Week at a Glance

DBW’s sessions strive to offer you the most practical, relevant and actionable programming on everything from eBook publishing and internet marketing to digital solutions for selling and marketing your books.

While we're still building the final program, registration is officially open. Keep your eye on the website for more session details—we’re adding to the list daily. And be sure to check the website often for the latest sessions and speakers. Stay tuned!
 
 
 
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
9:00 am - 12:00 pmDBW Pre-Conference Workshop: Understanding and managing copyright in the 21st century [More Info]
Christopher Kenneally, Director, Business Developement and Author Relations, Copyright Clearance Center
Skott Klebe, Product Evangelist, Copyright Clearance Center
Glenn G. Pudelka, Senior Associate, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Michael Healy, Executive Director (Author and Publisher Relations), Copyright Clearance Center
Robert Gottlieb, Chairman, Trident Media Group
DBW Pre-Conference Workshop: Beyond Books - New Opportunities for Growth [More Info]
Cynthia Cleveland, CEO, BroadLit
Nancy Cushing-Jones, Publishing Expert
Alison Norrington, Founder, storycentralDIGITAL
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmLunch on Your Own
1:30 pm - 4:30 pmDBW Pre-Conference Workshop: How to Create the Content Your Audience Desperately Wants, But Doesn’t Know to Ask For [More Info]
Dan Blank, Founder, We Grow Media
DBW Pre-Conference Workshop: eBook Production: Covering All the Bases [More Info]
Joshua Tallent, Founder/CEO, eBook Architects
Colleen Cunningham, eBook Developer, F+W Media, Inc.
India Amos, eBook Developer, F+W Media, Inc.
Iris Febres, eBook Developer, F+W Media, Inc.
Naomi Kennedy, Senior Digital Production Associate, Penguin Group USA
DBW Pre-Conference Workshop: Bust a Move: The No-BS Approach to Building Engaged Communities with Social Media [More Info]
Rebecca Joines Schinsky, Associate Editor & Community Manager , Book Riot
Eric Smith, Social Media and Marketing Coordinator, Quirk Books

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
7:30 am - 8:30 amRegistration Opens, Coffee and Exhibits
8:30 am - 8:40 amWelcome and Opening Remarks [More Info]
David Nussbaum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, F+W Media, Inc.
8:40 am - 9:00 amAn Industry in Transition [More Info]
Mike Shatzkin, Conference Council Chair, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company
9:00 am - 9:10 amPublishing Industry Forecast: Results of the 2012 Publishing Executive Survey [More Info]
James McQuivey, Vice President & Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
9:10 am - 9:55 amA 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 amWhat Publishers Can Learn from President Obama’s 2012 campaign [More Info]
Teddy Goff, Digital Director, Obama Campaign
10:10 am - 10:40 amMorning Break and Exhibits10:10 - 10:40 - Case Study - HCL America [More Info]
10:40 am - 11:00 ameBook 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 amCompeting 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 amExplaining 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 pmInvesting in the Publishing Industry [More Info]
Brian Napack, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners
Michael Cader, Creator, Publishers Lunch
12:00 pm - 1:30 pmExhibit Hall and Lunch12:00 - 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 pmThe 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
2:30 pm - 3:20 pmGamification 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 pmAfternoon Coffee Break and Exhibits
4:00 pm - 4:50 pmChildren’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 pmCocktail Reception

Thursday, January 17th, 2013
7:30 am - 8:30 amRegistration Opens, Coffee and Exhibits
8:30 am - 8:40 amWelcome [More Info]
Mike Shatzkin, Conference Council Chair, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company
8:40 am - 9:00 amThe 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 amCase 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 amStraddling 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 amGetting 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 amMorning Break and Exhibits10:00 - 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 amThe Challenges to Book Discovery [More Info]
Peter Hildick-Smith, Founder & CEO, Codex Group
10:50 am - 11:05 amSelling 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 amConsumer 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 pmLooking 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 pmExhibit Hall and Lunch
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm12:00 - 12:30 - Case Study - Baker & Taylor
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm12:30 - 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 pm - 1:30 pm1:00 - 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 pmClosing 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 pmGoing 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 pmAfternoon Coffee Break and Exhibits
4:00 pm - 4:50 pmLibraries: 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