Incisive Media, the UK-based organiser of the Online Information and IMS 2009 conference, has unveiled a comprehensive programme of over 110 free educational show floor seminars. The programme offers show visitors the chance to hear from some of the leading lights in the industry. The full programme is now live and ready to view on the event’s website at http://www.online-information.co.uk/online09/seminars_2009_new.html.
Seminars within the Online Information Exhibition arena are all encompassing. Many of the sessions address the unique challenges currently facing Information Professionals. In response to high demand several of the subject areas have been extended with an additional whole day of seminars. Both the STM Information in Focus and Libraries and Ebooks sessions will now run over two days and The Global Business Information Forum will be held on three full days of the event.
The e-publishing session will include a Wiley custom select case study ‘Next-Generation Custom Publishing’, presented by Simon Atkinson, Managing Director, Mark Logic UK Limited. In addition, Samir Kakar, CTO, Aptara, will present ‘Digital-First Publishing Solutions’ that will uncover new revenue opportunities with multi-channel, mobile delivery. The STM Information in Focus session will be keynoted by Andrew Richardson, Managing Director Europe, Vice President Business Development, Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research. A presentation on ‘User-centric publishing’ by Toby Green, Head of Publishing, OECD Publishing, will look at how books, journals and data can be published seamlessly online for the benefit of users and librarians. Maxim van Gisbergen, Product Manager eBooks, Swets, will talk on ‘What librarians have to say on eBook acquisition’ and Matthew Cockerill, Managing Director, Biomed Central, will discuss the ‘Latest developments in Open Access publishing’, at the Libraries and e-books session. The Global Business Information Forum session will feature a session entitled ‘Emerging Business Models for the New Information Order’ presented by Caspar de Bono, Managing Director, FT Business and B2B, Financial Times. Stephen Phillips, Vice President, Business Information Services, Morgan Stanley, will also present ‘Business strategies for new realities.’
A strong line-up is also on the agenda for the IMS free show seminars. Content Management includes a presentation on ‘Web Content Management Technology Circa 2010’, by Tony Byrne, Founder, CMS Watch. On Day 2 of the event the whole morning will be dedicated to open source with three intriguing sessions. Enterprise Search will see Peter Sejersen, Analyst, J.Boye, talk on ‘Going Google’ lessons for the Enterprise. Following a highly successful introductory session in 2009, the Marketing through Social Media theme is back by popular demand, and will take place in a larger theatre to accommodate the anticipated increase in attendees. This theme is Keynoted by David Cushman, Director of Social Media, Brando Social with his controversial session ‘ Why “using” social media must fail - participating is the winning strategy’.
Consisting of an exhibition attracting over 9,000 visitors from 70 countries, a conference and a show floor seminar programme, Online Information and IMS provide an annual meeting place for the global information industry.
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