Vendor quotes

“The Gilbane Conference is a one-of-a-kind industry conference focused on ECM,” said Kevin Hayden, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Interwoven. “It brings together ECM thought leaders from across the globe and was a great use of our time and resources. We'll be back!”

“Once again, Gilbane and Lighthouse Seminars pulled off an informative high quality, well-targeted conference,” said Susan Challenger, Vice President, Marketing , Percussion Software. “For anyone involved in content management, these events are essential.”

"The Gilbane conference in Boston was well worth the investment," said Krista Lariviere, President, Hot Banana Software Inc. "We came away with many valuable contacts and leads, and plan to attend the April 2005 conference in San Francisco as well. If you are a vendor, analyst, integrator or end user, the Gilbane conference provides an excellent indication of the heartbeat of the industry and content management technologies."

“ The Gilbane Conferences provide an in-depth, comprehensive view of content management technologies and solutions, and we’re pleased to again be a prime sponsor” said David Milam, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for EMC Software Group. “We believe it’s important to support an event that offers so much value to attendees and exhibitors.”

“ For any organization looking for content management solutions, the Gilbane Conference is an excellent resource,” said Dan Ryan, executive vice president of marketing and business development, Stellent. “The speakers and exhibitors focus on practical, real-world business solutions.”

Gilbane Conferences on Content Management & Information Technologies

We have been organizing conferences on content and information management technologies in North America and Europe since 1993. Our current conference series is produced by Lighthouse Seminars, and is focused on global, enterprise and web content management technologies, enterprise search, text analytics and semantic technologies, collaboration & social computing, XML and publishing technologies. Below are links to the scheduled events for 2004 - 2008.
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San Francisco, June 2 - 4, 2009
Boston, 2009

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Why our conferences are different

We have been analyzing content technologies since the early 80s when we began advising all members of the content technology community on what content technology was, how it could be used for enterprise business applications, and how content and computing would evolve.

Because we are strictly neutral with regard to vendors, analysts, enterprises, and consultants, we have been able to maintain a constant dialog with each group, all of whom are our customers, and all of whom we have learned from. Our conference content is carefully designed by our team of consultants and analysts to ensure the focus is on what you need to know to successfully plan and implement content technology solutions. Conference content is not based on the latest buzzword, specific product releases, the need to sell analyst reports, or a need to supplement an exhibit floor.

Our conferences are designed to foster interaction between all stakeholders in the content technology community, with the ultimate goal of increasing the successful implementation and deployment of content technology.

Who attends our conferences?

A representative list of our attendees includes: Raytheon, Staples, WGBH, L.L. Bean, MIT, U.S. Army, Edmunds.com, Biogen, Chase Card Services, KAF Financial, Federal Reserve, Walmart, Library of Congress, Genzyme, Harvard Business School, Cisco, Freightliner, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Electronics, True Value, Gillette, Consumers Union, US EPA, J & W Seligman, FM Global, Ingram Micro, Great River Energy, Experian, Schlumberger, Cranel, Vegas.com, Oklahoma Dept of Human Services, Georgia Gulf Corp, Sallie Mae, Dana Faber Cancer Institute, UCLA, GlaxoSmithKline, European Medicines Agency, BBC, Nokia, France Telecom R & D, Marine Biological Laboratoary, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Wyeth, Polycom, Lasselle-Ramsay, RC Hagen, World Bank, Sesame Workshop, Echostar, Wagstaff Inc., Aerospace Corp, AAA Life Insurance Co, NCSU Libraries, American Mgt Assn, Halliburton, Satyam Computer Svcs, Arizona State University, Aventis Pharma, Avnet, Bank of the West, J Paul Getty Trust, Birdseye, Blue Shield of California, Healthcare Financial Mgt, GDMX Warner Bros, Toppan Printing, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Boeing Corporation, Symantec, Ontario Teachers Pensions Plan, Fujitsu America, House of Blues Entertainment Inc., Canada Life, Motorola, Capital Group, Capital One, Lexis Nexis, CBS, Jet Propulsion Lab, City of Los Angeles, General Networks Corp, Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, Computer Science Corporation, Harris Corporation, Cosine Research, BlueCross BlueShield, North Carolina, NAMSA, National IT and Telecom Agency Denmark, Siemens Medical Solutions, National Bank of Belgium, Prerana Sports India PVT LTD, Hafibia, Docflow Italia, Gruppo Editoriale JCE, Compuware Europe B.V., Dept. of Justice Gambia, Singulus Mastering B.V., Sony Ericsson, LHS Telekom GmbH & Co. KG, ABN Amro, Novartis Pharma AG, VNU Business Media Europe, Canon Europa N.V., Wolters Kluwer België, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal, Silver Lake Partners, Intelligence Research Group, SAIC, Sutter Inst. for Med. Research, Defense Finance & Accounting Service, DeVry University, Synergy Financial Resources Inc., Aquent, Berlex Biosciences, San Jose State University, MasterCard International, Thomson Healthcare, World Savings Bank, United Airlines, Butler Mfg Co, ZANTAZ Inc., Federal Home Loan Bank of SF, John Deere, TransAlta Corporation, Intel Corporation, Discover Financial Services, Juniper Networks, Mervyns, Transamerica Reinsurance, Shaklee Corporation, Trimble Navigation, Alameda County Medical Center, Fiserv Inc., Toyota, Library and Archives Canada, SallieMae, Hyundai, Penn State, Wells Fargo, Bank of the Orient, Blue Shield of California, Beijing Daheng Inn Tech., France Telecom R&D, Reuters, Bain & Company, and many more.

Who exhibits at our conferences?

A reprentative list of our exhibitors includes: Acrolinx, Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE), Aquilent, Arbortext, Artesia Technologies, Astoria, Atomz, Avoco Secure, aXtive minds, Blast Radius, BrowserMedia, CDI Systems, Cignex, ClearStory Systems (OTCBB:INSS), Clickability, ComoSoft, Context Media, Convera, CrownPeak Technology, CustomerVision, Day Software, Delphia Consulting, DesignApps, Documentum, DocZone.com, EasyPress, EG07, Ektron, Elkera, EMC (NYSE:EMC), eMotion, empolis, Endeca, Ephox, eTouch, exegenix, Factiva, FAST, Fasoo.com, FatWire, Forum One, Globalscape, GlobalSight, GMC Software, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Hot Banana, Hummingbird, IBM (NYSE:IBM), Idiom, immediacy, Infodata, Information Mapping, Infostoria, Inmagic, Innodata/Isogen, Innovation Gate, Interactive Ink, Interwoven (NASDAQ:IWOV), IXIAsoft, Kofax, Liquid Machines, Localize Technologies, Macromedia, Mark Logic, Mclaren Software, Mediasurface, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Mondosoft, Nahava, North Plains, Omtool, Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX), Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), Ovitas, Percussion Software, PaperThin, Pindar, PTC (NASDAQ: PMTC), Quark, Quesar, Quotient, RedDot Solutions, Refresh Software, RenderX, RepliWeb, Retrieval Systems Corporation, SAIC, SchemaLogic, Scientific Software, SDI, (LS: SDL), Serena, SiberLogic, SilkRoad Technology, Sitecore, Snapbridge, Software AG (TECdax:SOW), SpringCM, Stellent (NASDAQ:STEL), Sun Microsystems, The Level, ThomasTech Solutions, TOIN, Traction Software, Translations.com, Tridion, Typefi, Vamosa, Vasont, Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN), VistaTEC, Vivisimo, Weborganic, WebSideStory (NASDAQ: WSSI), Workshare, Xerox (NYSE: XRX), Xyleme, Xythos, and more.

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Attendee quotes:

"What a fantastic conference and wonderful learning experience." said Charles Giaquinto, Equity Research Analyst, Henley & Company LLC.

"I attended last years conference in San Francisco. I found it very worthwhile and appreciated the focus on content management practices/experiences rather than vendor-specific solutions. Too often conferences can end up being infomercials - it was refreshing that this conference was not geared that way." said Brad Raasch, IT Team Leader, Global Computing Services, Deere & Company. "I also appreciated the openness of the other attendees; there was a lot of great discussion going on outside of the sessions."

"The level of sophistication of the Gilbane audience was impressive. I found the attendees, speakers, and vendors to be exceptionally knowledgeable in real-world application of content technologies," said Larry Bouthillier, Director of Educational Technologies and Multimedia Development, Harvard Business School. "In addition, the conference organization was among the best I've encountered."

“The Gilbane Conference on Content Management provided a unique opportunity to explore the challenges other companies face in regards to copy management and the solutions they are exploring and implementing,” said Maura Ardis, Product Knowledge and Content Manager, Staples. “Many of the presenters shared valuable information on how companies of all sizes and types can take advantage of content management to provide high-quality, accurate, consistent copy to customers, salespeople, customer service representatives, marketing groups, etc. in a timely fashion. As the amount of content that businesses use continues to grow at a wild rate, more and more companies will have to examine how they manage content and begin implementing many of the strategies discussed at the conference.”

"I truly obtained valuable information from the conference and it was great to be totally immersed in the subject matter with other content management professionals dealing with the same challenges as myself,” said Susan Wilder, Content Automation Manager, BB&T.

"The Gilbane conference in LA has provided me with crucial information that I was looking for as my company rolls out its content management solution. I have been able to network with industry experts, the major content management technology players and other companies, like mine, that are faced with the challenge of effectively managing content," said Angie Khumdee, Senior Software Engineer, Motorola CGISS E-Business.

"[The Gilbane Conference in LA] was one of the best organized conferences that I have ever attended and everyone was very helpful. Best of all was the information provided by some very knowledgeable individuals in the presentations and case studies. Furthermore, discussions with some of the attendees, was also very helpful for me." William J. Hellrung, CIJA,CGFM, COM. The Aerospace Corp.

"The caliber of speakers and the sessions was impressive. We are just embarking on this venture so it was an excellent opportunity to learn from the best in the field." Diane Laverty, BSc, Sr. Technical Writer, Invidi Technologies