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5:30pm Monday, 02/22/2010

Event
Location: 8th Floor Atrium

We're kicking off the conference with a no-host cocktail reception Monday evening on the 8th floor in the Atrium Lounge. Read more.

10:45am Tuesday, 02/23/2010

The Next Generation of Ebooks - Invent It or Witness It!

Products & Services
Location: Wilder (4th Floor)

Sameer Shariff (iPublishCentral)

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Epublishing began with plain ebooks. In the future an ebook will mean more than just a PDF version. Publishers need to leverage technology to constantly innovate and provide superior offerings like interactivity and community features that maximize the value of their content. This session will study industry trends as publishers are successfully adapting to change through constant innovation. Read more.

11:35am Tuesday, 02/23/2010

Empowering the Publishing Process with Semantic Technologies

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Location: Ziegfeld (4th Floor)

Stephen Cohen (Innodata Isogen)

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Discover how innovative companies are integrating semantic technologies into their publishing processes. We will discuss why, how, and where publishers are using semantic tools and examine their impact on the publishing process. Read more.

1:40pm Tuesday, 02/23/2010

Rethinking Copyright for the Digital World

General
Location: Odets (4th Floor)

Edward Colleran (Copyright Clearance Center), Rafat Ali (paidContent.org), Sree Sreenivasan (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism), Eric Schwartz (Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP)

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User-generated content, social media users, and the relative ease of sharing digital content are changing the way the rightsholders and content users view copyright. “Rethinking Copyright for a Digital World” will address some of the legal, ethical and economical concerns facing both rightsholders and content users. Read more.

2:30pm Tuesday, 02/23/2010

Extending Your Content to Digital Format: How Your Technology Choices Can Make or Break the Consumers Experience

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Location: Wilder (4th Floor)

James Cathey (Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. )

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Just as iPods changed how music is delivered and consumed, eReaders will have a similar effect on the written word. The largest differentiator in this market is the device's display which determines what kinds of content you can share as well as how long the device is powered. Technology must extend the life of content for publishers of color magazines, books, and newspapers. Read more.

8:30am Wednesday, 02/24/2010

Lightning Demos

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Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)

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TOC Lightning Demos will give you invaluable insight into new technologies and up-and-coming companies that serve publishers. A snappy series of five-minute demonstrations, the event includes time to chat with presenters. Read more.

9:20am Wednesday, 02/24/2010

MarkLogic Server and the Mobile Opportunity: Developing a New Generation of Personalized, Task-Aware Applications for Mobile Devices

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Location: Wilder (4th Floor)

Fernando Mesa (Mark Logic Corporation)

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Publishers are continually challenged to find ways to differentiate their content products in the mobile space. Discover how you can increase the value of your information using a new breed of technology Infrastructure that provides the tools for publishers to quickly build innovative mobile applications. Read more.

10:35am Wednesday, 02/24/2010

Book Meets Tablet: 10 Ways to Enhance Your iPad Books

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Location: Broadway South (6th Floor)

Peter Meyers (Independent)

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Tired of vague talk about how digital books are gonna do things that aren’t possible in print? Pull up your chair and listen to 10 specific, ready-to-implement, digital book-enhancing features for publishers of all stripes. Read more.

11:25am Wednesday, 02/24/2010

Understanding the Ebook Consumer: The Results of the BISG Consumer Survey

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Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)

Angela Bole (Book Industry Study Group, Inc.), Kelly Gallagher (RR Bowker)

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Do you know what actual ebook consumers really think about purchasing and using ebooks and ereaders? Now’s your chance to find out! Over the course of nine months (Nov 2009 – July 2010) the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is conducting a widespread survey of hundreds of ebook consumers with the goal of understanding real-time purchase and reading habits. Read more.

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