From: Nawin <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:03:50 -0600
2012 ASA Conference * 27-28 February 2012:
BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO INVENT IT
Top Speakers - Hot Topics * Early-bird discount available
27-28 February 2012 * Cavendish Conference Centre * 22 Duchess Mews, London
An informative, thought-provoking, and educational experience for
everyone attending, "Best Way to Predict the Future Is to Invent It"
features presentations from information industry leaders who are
serving the knowledge community by inventing new ways to transfer
knowledge to a growing audience globally and sustain the knowledge
economy. Covering the hottest topics from publishing, intermediary,
library, consortia, and emerging technologies, the conference is set
to continue its unique and respected tradition of debating and shaping
the future of our industry.
Featuring 17 speakers, the programme is organised around five session themes:
CONTEXT NOT CONTAINERS
- Context First (Brian O'Leary, Principal at Magellan Media Consulting Partners)
- Begin with the Customer: Context Not Containers (Tim Babbitt, Sr.
Vice President, Platform Management, ProQuest, and Kevin Sayar,
President & GM, ebrary)
- Publishing Without Borders (Timo Hannay, Managing Director, Digital
Science, Macmillan Publishers Ltd.)
THE SEMANTIC WEB
- The Future of Academic Content Discovery (Victor Henning, Co-founder
and CEO, Mendeley)
- Triple Bypass: The Death of the Semantic Web? (Richard Padley,
Managing Director, Semantico Limited)
- From Discovery to Delivery: Publishing Opportunities on the Semantic
Web (Daniel Mayer, Vice President, TEMIS)
LIBRARIES - WHAT NEXT
- Spaces and Clouds: The Library as Destination and Launch Pad (Chris
Banks, University Librarian and Director, Library and Historic
Collections, University of Aberdeen)
- Get It. Got It. Good? (Bruce Heterick, Vice President, Outreach &
Participation Services at Portico & JStor)
- Analytics in Library Management: Are You Ready for the Next
Generation? (Dvir Hoffman, Director, Product Management & Marketing,
Ex Libris Group)
e-BOOKS - ONWARDS & UPWARDS
- Inventing the Future, and Prevailing (Kari Paulson, President, eBook Library)
- eBooks: Sales Models to Please Everyone? (Ken Breen, Sr. Director,
eBook Products, EBSCO Publishing)
NEW ROLES FOR THE MODERN INTERMEDIARY
- Redefining the Role of an Agent (David Main, CEO, Swets)
- Thriving in Chaos - Intermediaries Delivering Value in A Changing
Landscape (Ann Lawson, EU Publisher Sales & Marketing Director, EBSCO
Information Services)
- The Role of the Modern Intermediary and What Constitutes Value in
the Library of 2012 (Jill Emery, Collections Librarian at Portland
State University and Social Media Specialist at Electronic Resources
and Libraries, LLC)
- Adding Value in Publishers' Business (Pinar Erzin, Managing
Director, Accucoms)
- New Roles or New Needs: Just Being Flexible in This Ever-Changing
Environment (Emilie Delquie, Vice President, Publishers Communication
Group)
Visit ASA website for more information about the programme:
http://www.subscription-agents.org/conferences/asa-annual-conference-2012
REGISTER NOW
Registration is now open via the ASA website. Special rates are
available for ASA members and an early-bird discount is available for
non-members. We are pleased to again offer a 30% discount for
librarians working in higher education. To register, visit:
http://www.subscription-agents.org/conferences/conference-2012-online-booking
SPONSORSHIP
A range of sponsorship opportunities are available for the ASA
Conference. Visit:
http://www.subscription-agents.org/conferences/sponsorship-opportunities
Please contact Nawin Gupta ([log in to unmask]) for full details.
NAWIN GUPTA
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