[Web4lib] Program for 2008 NFAIS Annual Conference and 50th Anniv. Gala

[Suzanne Calpestri]

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>PROGRAM FOR 2008 NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE &
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>50th ANNIVERSARY GALA
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>NFAIS will mark the 50th Anniversary of its 
>founding in 2008, and the celebration begins on 
>February 24th with the opening of the Annual 
>Conference - The New Information Order:  Its 
>Culture, Content and Economy. The preliminary 
>program, registration forms and general 
>information are now available at: 
><http://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=44>http://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=44 
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>The conference will look at how the rapid 
>adoption of information technology is creating a 
>user-centric, technology-driven society with its 
>own unique culture, value propositions, behavior 
>and economy, and will highlight the 
>opportunities for all information providers – 
>publishers, librarians and educators - to adapt 
>their products, services and business practices to this new society.
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>Highlights include:
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>·         A provocative opening  keynote by 
><http://presentations.inxpo.com/Shows/EComXpo/10-07/Presenations/Biopages/Weinberger.htm>David 
>Weinberger, noted author of 
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_is_Miscellaneous:_The_Power_of_the_New_Digital_Disorder>Everything 
>is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital 
>Disorder and co-author of Cluetrain Manifesto, 
>on how the principles of the new information 
>order are transforming the perception and use of 
>traditional information and are reshaping our 
>culture, business practices and economy.
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>·         Key results of recent surveys on the 
>market perception of the value of traditional 
>information from 
><http://www.outsellinc.com/>Outsell, Inc. and on 
>the use of new technologies and media for 
>communication from 
><http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/a/102/about_staffer.asp>Lee 
>Rainie, Founding Director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
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>·         Innovative uses of current 
>technologies to meet end user needs and increase 
>the value of content from publishing executives 
>such as 
><http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/management_profiles>Brian 
>Nairn, CEO, Elsevier Health Sciences and Matt 
>Dunie, former President, CSA, as well as from 
>leading librarians such as 
><http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA510574.html>Aaron 
>Schmidt, Director, North Plains Public Library and author of Walkingpaper.org.
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>·         A look at emerging information 
>technologies followed by a glimpse of the future 
>of information discovery  presented by 
><http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/>Dr. Ben 
>Shneiderman, Professor, Computer Science and 
>Founding Director of the Human-Computer 
>Interaction Laboratory, University of Maryland, 
>who will discuss  how cloud computing, along 
>with collaborative searching techniques and 
>social networking, may potentially harness the world’s collective intelligence.
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>·         Insights on new business practices 
>such as the use of virtual communities for 
>marketing and product development, collaborative 
>efforts in publishing, and new business models 
>for the end user market from industry experts 
>such as Caspar de Bono, Managing Director, B2B, 
>The Financial Times, 
><http://connect.educause.edu/eprofile/37634>Kate 
>Wittenberg, Director of the Electronic 
>Publishing Initiative, Columbia University, and 
>Marisa Westcott, Vice President, Marketing, Thomson Scientific.
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>·         A look at the geographic shift of the 
>information economy from West to East, the 
>publishing opportunities offered by information 
>created in China, and what you need to know 
>about the flow of the information to/from China 
>in order to maximize those opportunities from 
>industry experts such as 
><http://www.asiamarketingmanagement.com/>Dr. 
>James Chan, President, Asia Marketing and 
>Management, 
><http://www.berkshirepublishing.com/bpg/about/karen.asp>Karen 
>Christensen, CEO Berkshire Publishing Group, and 
><http://scientific.thomson.com/press/experts/victor-camlek/>Victor 
>Camlek, Director, Market Intelligence, Thomson Scientific
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>·         Insights from Corporate, Academic and 
>Government executives such as 
><http://www.ovid.com/site/about/executives.jsp?top=42&mid=44>Karen 
>Abramson, President/CEO, Medical Research, 
>Wolters Kluwer Health, on the strategies that 
>are required for success in the New Information Order
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>If you want to learn more about the user 
>behavior and expectations that are driving the 
>new information order and the technologies, 
>business practices and strategies required to 
>adapt your products and services to a new 
>generation of information seekers - join us and 
>find out how your organization can thrive in the New Information Order!
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>And remember, the NFAIS 50th Annual Conference 
>will be a very special event.  The City of 
>Philadelphia will proclaim the opening day, 
>February 24, 2008, as “NFAIS Day,” the Gala 
>celebration will be held in the ballroom of the 
>historic 
><http://www.academyofmusic.org/fs_history.htm>Academy 
>of Music, the oldest grand opera house in the 
>U.S. that is still used for its original 
>purpose, and the meeting itself will be held in 
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><http://parkphiladelphia.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp>Park 
>Hyatt at the Bellevue, a national historic hotel.
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>  For more information, contact Jill O'Neill, 
> NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning 
> (<mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org>jilloneill at nfais.org 
> or 215-893-1561) or visit the NFAIS Web site at 
> <http://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=44>http://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=44 
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>Jill O'Neill
>Director, Planning & Communication
>NFAIS
>(v) 215-893-1561
>(email) jilloneill at nfais.org
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>Suzanne H. Calpestri
>The John H. Rowe Librarian and Director
>The George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library
>230 Kroeber Hall
>University of California
>Berkeley, CA  94720-3710
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>e-mail: scalpest at library.berkeley.edu
>ph:  (510) 642-5339
>fax: (510) 643-9293

Suzanne H. Calpestri
The John H. Rowe Librarian and Director
The George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library
230 Kroeber Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA  94720-3710

e-mail: scalpest at library.berkeley.edu
ph:  (510) 642-5339
fax: (510) 643-9293