Sonic Foundry to Webcast EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2009, Face-to-Face and Online

DENVER, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (booth #443) -- Even with campus travel bans and budget cuts, the higher education community can still attend the 2009 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), an EDUCAUSE Gold Partner and the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced that its Mediasite platform will be used to create a blended event by recording and streaming online presentations from EDUCAUSE 2009, taking place November 3 - 6 in Denver, Colorado.

The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, "The Best Thinking in Higher Ed IT," delivers thought leadership, community interaction and educational insights to all professionals in higher education. This year, EDUCAUSE is offering a virtual conference pass. The online event includes 13 featured sessions plus concurrent presentations, a campus facilitator kit with tools and tips for hosting events and a pass to EDUCAUSE Central Online, a community hub provided for virtual collaboration.

While the conference has streamed sessions on-demand via Mediasite for several years, last year marked the first time the conference streamed live webcasts to a virtual audience. Due to the positive response, the organization created EDUCAUSE 2009 Online, where online attendees can learn and network with colleagues without leaving campus.

Live and on-demand presentation recordings are included with the online package. Key sessions include:

• Sean Brown, vice president of education, Sonic Foundry to present The Past, Present, and Future of Academic Webcasting, Wednesday at 3:50 p.m., Korbel Ballroom 3B.
• Jim Jorstad, director of educational technologies, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse to present Lost in Space: Finding Your Way Around Effective Learning Space Creation, Wednesday 10:30 a.m., meeting room 603, and Houston, We Have a Problem: Leading Through Failure, Thursday at 3:45 p.m., meeting room 605.
  

EDUCAUSE 2009 is being webcasted by Sonic Foundry's Event Services group, a leading provider of webcasting for blended conferences and high-profile training events. The group and its strategic partners use the patented Mediasite webcasting platform to complement conferences or events with viewing over the web. Since its launch in January 2007, the Event Services group has provided live and on-demand webcasting for clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations and university associations to sporting events and charitable organizations.

To view sessions from EDUCAUSE 2008 visit www.sonicfoundry.com/educause2008/catalog/.

About EDUCAUSE
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education. EDUCAUSE programs and services are focused on analysis, advocacy, community building, professional development, and knowledge creation because IT plays a transformative role in higher education. EDUCAUSE supports those who lead, manage, and use information technology through a comprehensive range of resources and activities. For more information, visit http://www.educause.edu.

About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.
Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ: SOFO, www.sonicfoundry.com) is the global leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, providing enterprise communication solutions for more than 1,500 customers in education, business and government. Powered by Mediasite, the patented webcasting platform which automates the capture, management, delivery and search of lectures, online training and briefings, Sonic Foundry empowers people to transform the way they communicate. Through the Mediasite platform and its Events Services group, the company helps customers connect a dynamic, evolving world of shared knowledge and envisions a future where learners and workers around the globe use webcasting to bridge time and distance, accelerate research and improve performance.

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