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| InfoCommerce 2008 - Data 2.5: Evolve and Thrive Data continues to be the darling of media pundits and to drive game-changing deals. But those of us in the business cannot rest on our laurels because 1) our markets don't stand still and 2) competition frequently comes out of nowhere. New opportunities emerge daily, and Darwinism is a fact of a publishing life. Join us at InfoCommerce 2008 to see who's evolving, who's thriving and what the next generation of information products are likely to be. Register now and join us this year to continue the tradition of intelligence, innovation and inspiration at InfoCommerce 2008. |
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 CONFERENCE KICK-OFF RECEPTION SPONSORED BY DESILVA & PHILLIPS5-6:30 pm Park Hyatt XIX Nineteen Café Join us high above Philadelphia to enjoy cocktails and the panoramic views that will set the stage for the mind-expanding program that follows. While we will be returning to our roots - our inaugural conference for data publishers was held here in 1992 - the industry has changed beyond recognition. The hotel has changed, too, but still retains its classic sophistication that sets it apart as a local landmark.  CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, REGISTRATION
SETTING THE THEMERussell Perkins Founder & Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group Keynote
PresentationJeffrey R. Tarr Co-President & Co-Chief Operating Officer IHS MEET THE EVOLUTIONARIESHear from these successful innovators how they have blended and connected content with the organic collectivity of the Web and how you, too, can take your information products up the evolutionary chain. Megan St. John, Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group [moderator] Jeff Curie, VP, Marketing, SupplyFrame Inc. TROLLING FOR TRAFFICSearch engine optimization, once the tool of technologists, is now found in every data publisher's survival kit. Hear from these publishers and search experts how SEO has become a mainstream marketing vehicle, and how you should be using it to stand out from the pack. Diane Burley, President and Founder, Pure Contemporary [Moderator] Steve Boymel VP, Business Development Farlex.com Jerome Shaver, Director, Analytics & Intelligence ThomasNet LUNCHBREEDING THE BEST
These publishers have crossed data with three of the hottest trends on the Web - community, ratings and user-generated content. They will tell you how to create best of breed products that leverage the Web's interactivity and how to get comfortable with allowing customers to use and provide data in ways that would once have thought to be out of control. Kevin Plexico Executive Vice-President INPUT EXCELLENCE REVISITED To underscore our theme, these Models of Excellence companies will discuss their own remarkable evolutions based on real-life market experience, and tell you why they, and their customers, are the better for it. Patrick Spain Chairman & CEO HighBeam Research BUILDING VALUE IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN THE BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
This intriguing panel provides a fascinating comparison of how several companies are each successfully serving different segments of the same market in distinctly different ways. And when a market hits a rough patch, as the building/construction market recently has, clients ---advertisers or subscribers to research/data -- put extra emphasis on business development and lead generation. Learn the creative ways these companies are delivering results. Frank Russo, Principal RoughWave Advisory Group [Moderator] Per Lofving Senior Product Manager, McGraw Hill Construction Steven Ritchie VP Marketing & Business Development, Reed Construction Data Jennifer Magee CEO/Co-Founder, UPWorld George Manthous Director, Sales & Marketing, Property Portfolio Research SPECIAL GUEST: Angie Hicks, Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Angie's ListMODELS OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS DINNER SPONSORED BY AMERICAN BUSINESS MEDIA
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, REGISTRATIONA LOOK BEHIND/A LOOK AHEADMegan St. John, Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group [moderator] DATA MEETS CONSULTINGAre your customers not all that sophisticated about data, or is your data too sophisticated for your customers? In either case, it's an opportunity to add consulting to your product DNA. These publishers who have done it successfully will tell you how. Dick Ryan, President & CEO, Zweig-White John Pearson, Divisional President, SRI Consulting and Chemical Business Media, Access Intelligence THERE'S NO FREE LAUNCHHear from companies how their new product research is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and how many new products are being continuously refined from the moment they are launched based on customer feeback. Chris Warwick, VP, Product Development & Management, HOOVERS Inc. Michael Balsam, VP, Products and Services, Onvia Inc. INFOCOMMERCE ROUNDTABLE: THE NETWORK EFFECTAd networks are proliferating, mutating and prospering. General ad networks. Vertical ad networks. Behavioral ad networks. Contextual networks. We'll identify the opportunities and drawbacks of letting others do the selling of for you. Janice McCallum, Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group Inc. INFOCOMMERCE ROUNDTABLE: EDITORIAL BEST PRACTICES FOR DATA PUBLISHINGDigital delivery is exposing data free of its packaging for the first time and significantly raises the pressure on editorial quality. We'll give you a top-line overview of key findings from a first-ever review of editorial organizations within commercial data publishing firms so you can see how your data updating practices stack up. Russell Perkins Founder & Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group INFOCOMMERCE ROUNDTABLE: A, B, C, D's OF BUSINESS INFORMATIONOptions and opportunities in how business information is sold, built, marketed and used have never been greater, and making sense of them has never been harder. To offer context and clarity, InfoCommerce Group offers the A,B,C,and D's of information. See how our applications, business, content, and distribution models can be used to guide your business and how they have been applied by other publishers who are worth emulating. Megan St. John, Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group |
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