For Immediate Release

Contact:
Barbara Jean Walsh, Professional BoatBuilder magazine (888) 668-8801
proboattraining@proboat.com

Caroline Chetelat, ABYC (410) 990-4460, ext. 22
cchetelat@abycinc.org

Shahed Ahmed, For Elluminate, Inc. (703) 390-1515
ahmed@merrittgrp.com

February 8, 2008, Annapolis, MD; Brooklin, ME; and Chicago, IL: The Conference on Marine Industry Technical Education (COMITT) co-producers announced today that Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, will make all 12 seminars and both luncheon presentations available online through the Elluminate Live! virtual classroom. The innovative new online component of the third annual COMITT is designed to supplement the event, which takes place on February 18 - 20, 2008 at the Gallery One Four Lauderdale, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and allows those not able to attend in person to participate in the event.

COMITT Online enables remote participants to listen live to all seminars and presentations, take part in live moderated Q&A sessions, and continue discussions after the event in online forums focused around each session. COMITT presentations will be presented simultaneously as free online events, with registration available at http://comitt2008.eventbrite.com. After each session ends, Elluminate will make the recorded version of the online session available in all ProBoat E-Training online course sites free to all registered attendees.

"We were very pleased to receive support from an Elluminate grant for COMITT 2008," said Barbara-Jean Walsh, COMITT Planning Committee Chair. "We wanted to showcase a new technology that educators and those in the industry may not otherwise have an opportunity to experience, and ensure that anyone interested in marine industry workforce development, but who can't attend in person, has access to the conference information. We understand that this is a tight budget year for our industry, and we hope people will take advantage of this free opportunity to show their support for industry workforce development and training."

About COMITT
Produced by MITEC and co-sponsored by the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC), the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), and Professional Boatbuilder magazine (PBB), COMITT examines key workforce-development and technical-training issues in the marine industry. The conference offers the strategic solutions needed by employers to combat this labor problem. Attendees will also receive solid advice from industry experts on which tools, techniques, and technologies best support their recruitment and retention efforts. The COMITT 2008 brochure is now available online at http://www.comitt.org.

About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration that deliver exceptional outcomes, including enhanced learning experiences, increased retention and completion rates, and higher ROI. Elluminate Live! features high-quality voice over the Internet, robust interactive functionality, and unique No User Left Behind™ technology that supports multiple platforms and low-bandwidth connectivity. Elluminate has served more than 200 million web-collaboration minutes to over 3 million teachers and students located in 184 different countries.

Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Elluminate is the trusted choice of prominent academic institutions and corporations, including ADP, Apple Computer, California State University, Duke University, Florida Virtual School, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, K12 Inc., London Knowledge Lab, Los Angeles Unified School District, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Novell, Queen's University, Royal Veterinary College, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and many more. The winner of several prestigious awards, the company is also one of Deloitte's 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies and is positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing, 2007. For more information, visit http://www.elluminate.com.

For additional information on COMITT, visit www.comitt.org.