684-0770 or email peppercoin@schwartz-pr.com. 

About Peppercoin, Inc.

Peppercoin is a micropayments company that enables profitable, new business models for low-priced digital content and physical goods. Only Peppercoin helps merchants build market adoption quickly through a consumer-friendly, pay-as-you-go approach that eliminates prepayments. Peppercoin integrates easily with existing business models and systems to accelerate revenues and increase profits while dramatically lowering transaction costs. For more information visit www.peppercoin.com.