Events:
¤ Global Information Industry Summit: September 14 - 15, Amsterdam
The SIIA's inaugural Global Information Industry Summit will take place on September 14 - 15 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. More than 130 Publishing executives, industry experts and business development specialists have registered to attend the Summit, which will focus on Navigating the Global Information Marketplace. Pre-registration closes at 11:59 PM (ET) on Monday, September 11th, so register now and save USD $100 off the conference registration price.

¤ Information Industry Summit: Call for Speakers and Sponsors
A call for speakers and sponsors will be issued shortly for the Sixth Information Industry Summit. The Summit will take place at Cipriani 42nd Street on January 30 - 31, 2007. If you, or a member of your executive team, are interested in speaking at the Summit, please visit the conference website (www.siia.net/iis), which will have the full conference agenda and call for speakers. If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact Brian Rosenberg at 646.649.2027.

¤ Boston Brown Bag Lunch: Technology Enabled Lead Generation - Can It Work for You? (9/27)
SIIA's Content Division staff is pleased to announce our first Boston-based Brown Bag Lunch, which is scheduled to take place on September 27, 2006 from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM at the offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. The session, Technology Enabled Lead Generation - Can It Work for You?, will focus around the business strategies and challenges these companies are facing in their quest to be reliable data sources. Further details on this session, including registration information, can be found here

¤ Brown Bag Lunch: Successful Deals with Google and Yahoo!, NYC / Webcast (10/25)
For most publishers, the question is not whether, but how best to cooperate with the major search engines - whether as suppliers, partners, customers or all of the above. Steve Sieck, Managing Partner of EPS-USA, LLC, will moderate this session that will highlight win-win arrangements for providers of high-value information content. Further details on this session, including registration information, can be found here.

¤ Brown Bag Lunch: B2B Paid Content, NYC / Webcast (12/13)
The web has turned many millions more of us into prospects for information and related products. Many "for fee" information providers have placed an emphasis on knowing more about:

  • Motivations and behaviors
  • Product and site design
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) / Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
  • Partner and Distribution Strategies

Our panel of experts will share how they developed the tools and techniques to find, service, and satisfy their burgeoning e-commerce prospects, customers and businesses. Further detail on this session -- including registration information -- can be found here.

News:
¤ The 22nd Annual Codie Awards: Nominations Due October 6th
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2007 CODiE Awards. Gain prestige, industry recognition, media attention and increased awareness. Get your products and/or services in front of members of the press and potential customers and partners. Nominees receive extensive exposure to software and technology business professionals and consumers along with key media and analysts.

The nomination deadline is October 6, 2006; visit http://siia.net/codies/2007 to view this year's categories and nominate your product or service today! For more information, contact Lisa Mitchell at lmitchell@siia.net.

¤ ABM's Thought Leadership Breakfast - Unleashing Innovation, NYC (9/13)
INNOVATE - INTEGRATE - EXECUTE: Are you searching for ways to pump up your brand’s performance? If so, it’s time to take smart risks. To engage your audience, and really get them using your brand, you need to push the envelope with innovative strategies that drive results. At ABM’s Thought Leadership Breakfast – Unleashing Innovation, Wednesday, September 13th from 8:30 am – 10:30 am, you will hear how to take smart risks, develop a culture that encourages innovative thinking, and how to create products and services as a result. Register and see full agenda here


¤ Come to Go! - Outsell's Signature Event
Come to Go! – Outsell’s Signature Event (www.outsellinc.com), September 17-19, 2006 at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, VA. The program will focus on the 10 topics that are imperative to execute against in 2007 to continue to successfully grow and transform your information business. You’ll hear from an exciting array of analysts and speakers who will give you information you can act on so you’re ready in 2007. Register today.


¤ 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.

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

¤ Report on 7/18 Hearing & SIIA Testimony on Phishing and Whois Access and Accuracy (July 20)
¤ Intellectual Property Update (June 21)


SIIA Member Press Releases:
Answers Corporation:
• Online Media Pioneer Robert Formentin Joins Answers.com as VP of Advertising Sales
• Answers Reports Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results

Apex CoVantage:
• Apex Announces Formation of Global Newspaper Initiative Advisory Board

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer Business:
• CCH Offers Premiere, One-stop Wealth Management Library

ClearForest:
• ClearForest Appoints New Vice President of Solutions and Marketing to Refine and Grow Vertical Solutions

EDGAR Online:
• EDGAR Online Partners with TheMarkets.com to Offer its I-Metrix Professional to 1400 Buy-Side Firms Worldwide
• LexisNexis and EDGAR Online Expand Alliance

Elsevier:
• Scopus Announces first-of-its-kind Customized Institutional Resources and Digital Archive Searches

Fast Search and Transfer (FAST):
• FAST Named a Leader in Enterprise Search Platforms by Independent Research Firm

INPUT:
• INPUT Expects $2.5 Billion in State & Local Real ID Spending Through 2012

Javien Digital Payment Solutions:
• Javien Unveils Next Generation of E-commerce Technology in V8.0

The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.:
• Two More JEGI Transactions Makes 20 for the Year. Stay Tuned!

LexisNexis:
• LexisNexis and Harcourt Education Partner with Volunteermatch to Engage Workforce in Volunteer Service

NewsGator:
• NewsGator Continues International Expansion Through Partnership With Agrex to Provide Enterprise RSS Aggregation Solutions in Japan

Outsell Inc.:
• Outsell, Inc. Acquires Electronic Publishing Services Ltd (EPS), Creating the Only Global Analyst Firm for the Entire Information Industry
• Outsell, Inc. Pegs Click Fraud as $1.3 Billion Problem that Threatens Business Models of Google, Others

ProQuest Information & Learning:
• ProQuest Launches Highly Anticipated Digital Collection of Obituaries
• ProQuest Selected to Digitize Major Historic Newspapers

Really Strategies, Inc.:
• Really Strategies Celebrates 50th Publishing Client Milestone

VNU:
• VNU BME Launches Europe’s First Online Technology Directory — KnowledgeStorm Europe