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Portal Point hace balance y prepara su segunda ediciónPortal Point assesses and prepares its second edition
The second edition of the international exhibition of Internet and E-Commerce Portal Point will take place next month of March in Palace 1 of Fira de Barcelona. As in the first round which took place in May 2002, the meeting will host a symposium on new technologies that will address specific cases of study (case studies).
The second edition of the Salon of Internet and E-Commerce, Portal Point will take place the month of March 2003. Portal Point was digital bet of the Consorci of the Franca area of Barcelona, an organization headed by Enrique Lacalle which mainly organises trade of real estate content, such as Barcelona Meeting Point, and the international logistics show (SIL).
However, the bet came at wrong time, in full crisis "dot com", as has been recognized by the President of the Consortium, Enrique Lacalle in its assessment of the last edition. In this assessment contained in the magazine as well was / That Lacalle was admitted to that Portal Point was "a show that (...)" "he was not born at the right time, but nevertheless, we managed to throw it forward thanks to the illusion of a special team led by José María Pons and Daniel Puig".
The first edition was attended by 128 exhibiting companies and it was visited by 7322 professionals.
Lacalle admitted that Portal Point was
"a room who was not born at the right time, but nevertheless, managed to throw it forward thanks to the illusion"
"of a special team"
Portal Point 2003
As in the first edition, the fair will take place in the Montjuïc 1 palació. The Lounge will have an area of 10,000 square meters. The fair is intended for the end user of internet services, be it a company or an individual, so the Organization has separate offer addressed to private individuals to the professional user.
The space dedicated to the public at large is segmented by topics including engines search, entertainment, shopping carts or housing.
Professional space is divided into two zones. The first is the content and is targeted to vertical portals and content B2B (Business to Business). The second area deals with services related to Internet (hosting of pages, technology platforms, means of payment, etc.).
For its part, the Hall will host an international symposium specializes in the most current issues
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