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The article discusses the highlights of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) 9th Annual Information Industry Summit, which was held in New York City from January 26-27, 2010. Dick Harrington of the Cue Ball Group suggests businesses must start with their customers first, not the market. Jigsaw Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jim Fowler points out the importance of developing an understanding of the needs of the customers.

The article discusses the highlights of the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) 2008 Annual Conference and 50th Anniversary Gala in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year's conference focused on "The New Information Order: Its Culture, Content and Economy." Marisa Westcott, vice president of marketing at Thomson Scientific, shared her experiences with getting Thomson Scientific afloat in Second Life. Caspar de Bono, managing director of B2B at the Financial Times, offered insights into its new business licensing model. INSET: Robert J. Massie: 2008 NFAIS Miles Conrad Lecturer.

The article discusses the highlights of the 7th annual two-day Information Industry Summit held by the Software & Information Industry Association (SILA) in Manhattan, New York City in January 2008. The aim of the event is to find out what kind of impact the information industry would weather in the coming year. Since the annual summit provides a strategic overview of the information industry, this year's meeting focused on The Transformation of the Digital World. INSET: Google: 'An Engineering Culture With Heart'.

The article offers information about the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) Annual Conference held in February 2013. Presentations and discussions at the event addressed issues such as the trend toward open access data, researcher citations in data management and storage, and data visualization.

The article discusses the highlights of the Online Information 2009 Conference held on December 1-3, 2009 in London, England. The event offered professionals with skills and knowledge in online content resources, Web 2.0 technologies and library management systems. The conference was sponsored by IncisiveMedia and attended by 800 delegates from over 40 countries who listened to insights from speakers including David Bousfield of Outsell, Karen Abramson of Wolters Kluwer, and Wendy Hall of the University of Southampton.

The article discusses the highlights of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) NetGain 2009 held in San Francisco, California. Among the keynote speakers at the event were author Judith Estrin and Digital Librarian founder Brewster Kahle. The latter mentioned the digitization plans for the Internet Archive. Advice on using the online social network Twitter from Spigit chief executive officer (CEO) Paul Pluschkell are cited.

The article discusses the highlights of the 51st annual conference of the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) held in February 2009. Each sessions discussed he impact of digital natives on the present information services as well as those of tomorrow. Studies, statistics and years of experience were cited by pundits and experts. The use of Web 2.0 tools was discussed during the panel on Information Services for the Born Digital Generation.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2007 InfoCommerce meeting held on September 25 to 26, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2-day conference provided plenty of examples of ways in which publishers are taking a different spin with data. Innovators are taking a product and turning it into a variety of offerings by repositioning one product to serve multiple markets, by repackaging business information to tap the more lucrative consumer market, and by applying leading-edge technology.

This article focuses on the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Content Forum which was held on April 15-17, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Keynote speakers include Ed Keating, vice president of the SIIA's Content Division, and CoveyLink Worldwide co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Stephen M.R. Covey. Topics discussed at the forum are cited, as well as other highlights of the event. INSET: SIIA Supports Fight Against Software Piracy with Leadership Award.

The article highlights the sixth annual Information Industry summit of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) held on January 30 and 31, 2007, in New York City. The 2-day event covered a multitude of concerns facing content providers. For the opening keynote, Ann Moore, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Time Inc., touched a universal nerve for content providers by sharing some of the challenges Time Inc. is facing as it adapts to the Web. Richard Zannino, CEO of Dow Jones & Co., shared some of his challenges as he settled into his new post. INSET: Business Networking Solutions: Generate and Jigsaw.

This article reports that the crowds filtering in and out of the Baltimore Convention Center for the SLA conference held June 11-14 ferried an arsenal of necessities: SLA 2006 Conference Guides, signature totes, laptops, name tags, and comfortable shoes. On the conference exhibit floor, giveaways abounded: There were oversized faux gem rings from Alacra, twinkling star pins from Thomson, corporate gift bags, company logo pens, ice cream, wine, shoulder massages, munchables, and--yes--even parrots.

The article discusses the "SLA (Special Libraries Association) 2013 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO," held in June 9-11 in San Diego, California. Topics include a keynote speech by Mike Walsh, expert on emerging technologies and author of "Futuretainment," attendees and social media service Twitter, and librarians and information professionals.

The article reports on the January 2013 Information Industry Summit (IIS) of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) held in New York City. The conference focused on disruptive technologies and business strategies. Forrester Research Inc.'s chief executive officer (CEO) George Colony spoke about innovation management. Internet Archive's co-founder Brewster Kahle spoke about archiving all genres of content. Executive James P. McGinty received the Peter E. Jackson Award. INSET: Hats off to the CODiE aeard Winners.

The article presents information on the 2013 Software & Information Industry Association’s Information Industry Summit, which will be held on January 30-31 in New York City.

The article discusses the BookExpo America professional publishing conference in New York City on June 5-7, 2012. Topics discussed include the autograph hall where attendees could get books signed, exhibits from different publishers, and sessions by the Association of American Publishers for librarians. It talks about on-demand streaming events available on the BookExpo America website which will be available until the start of 2013.

The article offers information on conferences including the 8th Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 7 to 9, 2012, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) seminar on Digital Strategy in London, England on February 9, 2012, and the Tools of Change for Publishing Conference in New York City on February 13, 2012. INSET: Event Cancellation Notice.

This article features the development of the VIVO project, a project to build the National Networking of Scientists in the U.S. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the project aimed to establish a network of scientists to promote research collaboration. Seven universities and institutions participated in the project, including Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Indiana University in Bloomington.

The article discusses the highlights of the Software Information Industry Association held last May 2010 in San Francisco, California. A networking session is held for participants to exchange business cards and explore opportunities for future collaborations. The companies that set up their exhibit booths include Dow Jones Corporate Markets, Thomson Reuters Legal and Yahoo! Entertainment. INSET: Day 2: Next Stop, Silicon Valley.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2010 Search Engine Meeting, which was held at the Hyatt Regency Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. ProQuest chief information officer Bipin Patel discussed the ways their company is redefining the three legacy search platforms of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Dialog and ProQuest. Stephen E. Arnold talked about the importance of social search for users who wanted to get indexing content from online social networking web sites like Facebook, Twitter, RSS feeds and other real-time sources.

The article discusses the highlights of OnCopyright 2010, which was held at the Union League Club in New York City. The 1-day event had 170 attendees and 19 experts from various sectors that include art, technology and law. Artist Nick Bertke provided samples of his music videos in his session entitled "Pogo: Rethinking Remix Culture" while filmmaker David Hoffman showcased his film "Sputnik Mania" and discussed copyright issues.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2nd annual 2010 OnCopyright conference held at the Union League Club in New York City.

The article discusses the highlights of the 14th annual Search Engine Meeting held at Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts from April 27 to 28, 2009. Infonortics Ltd. is the sponsor of the conference. The top trend tackled at the event was semantic search. Among the speakers were Diane Burley of Nstein and Kathleen Dahlgren of Cognition Technologies.

The article discusses the highlights of the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA) Information Industry Summit which was held in New York City in January 2009. The event incorporated the theme, Driving the Digital Economy. Among the topics and issues explored during the meeting are the growth of the information industry and the effect of users on technology, content and collaboration.

The article discusses the highlights of the first Mark Logic Digital Publishing Summit held in late 2008 in Manhattan, New York City. The event covered plenty of technological ground particularly on the applications of XML content, via lectures, case studies, and a lively panel on the future of publishing. Speakers Steve Paxhia and Ned May gave the audience an overview of the current state of digital publishing in the information and media industry and making the most out of user-generated content to leverage the world of Web 2.0.

The article discusses the highlights of the American Library Association's 2008 (ALA) Midwinter Meeting held from January 11 to 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ALA listed committee meetings, events and discussion groups dealing with various topics from social networking applications to virtual reference desks. While the ALA councils were busy with business meetings, the sessions captivated audiences, along with special programs such as the ALA President's Program featuring basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

This article offers forecasts for the global information technology (IT) industry in 2008. For 2008, there is a cautious optimism afoot in the industry. Technology and innovation are taming information overload that users have experienced in the past. Firms are learning to listen to their customers to build products and create services that are as efficient as they are user-friendly. The theme of the London Online conference focused on Applying Web 2.0: Innovation, Impact, and Implementation, a push that will continue to shape the content, packaging and distribution in the ever-changing IT environment in 2008. Bill Burger, vice president of marketing for the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), sees more emphasis on copyright and permissions for content in its many forms.

The article offers information about the conference of the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The focus of the meeting is copyright and intellectual property issues in the digital environment. Speakers during the event include Copyright Clearance Center vice president and general counsel Frederic Haber and The McGraw-Hill Cos. director of government affairs Dan Duncan.

The article presents the proceedings of the Software & Information Industry Association conference on Tools, Tactics & Strategies for Success at the Westin Saint Francis hotel in San Francisco, California on May 15-16, 2006. Speakers included Robert Merry, president and publisher of the Congressional Quarterly; Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired and author of The Long Tail: and Geoffrey Moore, business consultant and author of Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution.

The article discusses the top ten information technology trends, discussed at the SIIA Information Industry Summit held in New York from January 31 to February 1, 2006. The following are the top trends based on views of panelists. Blogging software will be integrated with other software. Video blogging technology is also expected to become more practical for more people. Voice over Internet Protocol will develop more applications. Mesh technology will enable highly distributed bandwidth. The importance of location-based services becomes evident. Everything will be tagged and open document formats will dominate the environment. Standards will evolve and win over proprietary. Broadband will also be used over the power line. Finally, mobile devices will become the primary mode of communication.

This article presents the highlights of the 47th NFAIS Annual Conference held from February 27 to March 1, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sessions reached out to information professionals, librarians, desktop searchers and entrepreneurs alike for highlights of trends and turning points in the industry. Cathy Gordon of Google offered advice from the information sector. According to her, the mission statement of Google has been a success. It is aimed at organizing the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. According to Miriam A. Drake of the Georgia Institute of Technology, the profile of the student has greatly improved than that of the past. Students who use iPod want information easily, want unlimited use of broadband, can not see how copyright applies to them and want materials reserved online. Toni Clogston of Elsevier reviewed how personal digital assistants are being used in clinical settings. About 40 percent of younger physicians have access to a pocket-size electronic aid to look up drug interactions quickly. One of the intriguing technologies was in the field of visualization. In the work being done by Ben Bederson of the University of Maryland, he collected information and created a user interface with the ability to zoom in.

This article provides information on the fourth annual Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Information Industry Summit held in New York City on February 1 and 2, 2005. More than 350 people from a broad spectrum of technology experts, CEO, press members, entrepreneurs, and investors attended the summit. Under the umbrella of Connecting for Growth, the eight-session summit from the SIIA Content Division focused on the business trends, strategies, and challenges facing the industry, and how large companies such as America Online and entrepreneurs such as Bruce Murray plan on dealing with such change. The feedback from various industry sectors was good overall and provided a positive spin for continued growth in 2005. Content, branding, blogging, and online advertising were recurring topics at this summit. The phrase, content is king, was replayed in the discussions as panelists reviewed their specific game plans for using content in context. Times are changing, and company growth and survival relies on meeting the changing needs of the consumer. Opening keynote speaker journalist Michael Wolff hit a collective nerve with his portrayal of the industry's future. He discussed how control has been passed along to the consumer; how content brands have switched from the corporate to the personal; how blogs have lowered the value of information; and how players, including The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Consumer Reports, have lost their clout since the 1990s. Of course, Gordon Crovitz, president of electronic publishing for Dow Jones & Co., Inc., countered the claim with a detailed list of the online successes of WSJ and offered a forecast of company online revenues, which are expected to approach 30% in 2005.

The article reports on topics which were discussed at the 2013 annual convention of the American Library Association, which was th association's 137th convention and was held in Chicago, Illinois. Topics included the Digital Public Library of America, the journalism career of author Peter Arnett and the Online Computer Library Center.

The article reports on topics which were discussed at the 20th annual DataContent conference, a three day event which was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was co-sponsored by the InfoCommerce Group and the Software & Information Industry Association. Topics included B2B data, the connection between people and data scores and executive recruiting. The event was attended by more than 150 information professionals.

The article reports on topics which were discussed at the American Library Association Anaheim 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition, which was held in Anaheim, California in June. Topics included budget cuts at libraries, linked data and copyright advocacy. The event was attended by association members and other library professionals.

The article reports on topics which were discussed at the Special Libraries Association 2012 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO, which was held in July in Chicago, Illinois. Topics included the capture and management of non-traditional information, the ways in which technology has changed the information profession and patent research. The event was attended by members of the association and other library professionals.

The article offers information on the 2012 Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO by the Special Libraries Association to be held in Chicago, Illinois July 15-18, 2012.

Information about events at the Content VIA Platforms conference by The Software & Information Industry Association in May 2012 is presented. Events included a question-and-answer seminar on agile platforms and software applications, the development of business models to monetize user content, and a keynote speech about the information industry. It also talks about a seminar on the use of microblog Twitter to garner customer interest.

The article discusses the OnCopyright conference in March 2012 by the nonprofit organization Copyright Clearance Center concerning key copyright issues. It states that topics discussed include copyright infringement and piracy, intellectual property rights, and remixing. It talks about author John Howkins' keynote speech concerning topics related to his book "The Creative Economy: How People Make Money From Ideas." It comments on different views about copyright by various conference attendees.

The article reports on topics which were discussed at the Software & Information Industry Association’s 2012 Information Industry Summit, which took place in January in New York City. Topics included economic indicators in the software and information industry, technological innovation and emerging companies and products. The event was attended by many business professionals and by members of the Special Libraries Association.

The article discusses the highlights of the Online Information conference and exhibition at the European Librarians Theatre in London, England, from November 29 to December 1, 2011. The event featured a prerecord video of author Rachel Botsman, in which she discussed collaborative consumption. Information technology (IT) columnist and search expert Stephen E. Arnold moderated a panel on the future of search together with Exalead chief science officer Gregory Grefenstette.

The article presents the highlights of the RSuite User Conference that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2011. Bill Trippe of Outsell Inc.'s Gilbane Services talked about the global ebook market. Bloomsbury Publishing, PLC's Evan Schnittman discussed a publishing deal that has the potential to become a feasible business model.

The article discusses the highlights of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) NetGain conference that was held in Boston, Massachusetts, in May 2011. Topics include the business of content, creating an effective strategy for transformation and the adoption of mobile devices. The event featured several notable people in the information industry including HubSpot Inc. founder Brian Halligan, Leader Networks chief executive officer Vanessa Dimauro and Mark MacCarthy of SIIA.

The article discusses the highlights of Moving From Wired to Wireless, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Summit held in New York City from January 25 to 26, 2011. Jonathan A. Knee, co-author of "The Curse of the Mogul" and senior managing director at Evercore, presented his study of the media environment. According to Ed Colleran of Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), their Rightslink product facilitates efficient collaboration with proper permission, but links to it started to disappear with the emergence of mobile applications.

The article offers information on the first Online Information Asia-Pacific conference to be held by Incisive Media at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre in China from March 23 to 24, 2010.

The article discusses the highlights of the 39th International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) General Meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts in October 2010.

The article discusses the highlights of the Online Information conference held in London, England from November 30 to December 2, 2010. The event featured free seminars that provided updates on emerging technologies and trends in six categories, including content management, search solutions and library management. Twenty-two companies exhibited their products and services at the XML Pavilion at the conference.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2010 RSuite User Conference at the Hub Cira Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October. The conference was attended by 170 people. Andrew Littell provided the end keynote address. Barry Bealer, chief executive officer (CEO) of Really Strategies, provided a presentation on the RSuite content management system.

The article offers information on the 39th International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) General Meeting to be held at the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) in Boston, Massachusetts on October 25, 2010.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2010 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. in June. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison was featured in a special opening general session. The Corporate Learning Watch resource was introduced by Kathleen McEvoy of EBSCO Publishing. Among the speakers in the session "To Catch a Thief, Cataloging and the Security of Special Collections" were Mark Dimunation and Bonnie Magness-Gardiner.

The article offers information on the first annual VIVO Conference to be held from August 12 to 13, 2010 at the New York Hall of Science.