DPR Group’s southeastern operations in Cary will handle public relations activities related to XTECH 2006, touted as the premier conference in Europe for those working with XML and web technologies. The conference is in May.

DPR was selected by IDEAlliance, an industry organization, to handle the conference contract, which includes securing of media partnerships.

“XTech provides an informative and practical forum for the constantly evolving worlds of web development and open data,” said Marion Elledge, IDEAlliance’s vice president of information technology programs. “DPR Group’s expertise and commitment to the high-tech arena was instrumental in our selection process. We are pleased to be partnering with a firm that has a proven track record working with organizations to increase marketplace visibility through strategic and tactical public relations initiatives.”

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