NEWS:

¤ 2007 Global Information Industry Summit Steering Committee
We are looking for members to help us plan next fall’s Global Information Industry Summit (GIIS), taking place in Berlin. The SIIA's inaugural Global Information Industry Summit was held in Amsterdam September, 2006, and more than 130 publishing executives, industry experts and business development specialists attended. Presentations from the conference can be found here. If you are interested in participating, please contact Ed Keating at ekeating@siia.net.

¤ Podcast and webcast archives available
Brown Bag Lunch: Successful Deals with Google and Yahoo! For most publishers, the question is not whether, but how best to cooperate with the major search engines - whether as suppliers, partners, customers or all of the above. Steve Sieck, VP & Senior Consultant, Outsell, moderated this session that highlighted win-win arrangements for providers of high-value information content.
Executive Facetime with Gordon Crovitz a one-on-one conversation, supplemented with questions submitted by the web audience and posed through the host, Hal Espo, President, Contextual Connections, LLC.
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¤ London Online
Ed Keating and Membership VP Eric Fredell met with members and prospects to report on Division activities. This well-attended event had members from Copyright Clearance Center, EPS Ltd/Outsell, Innodata Isogen, Marcinko Enterprises, Fast Search & Transfer, and Really Strategies among others

¤ Content Board Elections Coming Soon
Elections for the 2007-08 Division Board of Directors will be held in February. If you are interested in running, please contact Ed Keating

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS / PUBLIC POLICY

SIIA's Government Affairs program aggressively promotes and protects the interests of its member companies in legal and public policy debates by working with state, federal and international policymakers, organizing grassroots activism and participating in landmark legal decisions. SIIA is the leading voice on key issues affecting the software and digital content industry, particularly with regard to electronic commerce and the digital marketplace.

¤ Policy Updates
The following updates and commentaries have been posted in the past month:
¤ November Intellectual Property Update

¤ SIIA Comments to FTC on Adware Case (Zango)

¤ SIIA Privacy Update SIIA November Intellectual Property Update

The Government Affairs Council is meeting in Washington, DC on December 14. New briefing materials were prepared for that meeting and are available to members at www.siia.net/govt. There is a large red box at the top right side called Government Affairs Council Meeting Digital Briefing Book that links to the reports.