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By Paul Biba

DB09_Banner Here is the agenda for the Conference in New York.  I will be covering the main Tuesday session for TeleRead.  You can get more details here.

8:00 – 8:45 am. Registration and Free Continental Breakfast

8:45 – 9:00 am. Greetings & Opening Remarks
Michael Smith: IDPF, Executive Director
Steve Potash: IDPF, President; OverDrive, CEO

9:00 – 10:00 am. EPUB Update: Best Practices and Case Studies for Publishers and Service Bureaus Utilizing XML Workflows
Dave Cramer: TexTech, Inc., Technical Lead
Lisa McCloy-Kelley: Random House, VP Director, Content Management Group
Bob Carlton: LibreDigital, Vice President Marketing

10:00 – 11:00 am.  Panel: Channels for EPUB eBook Sales and Distribution
Bob LiVolsi: BooksOnBoard, President & CEO
Erica Lazarro: OverDrive, Inc, General Counsel
Andrew Weinstein: Ingram Digital , VP and General Manager, Retail Solutions

11:00 – 11:30 am.  Networking Break & Exhibits

11:30 am – 11:45 pm.  Update on IDPF Standards
Garth Conboy: eBook Technologies Inc., President

11:45 am – 12:15 pm Featured Presentation:  Adam Smith, Director Product Management,  Google Book Search

12:15 – 1:15 pm. Lunch and Networking Session in Exhibit Area (free with registration)

1:15 – 2:15 pm. Panel: Emerging eBook Business Models…and the Role of DRM
Andrew Savikas: O’Reilly Media, Vice President of Digital Initiatives
Angela James: Samhain Publishing, Executive Editor
Sameer Shariff: Impelsys, Inc., Founder and CEO
Susan Danziger: DailyLit, President and Publisher

2:15 – 2:45 pm. Featured Presentation: TBD

2:45 – 3:15 pm. Networking Break & Exhibits

3:15 – 4:00 pm. Panel: Confessions of an eReadaholic – What Consumers Really Want
Sarah Wendell: Smart Bitches Trashy Novels, Co-creator and co-author
Malle Vallik: Harlequin, Director Digital Content & Interactivity
Michael Santangelo: Brooklyn Public Library, Electronic Resources Specialist

4:00 – 4:45 pm. Panel: Update on eReading Devices and Software
Bill McCoy: Adobe, General Manager, ePublishing Business
Michael Serbinis: Shortcovers, President
Neelan Choksi: Lexcycle, Chief Operating Officer

4:45 – 5:00 pm. Closing Remarks

 
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