[Asis-l] NFAIS 2007 Annual Conference: Creating Change

[Jill O'Neill]

PROGRAM FOR 2007 NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE NOW AVAILABLE
 
The preliminary program <http://www.nfais.org/2007_Tier_Program.htm>
and registration information
<http://www.nfais.org/2007_Tier_Registration.htm>  for the 2007 NFAIS
Annual Conference, Creating Change:  Growth Opportunities in the Wake of
Disruption, are now available.
Preliminary Program: http://www.nfais.org/2007_Tier_Program.htm
Registration: http://www.nfais.org/2007_Tier_Registration.htm  
 
The conference will discuss the disruptive forces that have been
released by the fusion of sophisticated technology and the born-digital
generation and focus on the opportunities that publishers, libraries and
information technology companies can leverage to create change and
generate growth for their own organizations.
 
Lawrence Wilkinson, co-founder of the Global Business Network (GBN)
(see: http://www.gbn.com/PersonBioDisplayServlet.srv?pi=21860) will open
the conference with a keynote presentation on the disruptive forces that
are changing the Information Industry, the current industry dynamics,
and his perspective on what is required to successfully navigate
forward. Outsell, Inc. will provide a measurement of the level of
disruption that has already occurred, and a panel of information
consultants will share their insights from the field on what they see as
the problems, challenges and opportunities facing content and technology
providers and the steps that organizations are taking to successfully
adapt to change. 
 
Monday will open with CJ Rayhill, Chief Information Officer, O'Reilly
Media, Inc. (see
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2006/view/e_spkr/1917) discussing
how their organization has responded to disruption and how they view the
current and future role of content providers in a web-based environment.
Key executives from Associated Press, IEEE, the California Digital
Library and other organizations will also discuss how their
organizations are creating change - through collaboration, technology
adoption, new business models, market outreach, new distribution
channels, etc.  And Larry Keeley, President and co-founder of Doblin,
Inc. (see
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_31/b3945413.htm), will
present his perspective on how organizations can effectively implement
change and innovation and the metrics that should be used to accurately
measure success.
 
The remainder of the conference will focus on the Web as an information
platform and the new and emerging information/communication technologies
that are changing the future of information access and retrieval: Web
2.0 technologies, the web-enabled desktop, and the wireless technologies
that will ultimately create a tetherless information environment!  In
closing, Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President for Technical Computing,
Microsoft, Inc. (see
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/tonyhey/default.mspx) will
present a final keynote on the future of computing technologies and what
that future holds for content providers.
If you want to learn more about the current impact of disruption on the
information landscape, the new technologies that are shaping the future
of information access and retrieval, and how information and technology
providers, librarians and information professionals are approaching the
difficult task of "creating change," plan to attend the 49th NFAIS
Annual Conference.  It will provide you with diverse perspectives from
which you can take a new look at your organization, products and
services, and begin to tackle the innovative thinking required to take
advantage of the opportunities left in the wake of disruption. 
For more information, contact Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of
Communication and Planning (jilloneill at nfais.org or 215-893-1561) or
visit the NFAIS Web site at
http://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=38 .
 
Jill O'Neill
Director, Planning & Communication
NFAIS
(v) 215-893-1561
(email) jilloneill at nfais.org
 
 
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