Events:
¤ Recap: Information Industry Summit 2006
The Information Industry Summit 2006 was held January 31 - February 1, 2006 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. The 400+ attendees gained valuable insights about users taking control from Chief Executives of traditional publishers, like Thomson Corporation's Richard Harrington and McGraw-Hill's Harold McGraw III, as well as Chief Executives from new media companies, like Craiglists' Jim Buckmaster and Audible.com's Don Katz. Sessions from this year's Summit are now available online at http://iis.scribestudio.com SIIA members can access this content free of charge until March 10. Your username is your email address and your password is "siia". Press coverage from the conference is available at http://www.siia.net/iis/2006/press.asp

¤ Brown Bag: Wikis, 3/22, NYC & Webcast
The use and adoption rate of wikis is growing at a rapid rate - both inside and outside the firewall. Hear how companies are taking advantage of wikis to improve internal processes and to gather input from across the web. Further detail on this session -- including registration information -- can be found here.

¤ CEO Breakfast: Robert W. Merry, 3/29, NYC
Robert W. Merry, President and Editor-in-Chief of Congressional Quarterly, will provide a historical analysis of how technology has both fostered and destroyed journalistic models in American publishing and the companies that put forth those models, with some telling lessons for today's publishers as to how they might thrive or get crushed. Further details on this session can be found here.

¤ Content Forum 2006: Schedule and Keynote Announcement
The schedule for Content Forum 2006 is now available. This year's curriculum will focus on the tools necessary to build, package, promote and distribute your content. In addition, Geoffrey Moore, the Silicon Valley legend, will present on his new book, Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution. Register today to save at least $500 by taking advantage of early-bird pricing and reserving your room under the SIIA block.

¤ Global Information Industry Summit 2006: Save the dates, 9/14 - 15, Amsterdam
Save September 14 - 15, 2006 for the first annual Global Information Industry Summit, which will be held at the Hilton Amsterdam in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A preliminary overview of the event is available at http://www.siia.net/giis. If you are interested in helping to plan this event please contact Ed Keating at 860.663.5535 and if you are interested in sponsoring the event contact Brian Rosenberg at 646.415.9362.

¤ Establishing Development Operations Offshore, 3/8, Webcast
In today’s global business environment, software and content companies have begun to realize that moving a part of their development offshore is no longer an option. Rather, it has become a required element to any successful R&D operation. While cost was an early driver, today the focus is on improving time-to-market and product quality. Register now to learn when to partner, when to run your own and when to do both.


News:
¤ Call for Nominations: Content Division Board
This is an open call for nominations to the Content Division Board. The SIIA Content Division Board is a volunteer group of industry leaders from the content industry. The Board directs all activities of SIIA’s Content Division, along with Ed Keating, Division Vice President. A list of current Board members can be found here. If you -- or a person from your executive team -- are interested in running for the SIIA Content Division Board, please have a brief biography and campaign statement (not to exceed 300 words), sent to Brian McCloskey no later than March 24th. To obtain Brian's email address please call 202.789.4482.


¤ Government Affairs/Public Policy
SIIA's Government Affairs program aggressively promotes and protects the interests of its member companies in legal and public policy debates by working with state, federal and international policymakers, organizing grassroots activism and participating in landmark legal decisions. SIIA is the leading voice on key issues affecting the software and digital content industry, particularly with regard to electronic commerce and the digital marketplace.

¤ Government Affairs Council Meeting, 3/14, DC
The next meeting of SIIA’s Government Affairs Council will be held March 14, 2006 from 8:30 – 3:00 at the SIIA Offices. SIIA’s Government Affairs Council (GAC) is the association’s vehicle for setting the specific policy agenda to promote the software and information industries. In addition to discussing key policy priorities for the SIIA, the following speakers will be presenting: Jon Leibowitz, FTC Commissioner; Michelle O’Neill, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce; Stanley Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner; and Gene Ulm, Partner of Public Opinion Strategies. If you are interested in participating in this meeting, please register at https://www.siia.net/events/prereg.asp?eventid=550

¤ Updates
The following updates and commentaries have been posted in the past month:

¤ SIIA Action Alert -- Bush Education Budget Proposal (February 7)
¤ SIIA Comments on Copyright Office's 1201 DMCA Rulemaking (February 3)
¤ SIIA Action Alert -- State of Union STEM Education Initiative (February 2)
¤ SIIA Files Joint Amicus Brief with Tech Industry in eBay v MercExchange Case (January 26)


SIIA Member Press Releases:
Answers Corporation:
• Answers.com Doubles Content over Previous Six Months
• Answers Corporation to Participate at Thomas Weisel Internet & Telecom Conference

Castanea Partners:
• Castanea Partners and Weston Presidio Invest in Integrity Interactive Corporation

Dow Jones:
• Dow Jones Sets New Structure and Leadership Team

ECNext:
• ECNext launches Webbolt's ad supported business news site
• ECNext surpasses expectations in 2005

EDGAR Online:
• EDGAR Online Announces I-Metrix Xcelerate
• RR Donnelley, EDGAR Online in Exclusive Agreement for XBRL service

Factiva:
• Factiva's Clare Hart Moves Up to New Position at Dow Jones; Deputy CEO Claude Green Named Interim CEO

HighBeam Research:
• HighBeam Research Announces New Programs for Advertisers

The Jordan Edmiston Group Inc.:
• JEGI Welcomes in the New Year with 2 More Deals
• JEGI E-Newsletter - Featuring Tad Smith, CEO, Reed Business Information - January 2006

Ketera:
• Ketera Launches Invoice Management

McGraw-Hill:
• McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine Launches Leading Online Neurology Resource

Newstex:
• Newstex Announces Distribution of Investor's Business Daily Through Content On Demand
• Newstex Delivers Real-Time Content On Demand to Illumen Subscribers

ProQuest Information and Learning:
• Connecticut is First to Provide Statewide Access to Digital Hartford Courant Archive
• ProQuest Adds 15 Years of New York Times Backfile
• Major Enhancements to SIRS Researcher Help Students Make Sense of Social Issues
• ProQuest Launches Online Guide to Expand Researcher Access to Terrorism: An International Resource File
• ProQuest Releases Online Database of Freedman's Bank Records for the Library Market
• NGS Selects ProQuest to Sponsor Filby Prize
• ProQuest to Distribute FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals to Library and Education Markets
• ProQuest Chosen Exclusive Global Distributor for Evidence Matters
• ProQuest's eLibrary Science Adds Exclusive Salem Press Reference Titles
• ProQuest's Digital Commons Open Access Content to be Indexed within Thomson Scientific's Web Citation Index
• ProQuest Launches the Twentieth Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

Really Strategies, Inc.:
• Really Strategies Hires Former Houghton Mifflin Executive to Deepen Expertise in Educational Publishing

Standard & Poor's:
• Standard & Poor's Capital IQ Named Finalist for 2006 Codie Awards for Best Online Professional Financial and Business Information Service