| 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. |
Registration and FREE Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:45 - 9:00 a.m. |
Greetings & Opening Remarks
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Welcoming remarks and a summary review
of the day's events and general announcements. |
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IDPF:
Steve Potash, President |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
Panel: Industry Update on New Mobile Devices and Portable Reading
Platforms |
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iRex
Technologies bv:
Willem
Endhoven, New Business Development
Manager |
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Mobipocket (An Amazon.com Company):
Martin Gorner, Senior
Software Architect |
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Sony
Electronics:
Ron Hawkins,
Vice President,
Portable Reader Systems |
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ereader/motricity:
Elizabeth Mackey,
Vice President/General Manager |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. |
Panel:
Digital Audio
Industry Update |
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Digital Audio has quickly become a leader in publishing's digital
download sales. Learn from the leading digital audio
companies and their particular digital audio markets. |
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Audible:
Foy Sperring,
Executive Vice President |
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MediaBay:
Brian Nash, SVP Business Development |
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OverDrive, Inc.:
Angela Arnold, Marketing Manager |
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Audiofy:
Cartwright Reed, President |
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| 11:00
- 11:30 a.m. |
Networking Break & Exhibits |
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11:30 12:15 p.m. |
Panel: Conference Followup -
Digital Books in Education |
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Followup session on the last year's
conference on Digital Books in Education |
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MBS Direct, LLC:
Kevin McKiernan,
Director of Business Development |
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Safari Books
Online:
Sean Devine,
Managing Director |
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Vital Source Technologies:
Frank Daniels, President & CEO |
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WRT Live Ink
Reading Technologies:
Randall Walker, MD, President |
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| 12:15 1:15 p.m.
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LUNCH AND NETWORKING SESSION IN EXHIBIT AREA
(free with registration) |
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1:15 1:45 p.m. |
Adobe Systems Incorporated:
Update on Digital Book Strategies for PDF
Bill McCoy, General Manager, ePublishing
Business, Adobe Systems Incorporated |
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1:45 2:45 p.m. |
Panel:
Emerging Business Models for the Digital Book |
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Leading distributors and retailers on
the potential of electronic content and current and past experiences
in the field. |
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Amazon.com:
Dan Rose, Director, Digital Media |
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Career
Education Corporation/Blish.com:
Paul Gleason, COO New Initiatives
Group |
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Harlequin
Enterprises:
Malle Vallik, Director, Editorial New
Business Development |
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Rosetta
Solutions: Ted Treanor, President |
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| 2:45 3:15 p.m.
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Networking Break & Exhibits |
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| 3:15 4:15 p.m. |
Panel:
Books
& Search |
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The
search engine giants are indexing the worlds books. What are the
opportunities for publishers? A general discussion of laying out
the future for utilizing book content through the browser. |
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Amazon.com:
Jeff Steele,
Director of Worldwide Publisher Relations for Digital Books |
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Microsoft Corp.:
Cliff Guren, Director of Publisher
Evangelism, Windows Live Book Search |
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Google:
Roland Lange, Strategic
Partner Development Manager |
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Wikipedia:
Jean-Baptiste Soufron |
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| 4:15 5:15 pm |
Panel:
Industry Standardization |
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Interoperability
of content, digital rights management, NIMAS and the consumer format. |
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eBook
Technologies, Inc.:
Garth Conboy, President |
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American Printing House for the Blind:
Larry Skutchan,
Technology
Project Leader, Department of Educational Research |
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Adobe Systems, Inc.:
Jon Ferraiolo, Architect |
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Green Point
Technology Services, Inc.:
Eli
Willner, Chief
Technology Officer |
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| 5:15 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
