| Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 | |||||
 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Registration Opens, Coffee and Exhibits | ||||
| 8:30 am - 8:40 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks [More Info] David Nussbaum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, F+W Media, Inc. | ||||
| 8:40 am - 9:00 am | An Industry in Transition [More Info] Mike Shatzkin, Conference Council Chair, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company | ||||
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Publishing Industry Forecast: Results of the 2012 Publishing Executive Survey [More Info] James McQuivey, Vice President & Principal Analyst, Forrester Research | ||||
| 9:10 am - 9:55 am | A CEO’s View of the Future Redux: Lessons Learned, Future Forecasts [More Info] David Nussbaum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, F+W Media, Inc. Marcus Leaver, CEO, The Quarto Group, Inc. Karen Lotz, CEO, Candlewick Press Gary Gentel, President, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | ||||
| 9:55 am - 10:10 am | What Publishers Can Learn from President Obama’s 2012 campaign [More Info] Teddy Goff, Digital Director, Obama Campaign | ||||
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Morning Break and Exhibits | 10:10 - 10:40 - Case Study - HCL America [More Info] | |||
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | eBook Pricing: State of Play and Analysis [More Info] Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World Dan Lubart, Principal, Iobyte Solutions | ||||
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Competing With Free: How Piracy Impacts Sales and Strategies to Fight It [More Info] Michael D. Smith, Professor of Information Technology and Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University | ||||
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Explaining XML: What is it, How it Works and What You Need to Know About It [More Info] Dr. Bob Oeste, Senior Programmer/Analyst, The Johns Hopkins University Press | ||||
| 11:35 am - 12:00 pm | Investing in the Publishing Industry [More Info] Brian Napack, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners Michael Cader, Creator, Publishers Lunch | ||||
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Exhibit Hall and Lunch | 12:00 - 12:30 - Case Study: Learn How Frommer’s Transitioned from Print Books to HTML5 e-Books [More Info] | 12:30 - 1:00 - Case Study - Datamatics: Utilizing the Full Potential of EPUB Feature Set [More Info] Sendil Mourougane, Director of Business Development, Digital Publishing Solutions | 1:00 - 1:30 - Case Study - Ingram: Building Digital Content with EPUB: Get there easier and faster. [More Info] Mike Hale, Director, Publisher Relations, Vital Source Technologies Inc., an Ingram Content Group Company | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm | The ABC's of Kids & Ebooks: New Data and Research on the Children's Book Market [More Info] Alison Bryant, Founder & President, PlayScience LLC | Publishing Meets Hollywood [More Info] Brendan Deneen, Editor, Thomas Dunne Books / Macmillan Films Peter Harris, Director, Penguin Development Group Swanna MacNair, Founder, Creative Conduit Mindy Stockfield, Vice President, Hyperion | New Tools & Technologies for Small to Mid-Sized Publishers [More Info] Michael Covington, Director of Digital Content, David C. Cook Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, Executive Director, Digital Publishing, Workman Publishing Doug Lessing, President, Firebrand Technologies Bonnie Russell, Technical Project Manager, WSU Press | Sales Across Borders – Export: Print and Digital Sales Abroad [More Info] Cyrus Kheradi, SVP International Sales, Marketing and East Asia Business Developmentr, Random House Chitra Bopardikar, VP Intenational Sales, The Perseus Books Group Dan Vidra, Vice President Americas, txtr Kelly Gallagher, Vice President, Content Acquisition, Ingram Content Group | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm | The ABC's of Kids & Ebooks: New Data and Research on the Children's Book Market [More Info] Kristen McLean, Founder & CEO, Bookigee.com Alison Bryant, Founder & President, PlayScience LLC | ||||
| 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm | Gamification of Children’s Books [More Info] Eric Huang, Publishing Director, Penguin Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World Lyle Underkoffler, Vice President, Digital Media, Disney Publishing Worldwide Brian Burke, President, Smashing Ideas Inc. | ||||
| 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm | Gamification of Children’s Books [More Info] Eric Huang, Publishing Director, Penguin Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World Lyle Underkoffler, Vice President, Digital Media, Disney Publishing Worldwide Brian Burke, President, Smashing Ideas Inc. Kate Wilson, Managing Director, Nosy Crow | Evolution of Standards and Formats: The Costs and Benefits of EPUB3 and HTML5 Adoption [More Info] Peter Balis, Director, Digital Business Development, Wiley Samantha Cohen, Director of Digital Content Development, Simon & Schuster John Prabhu, Vice President, Solutions Architect, SPi Global Bill McCoy, Executive Director, IDPF | The New Publishing IT Department: Changing Roles and Responsibilities in the Big Houses [More Info] Michael McGinnis, Senior Vice President of Digital Technology Services, HarperCollins Publishers Rajiv Paul, Vice President - Content IT Outsourcing, Aptara Jay Chakrapani, General Manager, Digital, McGraw-Hill Ted Hill, President, THA Consulting | Sales Across Borders -- Import: Offshore and Foreign-Language Titles Reaching the US Market [More Info] Patricia Arancibia, Editorial Director, International Digital Content, Barnes and Noble Marion König, International Sales Manager E-Publishing, Bastei Lübbe Tina Pohlman, Publisher, Open Road Integrated Media Jaime de Pablos, Director, Spanish-Language Publishing, Vintage en Espanol | Driving Innovation in Publishing [More Info] Michael Cader, Creator, Publishers Lunch Rick Joyce, Chief Marketing Officer, Perseus Books Group Dominique Raccah, CEO & Publisher, Sourcebooks |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Afternoon Coffee Break and Exhibits | ||||
| 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm | Children’s Content in Context: Building Platforms That Keep Kids Coming Back for More [More Info] Deborah Forte, President, Scholastic Media Asra Rasheed, CEO, RR Kidz Lorraine Shanley, President, Market Partners International | ||||
| 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm | Children’s Content in Context: Building Platforms That Keep Kids Coming Back for More [More Info] Deborah Forte, President, Scholastic Media Christian Dorffer, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Magic Town Rick Richter, Founder & CEO, Ruckus Media Asra Rasheed, CEO, RR Kidz Lorraine Shanley, President, Market Partners International | Future of Illustrated Books [More Info] John Donatich, Director, Yale University Press Marcus Leaver, CEO, The Quarto Group, Inc. David Wilk, President, Booktrix JP Leventhal, Publisher, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Michael Jacobs, CEO, Abrams Books | Getting Your Metadata Right [More Info] Dr. Bob Oeste, Senior Programmer/Analyst, The Johns Hopkins University Press | Clearing the Path: Eliminating Obstacles to Global Ebook Sales [More Info] Christopher Kenneally, Director, Business Developement and Author Relations, Copyright Clearance Center Brian DeFiore, Founder, DiFiore & Company Joseph Mangan, Chief Operating Officer, Perseus Books Group Nathan Maharaj, Director of Merchandising, Kobo Inc. Ashleigh Gardner, Director, Content Management, Kobo Inc. | Digital Marketing and the Obama Campaign [More Info] Teddy Goff, Digital Director, Obama Campaign |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Cocktail Reception | ||||
| Thursday, January 17th, 2013 | |||||
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Registration Opens, Coffee and Exhibits | ||||
| 8:30 am - 8:40 am | Welcome [More Info] Mike Shatzkin, Conference Council Chair, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company | ||||
| 8:40 am - 9:00 am | The Authors’ View of the Industry [More Info] Phil Sexton, Publisher and Community Leader, Writer's Digest, F+W Media, Inc. | ||||
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Case Study: Self-Published Author [More Info] Hugh Howey, Author , Broad Reach Publishing Mike Shatzkin, Conference Council Chair, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company Kristin Nelson, Agent, Nelson Literary Agency | ||||
| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | Straddling the Models: Authors Choosing to Both Self- and Traditionally Publish [More Info] Kristin Nelson, Agent, Nelson Literary Agency Steven Axelrod, Agent Jay Mandel, Agent, William Morris Endeavor Laura Hazard Owen, Book Publishing Reporter, paidContent and GigaOM Jane Dystel, President, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management | ||||
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Getting in the Game: Kobo's efforts to help indies around the world reach the eBook marketplace [More Info] Michael Tamblyn, Chief Content Officer, Kobo Inc. | ||||
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Morning Break and Exhibits | 10:00 - 10:30 - Case Study - Rosetta Books: How We Increased Revenues and Added Titles by Combating Piracy [More Info] Arthur Klebanoff, CEO, Rosetta Books Yuri Burka, Vice President of Global Business Development, Attributor | |||
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | The Challenges to Book Discovery [More Info] Peter Hildick-Smith, Founder & CEO, Codex Group | ||||
| 10:50 am - 11:05 am | Selling Everything Every Way: Barnes & Noble on Book, eBook, and Devices Selling in the Digital Age [More Info] Jim Hilt, Vice President of eBooks, Barnes & Noble | ||||
| 11:05 am - 11:25 am | Consumer Attitudes and Trends: A look at book and ebook consumer buying behaviors today [More Info] Len Vlahos, Executive Director, BISG Sharon Lubrano, General Manager & Vice President, Bowker | ||||
| 11:25 am - 12:00 pm | Looking Back/Looking Forward [More Info] Michael Cader, Creator, Publishers Lunch Mike Shatzkin, Conference Council Chair, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Chief Digital Officer, HarperCollins Publishers Simon Lipskar, President, Writers House Rebecca Smart, CEO, Osprey Group | ||||
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Exhibit Hall and Lunch | ||||
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | 12:00 - 12:30 - Case Study - Baker & Taylor | 12:30 - 1:00 - Case Study - SPi Global : Distribute Your Content Across Apps [More Info] John Wheeler, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Emerging Technologies, SPi Global | 1:00 - 1:30 - Case Study - Aptara - Your Interactive eBook Options in 30 Minutes Inkling, iBooks Author, Adobe DPS, or a custom HTML5 solution? [More Info] Maria Bartoszewicki, Director of Interactive eBooks, Aptara | ||
| 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm | Closing the New Book Discovery Gap [More Info] Peter Hildick-Smith, Founder & CEO, Codex Group Angela Tribelli, Chief Marketing Officer, HarperCollins Publishers Patrick Brown, Director of Community, Goodreads Matthew C. Baldacci, VP, Associate Publisher, St. Martins Press Allison Underwood, Senior Marketing Manager, Open Road Integrated Media | The Evolving Author-Publisher Relationship: How Publishers are Powering--and Empowering--Authors Today [More Info] Carolyn Pittis, SVP, Publishing Transformation, HarperCollins Peter McCarthy, Founder, McCarthy Digital Nina von Moltke, SVP, Director of Digital Publishing Development, Random House Inc. Jennifer Weltz, Vice President, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Inc. | New Business Model Experimentation [More Info] Evan Ratliff, Editor and CEO, Atavist Brendan Cahill, Co-Founder, Storyville Jack W Perry, Owner, 38enso Todd McGarity, VP Distribution Sales & Services, Hachette Book Group USA Chris Bauerle, Director of Sales & Marketing, Sourcebooks | Libraries: More Important than Ever for Discovery [More Info] Barbara A. Genco, Manager, Special Projects, Library Journal George Coe, President of Library & Education, Baker-Taylor Heather McCormack, Collection Development Manager, 3M Cloud Library Stephanie Anderson, Head of Readers’ Advisory, Darien Library Skip Dye, VP, Library and Academic Sales, Random House Inc. | Developing an Agile Publishing Model [More Info] David Houle, Author and Futurist, Ringling College of Art + Design Stephanie Bowen, Editor, Sourcebooks, Inc. Dominique Raccah, CEO & Publisher, Sourcebooks |
| 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm | Going Direct: Best Practices for Direct-to-Consumer Sales and Marketing [More Info] Pamela Spengler-Jaffee, Senior Director of Publicity, Avon Books & Harper Voyager Peter Turner, Ampersand Suzie Sisoler, Director of Consumer Engagement, Penguin Group (USA) Eric Zimmerman, Founder, Atlas Labs Lucas Hilbert, Vice President eCommerce, F+W Media, Inc. | Changing Role of Editors [More Info] Mary Ann Naples, Chief of Business Development, Zola Books Ben Sevier, Editor-In-Chief, Dutton Rachel Griffiths, Senior Editor, Scholastic Katie Adams, Editor, Liveright Peter Ginna, Editorial Director, Bloomsbury Press | Changing Retail Marketplace: New Opportunities for Print Book Sales and the Growth of Non-Traditional Accounts [More Info] Bob Nelson, President, Digital Group, Baker & Taylor Jeanne Emanuel, Vice President, Gift/Special Sales, Perseus Books Group Page Edmunds, Associate Publisher, Workman Publishing Michael Cairns, Managing Partner, Information Media Partners | Making Content Searchable, Findable and Shareable: Tools and Best Practices to Improve Discoverability [More Info] Patricia Payton, Senior Manager of Publishing and Content Development, Bowker Linda Holliday, CEO, Semi-Linear Neal Goff, Founder, Egremont Associates Gary Price, Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's INFOdocket.com, FullTextReports.com Matt MacInnis, CEO, Inkling | |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Afternoon Coffee Break and Exhibits | ||||
| 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm | Libraries: More Important Than Ever for Discovery [More Info] Stephanie Anderson, Head of Readers’ Advisory, Darien Library Skip Dye, VP, Library and Academic Sales, Random House Inc. George Coe, President of Library & Education, Baker-Taylor Barbara A. Genco, Manager, Special Projects, Library Journal Heather McCormack, Collection Development Manager, 3M Cloud Library | Audience-Centric Publishing: Publishers Developing Vertical Sales Channels and New Monetization Opportunities [More Info] Sara Domville, President, F+W Media, Inc. Rebecca Smart, CEO, Osprey Group Brice Gosnell, Vice President of Publishing, Lonely Planet Brent Lewis, Executive Vice President, Digital, Harlequin Jess Johns, Director of Operations, The Idea Logical Company | Cross-Platform Challenges and Opportunities: The Commercial and Technical Realities of Delivering Content to New Channels [More Info] Peter Balis, Director, Digital Business Development, Wiley Bill Kasdorf, Vice President and Principal Consultant, Apex Content Solutions Matt MacInnis, CEO, Inkling Sanjay Tangri, Vice President, Sales Operations, Innodata Dave Cramer, Content Workflow Specialist, Hachette Book Group | ||
