Tuesday, March 1, 2005

 Final Program

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

8:00am - 12:00pm      Registration

7:45am - 8:30am        Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by IEE/Inspec

8:30am - 10:00am        Solving Information Problems for Professional and Desktop Searchers: Harnessing Current and Emerging Technologies

Advances in information technology continue to play a major role in shaping not only how users access, search and retrieve information today, but also in shaping - and raising - their expectations with regard to how the next generation of information products and services can even more effectively and efficiently meet their needs. This session will provide an overview of current and emerging information technologies and their level of acceptance across user communities, as well as examples of new and innovative search technologies that meet the needs of the information professional and desktop searcher. 

Moderator: Martin W. Smith, Publishing Director and General Manager, IEE/Inspec

• Current and Emerging Search and Retrieval Technologies: An Overview
  Dr. Paul Pederson, Co-Founder and Chief Technologist, MarkLogic Corporation [ Abstract and Slides ]

• Clustering and Meta-Search as a Universal Basis for Information Access and Its Implications for the Future of User Interfaces
  Dr. Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO, Vivisimo, Inc. [ Abstract and Slides ] 

• Making Sense of Search Results: Creating Effective Visualizations
  Dr. Ben Bederson, Director, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland [ Abstract  and Slides ]

10:00am - 10:30am      Break and Networking Opportunity

American Psychological Association/PsycInfo and Nerac, Inc.

10:30am - 12:00am    Solving Information Problems for Professional and Desktop Searchers :  The Strategic Merger of Content, Technology and Analytic Tools

  It has been said that the future belongs not to those who merely navigate information seekers through cyberspace, not to those who populate it with data.  Rather it belongs to those who provide content in a way that allows the user to make sense of it. Organizations that provide tools that help users understand the everyday problems that they face, and that inform their decision around the options that they have in solving these problems.  This session will provide examples of new technologies that will help information providers meet the challenge of solving information problems for both the professional and desktop searchers

Moderator: Martin W. Smith, Publishing Director and General Manager, IEE/Inspec

• Providing Comprehensive Search Results Through Federated Searching
  Dr. Peter Noerr, Chief Technology Officer, MuseGlobal  [ Abstract and Slides ]

• Pulling It All Together: Integration of Search Results from Multiple Resources
  Roland Dietz, President and CEO, Endeavor Information Systems [ Abstract and Slides ]

• Turning Search Results Into Actionable Intelligence: How Avery Dennison and Honeywell International Use Analytic & Visualization Tools to Maximize the Benefit of Their Patent Portfolios
  Stuart Dodd, Vice President, Professional Services and Account Management, MicroPatent  [ Abstract and Slides ]

12:15pm – 1:45pm       Awards Lunch

Sponsored by Chemical Abstracts Service

2:00pm - 3:30pm         Evolving Business Models: Meeting the Purchasing Requirements of Professional and Desktop Searchers

As the universe of information seekers continues to diversify, so must business models evolve to meet an even broader range of user expectations. This session will highlight how strategic collaborations and innovative licensing can help information users to meet the needs of both desktop searchers and information professionals, and it will provide a snapshot of how information purchasing patterns are shifting within market sectors and subject disciplines - shifts that will continue to fuel the evolution of business models into the immediate future. 

Moderated by: Simon Inger, Director, Scholarly Information Strategies

• Case Study: How Google Drives Traffic to IEEE Xplore
  Barbara Lange, Director, Publications, Product Line Management and Business Development, IEEE  [ Abstract and Slides ]
• Fixing the Data Rights Highway Without Disrupting Traffic
  Eileen Shanbrom, Manager, CAS and Web Content, Chemical Abstracts Service [ Abstract and Slides ]
• Preparing to Capture Future Mindshare: Changing Information Purchasing Behavior Across Market Sectors
  Cynthia Murphy, Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Dialog, a Thomson business. [ Slides ]

3:30pm - 3:45pm         Break and Networking Opportunity

Sponsored by CrossRef

3:45pm - 4:30pm         Final Keynote:    The Next Generation of Information Seekers:  A Forecast of Future User Needs and Expectations Future of Information

The conference opened with a glimpse of an information future as shaped by current search engines and the Web. The reality of our current environment was demonstrated by search result comparisons and by an analysis of usage trends across all sectors of the information community.  Tools to effect change -- new data formats, technology for data mining, search engines, user interfaces, and business models -- all were presented.  Now let us look at the future if information providers accept today's reality and use new tools and opportunities to leverage their very unique skills, experience and expertise. 

Moderator: Lucian Parziale, The H.W. Wilson Company

Speaker:   Peter Morville, President, Semantic Studios
Title: Ambient Findability: Information Seeking in the Future[Abstract]

 Note: Peter Morville was unable to be with us, due to inclement weather during the period he was supposed to be traveling. In his absence, Marydee Ojala and Dick Kaser who had been blogging the NFAIS Conference for Information Today offered a presentation entitled "Blogs, Findability and the Future of Information Seeking"

4:30pm     Adjourn

5:00pm  - 6:00pm  NFAIS Board Meeting

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