SIIA 2003 Annual Conference—“Leveraging Change: Strategies for Growth”
May 4-6 * Palace Hotel * San Francisco
Topic: “Buried Treasure: New Revenue Sources for Knowledge-Rich Companies”
Speakers: Paul Cuccia, SVP and CIO, Sotheby’s
James Dippold, SVP Global Business Intelligence, A.C. Nielsen
Rich Foudy, CEO, National Decision Systems
Paul Gerbino, Publisher, Product News Network,
Thomas Publishing
Terry Waters, SVP and General Manager, Best Practices Program, Gartner, Inc.
Moderator: Hal Espo, President, Contextual Connections, LLC
Location: The McGraw-Hill Companies Conference Center
Room 208
1221 Avenues of the Americas
New York City
Time: Networking 11:30 am – Noon
Program Noon - 1:30 p.m.
In the
digital world, companies with a strong knowledge base or brand presence have
substantial opportunities to mine these resources to generate new products and
new revenue streams. However, uncertain business models, fast-changing
technologies, and the need to show a quick ROI baffle many publishers and
knowledge-rich companies. In this brown bag discussion, content-rich companies
will reveal how they leveraged their information resources and technology to
produce new products and revenue streams, including the challenges they have
faced and the success they have achieved.
Event price for SIIA Members: Free
NYNMA Members: $25.00
Non-SIIA Members: $35.00
The second annual Information Industry Summit was a great success. We would like to thank the: IIS program planning committee - Renee Citera, LexisNexis; Cara Erickson, Cheyenne Group; Lee Greenhouse, Greenhouse Associates; James Kollegger, Genesys Partners, Ian Brown, Jordan Edmiston/JEGI Capital; Chris Morton, Thomson-West; Chuck Richard, C. Richard Strategic Consulting; Steve Sieck, Managing Partner, EPS-USA and Peter Simon, nStein –
The event sponsors – Marquee Sponsors - Alladdin, The Jordan Edmiston Group/JEGI Capital, Con Edison Communications, eMeta, and Outsell – Conference Sponsors – Copyright Clearance Center and Genesys Partners and the Networking Reception Sponsor – Factiva
Media partners – Information Today and E-Content magazine and finally, but of course importantly, the speakers.
All gave generously of their time and resources to make this event the 'place to be' for the information industry. Over 275 information industry leaders and senior managers were in attendance. Special thanks to keynote speakers Andy Prozes, Global CEO, LexisNexis and Tim Berners-Lee, Director, W3C for sharing their expertise. If you missed this year's IIS, mark your calendar for 2004 -- Tuesday, January 27 in New York City. The 2004 Program Planning Committee will meet in early Spring. If you are interested in participating, contact Emily Pilk at epilk@siia.net.
You are invited to participate in SIIA's Content Anti-Piracy (CAP) Committee meeting on February 24th, 2003 in New York. If you would like to participate, please contact Rene Albury, Director of Intellectual Property Enforcement at (ralbury@siia.net). If you know others in your company who might have an interest in attending the meeting, please pass this invitation along to them.
Monday, February 24, 2003 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.
The McGraw-Hill Companies Conference Center - Gallery
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York City
Business Models
Working Group
Group Leaders are Paul Gerbino,
Product News Network and Corilee Christou, Reed Business Information - The
Business Models Working Group will focus on assessing and providing information
on best practices for business models for electronic content. The goal will
be to conceptualize how buyers and sellers of data are successfully managing
distribution of digital content today. Major areas to be covered include:
Distribution channels: Direct including intranet, extranet, portals, etc., third party (aggregators, syndicators), web sites, reprint services, linking arrangements (content resides on publisher servers), type of content: full text feeds, abstracts, extracts, books, articles.
Market sectors: Commercial (for-profit),. Non-Profit e.g. Public Libraries, Associations, Core to publishers vs. non-Core
Content Management
Working Group
Group Leaders: Ed Colleran,
Copyright Clearance Center and Barry Bealer, Really Strategies - This
Working Group will cover issues relating to licensing, rights management and
rights protection following a model that considers technology as an enabler,
process & systems to be used, licensing issues and the impact of user role
changes. End products should include best practices for both publishers and
aggregators.
Topics to be considered include: Data normalization vs. knowledge/content management, rights and distribution management; content creation and delivery, new revenue opportunities in a digital content economy.
Sales &
Marketing Working Group
Group Leaders: John Buckman,
Buckman Communications, Anthea Stratigos, Outsell and Ken Kirkley, ProQuest -
The Working Group will discuss and define best practices for customer retention
and prospect recruitment, brand management and enhancement, and channel
management. Changes in the end-user market have caused changes in the marketing
messages required for effective sales. How can we best approach the
fragmenting corporate market?
The Working Groups are still in development. If you are interested in joining a Working Group, you may contact Emily Pilk at epilk@siia.net or contact one of the group leaders directly. Your participation and input is important to the success of the Working Groups.
Stay tuned for next Working Group meetings.
Codie Awards Finalist Binder will arrive in early March. The Binder contains software and information from Codie Awards finalists for members to review before they cast their votes for award winners.
SIIA voting members will have 30 days, beginning March 3, to review Codie Awards finalists in each category. Member companies are allowed one vote per company in each Codie Awards category. Companies are encouraged to involve as many employees as possible in the voting process in order to reflect respective areas of expertise.
Winners will be announced at the Codie Awards Gala in San Francisco on May 6.
Make sure your membership status is up to date so that your company receives its copy of the Finalist Binder. For more information, please contact Cristina Stensvaag, SIIA Marketing Manager, at cstensvaag@siia.net or +1.202.789.4458. You can visit the Codie Awards website at http://www.siia.net/codies2003/.
No more Monsters! SIIA has launched the Jobs NetWORK. It is a low-cost, high quality and targeted jobs site designed to meet your need for top caliber candidates with industry-related experience.The SIIA Jobs NetWORK is an industry-focused community matching quality employers with experienced candidates. In challenging times, finding the right people the first time is critical.
Benefits include:
· Lower cost per listing than all other sites - includes unlimited views
· One free posting for first 50 SIIA members (use promotion code). Visit http://jobsnetwork.siia.net.
· One price for postings: National or local all the same price
· Resume Search Builder finds resumes that match your needed criteria
· Vertical postings and candidates only: No unrelated industry listings
· Targeted to your needs: geographic, education, and experience
· 24/7 management tool service
· Job posting preview allows you to see the posting as it will appear
· XML interfaces to post, search jobs, import and retrieve resumes
· And much more!
To post a position, or learn more about this new service, visit <http://jobsnetwork.siia.net>.
Employees of SIIA member companies can now use the Member Participation Worksheet at http://www.siia.net/participation_worksheet_employer/participate.asp to register their interest in various SIIA activities and publications. Members are encouraged to visit this page ensure that they can take full advantage of their SIIA membership.
For more information, please contact Meg Looney at mlooney@siia.net.
Nominations Due February 28, 2003
The SIIA Excellence In Giving Award, co-sponsored by Gifts In Kind International, recognizes software and information companies' philanthropic commitment to communities as demonstrated by their product giving programs. The winner of this award will be announced at the Codie Awards Gala on May 6, 2003 in San Francisco. The Excellence In Giving Award is open to SIIA members only. There is no nomination fee. For more details or to receive a nomination form, please contact Cristina Stensvaag, SIIA Marketing Manager, at cstensvaag@siia.net or +1.202.789.4458.
On February 5, 2003, Commerce Secretary Evens issued the 2003 Call for Nominations for the National Medal of Technology, the nation’s highest award for technological innovation. The National Medal of Technology is America's equivalent to the Nobel Prize. The President of the United States, presents the prestigious National Medal of Technology to individuals, teams of individuals, or companies who have improved the American economy and quality of life by their outstanding contributions through technology. The nominations deadline is May 23, 2003. Nomination forms may be obtained at www.ta.doc.gov/medal and nomination may also be submitted online For more information, please contact Mildred Porter, Director, U.S. Department of Commerce at nmt2003@ta.doc.gov.
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