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The 4th annual SIIA Content Forum conference will deliver the tools, tactics, and best practices necessary to build, enable and sell content.

Our attendees represent the people responsible for digital content product conception, strategy and development; sales, distribution and licensing; marketing; and intellectual property. These are the people who make deals and oversee strategic partnerships, alliances, channels, and business development. Analysts, investors, bankers and press also attend.

At the conclusion of the Content Forum, you'll meet the companies selected by the industry as having the year's best products and services at the SIIA Codie Awards Reception and Gala.

To increase your business opportunities, the Content Forum conference is co-located with the SIIA's other leading conferences, the Software Strategy Summit and the Ed Tech Industry Summit.

Register now to attend the SIIA Content Forum & Codie Awards, San Francisco, CA.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 software and information companies. Get information on how you and your company can benefit from the SIIA Content Division.

SIIA Content Forum Steering Committee

Malik Aborashid, iThenticate
Bruce Antelman, Reviews.com
George Beckerman, Marlin & Associates
Jean Bedord, Shore Communications
Frank Bilotto, MuseGlobal, Inc.
Ed Colleran, Copyright Clearance Center
Jonathan Hoy, Lexis Nexis
David Justus, College Board - SAT Readiness Program
Melissa Kaus, Leadership Directories
Ed Keating, SIIA
Matt Lohman, KnowledgeStorm
Rina Marchand, Nstein Technologies
Randy Marcinko, Marcinko Enterprises
Ann Michael, DeltaThink
Robin Neidorf, FreePint
Debbie Perry, Generate
Gina Piarulli, J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Richard Pond, Cranium Softworks
Marcia Taylor, Business Wire

Register now to attend the SIIA Content Forum & Codie Awards, San Francisco, CA.

Past Attendees

Below is a list of the 150 publishers, electronic publishing, digital publishing, digital content, content aggregators, content technology plays, media companies, bankers, investors, analysts, consultants, bloggers, and press who attended the Content Forum conference in 2006.

We expect another 150+ executives will participate in the SIIA Content Forum conference in 2007.

Register now to attend the SIIA Content Forum & Codie Awards, San Francisco, CA.

SIIA Content Forum 2006 Attendees:

• , , McGovern Consulting LLC
• Malik AboRashid, , MuseGlobal, Inc.
• Steve Agganis, Marketing Manager, Manta Media (formerly ECNext)
• Colleen Albair, Content Licensing Manager
• Ed Annunziata, Lead Developer, Power-Glide
• Bruce Antelman, President, Reviews.com
• Neil Ashe, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Development, CNET Networks, Inc.
• Michael Balsam, VP, Products & Services, Onvia, Inc.
• John Barker, Strategic Planning Manager, Wolters Kluwer
• Richard Barker, Chief Executive Officer, Kitmondo Ltd
• George Beckerman, Managing Director, Washington Office, Marlin & Associates
• Tom Bedecarre, Chief Executive Officer, AKQA
• Jean Bedford, Consultant, Senior Analyst, Shore Communications, Inc.
• Linda Bessmer, , Questia Media
• John Blossom, President, Shore Communications, Inc.
• Cynthia Braddon, SVP of Global Affairs, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
• John Breul, Director, Strategy Accounts, FAST, a Microsoft Subsidiary
• Brett Brewer, President, AdKnowledge
• Andrea D. Broadbent, Director, Corporate Licensing, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
• Chris Broekhoff, VP, Business Development, Marcinko Enterprises, Inc. (MEI)
• Barbara Brynko, Editor-in-Chief, Information Today
• Marcellus Buchheit, President & Chief Executive Officer, WIBU-Systems USA
• Art Bushnell, VP, Sales & Business Development, Grab Networks
• Dave Callaway, Editor in Chief, MarketWatch
• Bert Carelli, Director, Business Development, DeepDyve, Inc.
• Christopher Carfi, Chief Executive Officer, Cerado
• Gregory P. Chagaris, Co-Founder & Chief Sales Officer, Outsell, Inc.
• Emily Chang, Principal, Ideacodes
• Karen Christensen, Chief Executive Officer, Berkshire Publishing
• Linnea Christiani, VP, Business Development, Marcinko Enterprises, Inc. (MEI)
• Corilee Christou, VP, Online & New Media Licensing & Development, C2 Consulting
• Jonathan Clark, Executive Vice President, Reed Elsevier Inc.
• Edward Colleran, Senior Director, International Relations, Copyright Clearance Center
• Todd Colletti, Director, Product Planning (Gamespot.com), CNET Networks, Inc.
• Dawn M. Conway, Vice President, Global Licensing & Content Acquisition, LexisNexis Group
• Robert Croce, Group Publisher, HCPro
• Eric Culp, Senior Account Executive, Manta Media (formerly ECNext)
• Jeff Cutler, Business Development, Vitals.com
• Brenon Daly, Reporter, TechDealMaker
• Heather Davis, Vice President, Licensing, Investor's Business Daily-Licensing Division
• Michael Davis, Director, Business Development
• Jeffrey Dearth, Partner, DeSilva & Phillips LLC
• Kenn Devane, President & CEO, MineTech, Inc.
• Deb Doane, VP, Product Marketing, EDGAR Online, Inc.
• Ken Doctor, Author, Newsonomics & Industry Analyst, Outsell, Inc.
• Ben Elowitz, Chief Executive Officer, wetpaint, inc.
• Ben Evered, VP, Sales & Mkt, One2OneMate
• Steven Fadem, President & CEO, The Relegence Corporation
• Katie Fehrenbacher, Reporter, Red Herring, Inc.
• Michael Fioritto,
• Liz Gannes, Reporter, Red Herring, Inc.
• Max Garrone, VP, Operations, Salon.com
• Andy Gates, VP, Business Development, Questia Media
• Tolman Geffs, Managing Director, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.
• Richard Geiger, Research Director, San Francisco Chronicle
• Dori Geise, Marketing Programs Manager, LexisNexis Group
• Paul P. Gerbino, Publisher, ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom
• Gregory P. Gerdy, VP, Channel Marketing, Dow Jones & Company
• Karyn German, Vice President, Product Development, NewsGator Technologies
• Bill Glasgall, Vice President
• Scott Gordon, SVP Business Development, NetProspex
• Francois Gossieaux, President, Corante, Inc.
• Matthew Hamel,
• Peter Hause, VP, Business Development, Javien Digital Payment Solutions, Inc.
• David B. Hills,
• Jonathan Hoy, Strategic Alliance Manager, LexisNexis Group
• Matt Humphrey, General Manager, Employer Resource Institute
• David Justus,
• Keith Kaplan, Director, Product Development
• Edward L. Keating, VP, Content Division, SIIA
• Peter Krasilovsky, Editor, The Local Onliner
• Susan Kuchinskas, Blogger, The 360
• John Kuranz, President, Research & Content Solutions, Vendome Group, LLC
• Janice R. Lachance, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, Special Libraries Association (SLA)
• David Langevin, VP, Director of Electronic Markets (Trade and Reference Division), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Bill Lederer, Chairman & CEO, Minotaur Capital Management
• Matt Leshinskie, Sales Representative, Mark Logic Corporation
• Marissa Levinson, Director, Business Development and Sales, Six Apart Ltd.
• Charlene Li, Principal Analyst, Devices, Media & Marketing, Forrester Research, Inc.
• Matt Lohman, Director, Business Development, Cortera, Inc.
• Patty Lundy, President, Profile America, Inc.
• Michelle Mader, Marketing Communications Manager, Manta Media (formerly ECNext)
• Steve Manzo, Vice President, Government Affairs, Reed Elsevier Inc.
• Randy Marcinko, Chief Executive Officer, Groxis, Inc.
• Eileen G. Markowitz, President, Thomas Industrial Network
• Kenneth B. Marlin, Managing Partner, Marlin & Associates LLC
• Heather Mars, Director, Content Management, Dow Jones Licensing Services
• Jeffrey Massa, CEO, President and Founder, YellowBrix, Inc.
• Janice McCallum, , InfoCommerce Group Inc.
• Brian McCloskey, Program Manager, SIIA
• Thaddeus McIlroy, President, Arcadia House
• Arthur C. McKinley, General Manager, AditAll Group Aditall and Dynamic Video
• Craig McKinnis, Licensing Division, USA Today
• Ted Mendelsohn, Director, Business Development, AP Digital
• Teri Mendelsohn, President, Mendelsohn Consulting
• Krish Menon, , The NewsMarket, Inc.
• Robert W. Merry, President & Publisher, STRATFOR
• Todd Mickelsen, Vice President, Publishing Applications, FAST, a Microsoft Subsidiary
• Erik T. Mikisch, VP, Business Development, HaraBara, Inc.
• Tim Miller, Vice President & General Manager, Financial Markets, The 451 Group
• Kate Millson, , Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
• Steven Mitzenmacher, Director, Corporate Development, SAP Business Objects OnDemand
• Paul Mouton, Business Development Director, Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
• David Myers, Principal, DMedia Associates, Inc.
• Chandu Nair, Director & President, Scope e-Knowledge Center Pvt. Ltd.
• Kate Noerr, Chief Executive Officer, MuseGlobal, Inc.
• Martha D.M. Notaras, Executive Vice President, DMG Information Inc.
• Michael O'Donnell, Founder, Chairman and CEO, iCopyright
• Thomas Orr, Director, Business Development International, Convera, Inc.
• Elizabeth Osder, Local, Search & Social Media, Yahoo!, Inc.
• Karen Ouk, , Google, Inc.
• Gina Piarulli, Editorial Manager, Human Resources, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
• Mike Pickett, CEO, President, Onvia, Inc.
• Prashant Pisharoty, Business Development Manager, TATA Interactive Systems
• Renny Ponvert, Chief Executive Officer, Management CV, Inc.
• Deborah Rafii, Channel Marketing Manager, Factiva (a Dow Jones and Reuters Company)
• Andrea Ramsden-Cooke, Director, Licensing & Business Development, Marcinko Enterprises, Inc. (MEI)
• CJ Rayhill, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Technology, Safari Books Online
• Matthew Roche, Chief Executive Officer, Offermatica, Inc.
• Evelyn Rodriguez, Independent Consultant
• Clayton Rose, VP, Business Development, Internet Broadcasting
• Kevin Rose, Founder, Digg.com
• Joshua Schachter, Founder, del.icio.us
• Larry Schwartz, President, Newstex, LLC
• David Meerman Scott, Principal, Freshspot Marketing
• Russell Secker, Executive Vice President, International, Hoover's, Inc.
• Webb A. Shaw, Director, Editorial Resources, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
• Steven K. Sieck, President, SKS Advisors, Inc.
• Leonard Simutis, President, ENC Learning Inc.
• Ken Sonenclar, Managing Director, DeSilva & Phillips LLC
• Michael Spencer, President & CEO, One2OneMate
• Pamela Springer, President & Chief Executive Officer, Manta Media (formerly ECNext)
• Bret Taylor, Product Manager, Developer Programs, Google, Inc.
• Marcia Taylor, Content Development Manager, Newstex, LLC
• Bill Veiga, VP, Enterprise Sales, Mark Logic Corporation
• Al Wasserberger, Marketing Partner, MakingRain, LLC
• Keith White, Publisher, CQ-Roll Call Group
• Joe Wikert, Vice President & Executive Publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Ben Williamson, Director, Business Development, Innodata Isogen
• Peter Zhang, Senior Vice President, Edelman
• Gregory Zorthian, VP, Circulation, Financial Times NY