CAMPNEY & MURPHY

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FOR:  CAMPNEY & MURPHY

APRIL 10, 2003 - 09:30 EST

2003 Campney & Murphy Small Cap Forum

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--Campney & Murphy is pleased to 
announce that John N. Geddes, Vice President, Business 
Development of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. will be 
the keynote speaker at the 2003 Campney & Murphy Small Cap Forum 
lunch. 

Mr. Geddes is responsible for developing new business ventures 
for MacDonald Dettwiler.  He also has specific business 
management responsibilities for MacDonald Dettwiler's e-commerce 
ventures in the United States and the United Kingdom.  An 
engineer by training, Mr. Geddes has successfully established new 
businesses in a variety of markets including environmental 
management, mapping, land management and, most recently, B2B 
e-commerce, providing property related information services to 
financial and legal sectors.  He has worked with governments at 
all levels and has established business relationships with 
corporations around the world.  Mr. Geddes is a past member of 
the board of the TIA and is a current member of the Investment 
Advisory Counsel of GrowthWorks (Working Opportunity Fund), the 
Vancouver Board of Trade and the Association of Professional 
Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. 

MacDonald Detwiller is an information company that provides 
customers around the world with essential information used for 
decision making in the workplace.  Headquartered in Richmond, BC, 
it operates internationally and employs over 2,200 people.  
MacDonald Detwiller is #17 on Business in Vancouver's Top 100 
Public Companies list for 2002. 

The lunch will take place in the Arbutus Room at The Four Seasons 
Hotel in Vancouver on May 1, 2003 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.  
If you are an investment advisor, analyst, portfolio manager or 
investment banker and you wish to attend the lunch, you must 
reserve a seat.  Seating is limited.  For more information on how 
to reserve a seat for the lunch at a cost of $40 per person, 
please visit the forum website at www.thebestofbc.com. 

The 2003 Campney & Murphy Small Cap Forum is a full-day event at 
which 16 of BC's leading public companies from the high 
technology and biotechnology sectors will make presentations to 
members of the investment community.  The event will be attended 
by an invited group of investment advisors, financial analysts, 
investment bankers, money managers and the media.  

The 2003 Campney & Murphy Small Cap Forum - "The Best of BC" is 
presented by Campney & Murphy and sponsored by BDO Dunwoody LLP, 
TMT Communications Ltd., CCNMatthews and Bowne with support from 
Business in Vancouver. 

Campney & Murphy provides legal and business solutions to clients 
in a selected number of market sectors in BC and beyond.  Campney 
& Murphy's technology group focuses on advising BC technology 
companies.  Campney & Murphy shares the commitment to innovation, 
quality and success represented by the companies that will 
participate in this year's forum.  For more information on 
Campney & Murphy's technology group, contact Kevin Hisko at 
khisko@campney.com or visit our website at www.campney.com. 

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