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Media Advisory: Descartes Adds Industry Experts From ARC Advisory Group and IATA to Speaker Lineup at Annual Global User Group Conference

Descartes Systems Group (TSX: DSG)(NASDAQ: DSGX), a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, announced that Adrian Gonzalez, Logistics Executive Council Director at ARC Advisory Group, as well as Ricardo Lehmacher, IATA Regional Cargo Director Americas are confirmed keynote speakers at the upcoming Descartes Annual Global User Group Conference. Attendees can hear these logistics industry experts speak on supply chain and technology trends, specifically interoperability and the development of standards across logistics business processes and communications. Spokespersons from CVS/Pharmacy, TNT Freight, UBCR/Tomra, Sleepy's Mattress, Capital Beverage and other Descartes customers will also be on hand to talk about the value Descartes brings to their organizations.
The Descartes User Group Conference is the pinnacle event where Descartes users from around the world get together to network with other Descartes users, meet the Descartes product management team, provide input on Descartes' product development plans, and learn more about Descartes solutions and how to improve their operations. Each year attendees participate in a variety of sessions designed to help users of Descartes' solutions and services better understand the strategies, business processes and implementation tactics that other customers are successfully employing. With content being largely driven by users for users, these sessions provide a forum to share key experiences and provide solution-specific tips and techniques to help Descartes' customers achieve optimum performance.
Members of the media are invited to attend the conference, and participate in sessions where they can learn more about how Descartes is setting standards across logistics intensive operations.
What: Descartes Annual Global User Group Conference:
When: March 19 - 21, 2007
Where: International Plaza Resort and Spa
Orlando, Florida
To register: visit
http://www.descartes.com/events/user_group/conference.html
or contact Mavi Silveira at msilveira@descartes.com
About Descartes
Descartes (TSX: DSG)(NASDAQ: DSGX), a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions, is delivering results across the globe today for organizations that operate logistics-intensive businesses. Descartes' logistics management solutions combine a multi-modal network, the Descartes Global Logistics Network, with component-based 'nano' sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, "book-to-bill" services for contract carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. These solutions and services help Descartes' customers reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven and improve pick up and delivery reliability. Our hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has over 300 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Toronto, Ottawa, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C. and Stockholm. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.
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