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Lighthouse Seminars announced the opening of the 5th annual Gilbane Boston conference at the Westin Copley hotel. The main conference opens Wednesday, December 3rd with keynotes from Prabhakar Raghavan, Head of Yahoo! Research, and Michael Edson, Director, Web and New Media Strategy, Office of the CIO, Smithsonian Institution. Technology demonstrations from over 50 exhibitors take place along side the main conference on Wednesday and Thursday. Pre-conference Workshops take place today starting at 1:00pm. Registration is available on-site at the Westin Copley Hotel.

Everyone in IT needs to understand what SharePoint can do and how it might, or might not, play a role in their content or collaboration strategy. At Gilbane Boston in 3 weeks, we have a half-day intensive workshop, as well as a less time-consuming conference session devoted to SharePoint - and they cover different aspects so you could benefit from both.

D: Making SharePoint Work in the Enterprise
Instructor: Shawn Shell, Principal, Consejo, Inc.

SharePoint has become virtually ubiquitous in many organizations. Whether through inclusion in an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft or a definitive business need that can be satisfied with the technology, SharePoint is popping up everywhere. However, organizations are still struggling with how this technology will complete "integrated" with their environment. Whether it's real integration with other line of business applications like SAP, PeopleSoft or Oracle Financials, or how SharePoint can be used in concert with other portal technologies like PlumTree, WebSphere, Broadvision and others is still a major challenge. To compound these challenges, not all aspects of SharePoint's technology suite are created equal or well understood. During this half-day seminar, Shawn Shell, founder of Consejo and internationally recognized SharePoint expert, will help attendees better understand the latest version of SharePoint. Key Points:

• What is SharePoint (it's not just one product)
• What are SharePoint's strengths and weaknesses
• How can you integrate SharePoint with other Portal Technologies
• Performance and Scalability
• Governance

CTS-1: Web 2.0 and Microsoft SharePoint
Moderator: Shawn Shell, Principal, Consejo, Inc. Blog: http://blog.consejoinc.com

Microsoft SharePoint is fast becoming a fixture in many enterprises. At the same time, the very nature of online applications is fast evolving, leaving enterprises trying to understand how to apply new constructs like wikis, blogs, social networking and content syndication in the enterprise. Shawn Shell will explore how SharePoint enables organizations to take advantage of this new platform and integrate many web 2.0 constructs, improving overall information sharing and productivity. In this session, the following topics will be covered:

• Brief overview of Web 2.0 in the broader market
• What SharePoint provides
• Demonstrations on leveraging native Web 2.0 SharePoint features like Wikis, Blogs, & Social Networking
• How to effectively implement these capabilities in your enterprise
• Best practices

Now is not the time to let your web site or intranet get in the way of business!

See the latest in web content management - commercial or open source, enterprise-ready social media tools, enterprise search, multilingual technology, and more at Gilbane Boston. Below are some of the technology and service providers you'll find there.

Lanyard Sponsor:	Lunch Sponsor:

Exhibiting or Sponsorships Questions?
Please Contact: Marc Goldstein at 781-821-6652 or through mgoldstein@lighthouseseminars.com

If you have not yet signed up to attend the Gilbane Boston Conference at the Westin Copley Place, December 2 - 4, 2008, there is still time to get the early-bird discount!

In addition to our in-depth coverage of information technologies and content strategies, we are pleased to once again have the Content Management Professionals Fall Summit co-locate with our event. Both programs are available at http://gilbaneboston.com.

You can still sign up for the free Technology Showcase pass, which gives you access to conference keynotes, the exhibit area and the networking reception on December 3rd. Or take advantage of the $200 discount off the already discounted rate for the ConferencePlus, ConferencePlus & CM Pros Fall Summit, Gilbane Conference & Pre-Conference Workshop or the Conference Only options. Just sign up by November 4th 7th at http://gilbaneboston.com/registration_information.html and use the discount code - gilbane.

Complete conference schedule:
http://gilbaneboston.com/conference-schedule.html

Pre-conference workshops:
http://gilbaneboston.com/pre-conference_workshops.html

Conference session descriptions:
http://gilbaneboston.com/conference_descriptions.html

The complete CMPROS Summit description:
http://gilbaneboston.com/cmprossummit.html

We are honored to to be able to bring you the largest collection of leading practitioners, analysts, and technologists available this year at our San Francisco and Boston conferences. The powerful combination of content technology experts can only be found at Gilbane events. Our faculty at Gilbane Boston, December 2-4th, includes:

Erik Aeyelts Averink, President, SDL Tridion
Nate Aune, President and Founder, Jazkarta
Joseph Bachana, President/Founder, DPCI
Nora Barnes, Professor & Director, Center for Marketing Research, University of MA, Dartmouth
Jay Batson, CEO, Acquia
Geoff Bock, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Noah Broadwater, VP, Information Services, Sesame Workshop
John Carione, Senior Product Marketing Manager for LiveCycle Security Solutions, Adobe
David Carter, Founder & CTO, Awareness Networks
Win Carus, President and Founder, Information Extraction Systems
Jeff Catlin, CEO, Lexalytics Client
Dr. Kyugon Cho, CEO, Fasoo.com
Leonor Ciarlone, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Reid Conrad, CEO, Near-Time
Jeff Cram, Managing Director, ISITE Design
Guy Creese, VP and Research Director, Collaboration and Content Strategies, Burton Group
Andrew Draheim, Principal, Kidd and Draheim Inc.
Patricia Eagan, Senior Manager, Web Communications, The Jackson Laboratory
Michael Edson, Director, Web and New Media Strategy, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the CIO
James Ellis, Web Director, Wisconsin Alumni Association
Ben Elowitz, CEO, Wetpaint
Angela Foster, IT Manager, FedEx.com Development, FedEx
Elizabeth Foughty, Intelligent Data Understanding Research Group, NASA Ames
Aaron R. Fulkerson, CEO and Founder, Mindtouch
Dan Galvez, Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Hedgehog Development
Brad Gandee, VP, Product Marketing and Management, GigaTrust
Chip Gettinger, VP, XML Solutions, SDL Tridion
Frank Gilbane, CEO, Gilbane Group
Paul Gillin, Author and Consultant, New Media Technologies
John Girard, CEO, Clickability
Seth Gottlieb, Principal, Content Here
Yogesh Gupta, President and CEO, FatWire
Heather Hedden, Information Taxonomist, Hedden Information Management
Ulrich Henes, President, Localization Institute
Fred Hollowood, Director Language R&D, Shared Engineering Services, Symantec Corporation
Sophie Hurst, Senior Product Marketing Manager, SDL
Rob Joachim, Info Systems Engineer Lead, MITRE Corp
Karl Kadie, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Ajay Kapur, VP, Product Development, Apps Associates
Ben Kiker, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Interwoven
John Kreisa, Director of Product Marketing, Mark Logic Corporation
Mary Laplante, VP Consulting Services, Gilbane Group
David Lee, eBusiness Manager, 3M Company
David Lipsey, Managing Director, Global Practice, Media & Entertainment, FTI Consulting
Glen McInnis, Practice Lead for Enterprise Content Management Solutions, Nonlinear
Curt Monash, Monash Research
Lynda Moulton, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Gary Muddyman, Managing Director and CEO, Conversis
John Newton, CTO and Chairman, Alfresco
Leslie Owens, Analyst, Forrester Research
Natasja H.M. Paulsen, Partner, Ordina Consulting
Steve Paxhia, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Stephen Powers, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
Sid Probstein, CTO, Attivio
Prabhakar Raghavan, Head of Research, Yahoo
Kathleen Reidy, Senior Analyst, The 451 Group
Bill Rosenblatt, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Shannon Ryan, Co-Founder, President, and CEO, Nonlinear
Andrew Savikas, GM Tools of Change, O' Reilly Media
Thomas Schaefer, Systems Analyst and Consultant, U.S. General Services Administration
Eric Severson, CTO, Flatirons Solutions
Shawn Shell, Principal, Consejo
Dennis Shirokov, Marketing Manager, FedEx Digital Access Marketing, FedEx
Jerry Silver, Lead Product Manager, EMC/Documentum
Nitish Singh, Assistant Professor of International Business, Boeing Institute of Int. Business, St. Louis University
Marc Solomon, Knowledge Planner, PRTM
Aaron Strout, Vice President of Social Media, mZinga
Dmitri Tcherevik, CTO, Fatwire
Bill Trippe, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Brian Vandeventer, IT Manager, The Hartford
Melissa Webster, Program Vice President, Content & Digital Media Technologies, IDC
Michael Wechner, President, Wyona
Jeff Whatcott, Vice President of Marketing, Acquia
Tony White, Lead Analyst, Gilbane Group
Rob Wiesenberg, President and Founder, Contegra Systems
Aaron Williams, VP, Enterprise Services Community & Co-Innovation Engineering Americas, SAP AG
Nathan Williams, Interactive Director, New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corp

See the speaker biographies.

There is a lot more to choosing a web content management system than you might think, as you know if you have been through the process before. But even if you are going through the process a second or third time, you will want to get caught up on how much has changed in terms of the players and the technology. This workshop is a great way to get up-to-speed the day before our main conference, and before you visit the major WCM vendors in the technology demonstration area.

How to Select a Web Content Management System
Instructor: Seth Gottlieb, Principal, Content Here

Selecting a CMS is not like your typical software selection. Unlike other software categories, the CMS marketplace has no clear winners and there are hundreds of viable solutions. You have options of commercially licensed software, software as a service, and open source software and the systems themselves are all highly configurable frameworks so it is difficult to tell what is an aspect of platform and what is an aspect of the demo. There is no one size fits all solution because your content is tightly bound to business processes and structures that are unique to your organization. Unlike accounting and other operational aspects of your business, there are few industry-accepted standards for managing web content. Maybe the problem with the system you are replacing is not the technology but how you are using it. Selecting a CMS is hard but it is not impossible. In this session Seth Gottlieb will offer pragmatic advice for conducting an effective CMS selection and will walk through a process to help you to:

* Analyze your requirements to the optimal level of detail
* Understand what you need in a software supplier
* Evaluate potential solutions
* Know what to expect through implementation and beyond

Register today.

This Summit aims to gather the wisdom of content management practitioners and create best practices. Whatever your area of content management expertise, attend the CM Pros Fall Summit if you're genuinely interested in sharing your experience and learning about other people's projects.

We'll kickoff the morning with two keynote speakers: Bob Boiko will address the group on the Complexities of the Content Lifecycle and Tony White will speak on the Future Trends Impacting the Content Lifecycle. Next, quiz the expert panel of senior CMS practitioners with your questions about content management. Then, work with Bob Boiko as he leads the interactive CMS Content Lifecycle Poster Workshop to create a CM Pros Lifecycle Poster.

Attendees will determine the afternoon topics and break into facilitated, interactive roundtable discussions to tackle content lifecycle challenges. Facilitators include

• David Aponovich, ISITE Design
• Mollye Barrett, ClearPath
• Jeff Cram, ISITE Design
• Don DePalma, Common Sense Advisors
• Seth Earley, Earley & Associates
• Seth Gottlieb, Content Here
• Heather Hedden, Viziant Corporation
• Brad Kain, Quoin Inc.
• Bruce Nevin, Cisco Systems
• Stephen Powers, Forrester
• Bryant Shea, Molecular
• Jeff Tarbox, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Tony White, Gilbane Group
• Andrew Wilcox, EverAge Consulting

The CM Pros Fall Summit is held in conjunction with the Gilbane Boston
Conference: Where Content Management Meets Social Media.

Register before November 4th and receive a free pass to the Gilbane
Technology Showcase and Sponsor Reception.

Useful Links:

Summit: http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/

Program: http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/program

Presenters: http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/presenters

Registration: http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/register

Gilbane Conference: http://gilbaneboston.com/

Annual Conference to Help Attendees Address Growing Content Management Requirements Generated by Social Media Tools

Boston, September 18, 2008 - “Where Content Management Meets Social Media” is the focus of the fifth annual Gilbane Boston Conference (http://gilbaneboston.com/), set to take place December 2-4, 2008 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston. Produced by the Gilbane Group and Lighthouse Seminars, this year’s lineup of keynote speakers will be led by the Head of Yahoo! Research, Prabhakar Raghavan and the Smithsonian Institute’s Director of Web and New Media Strategy, Michael Edson. Yogesh Gupta, technology visionary and CEO of FatWire will present a keynote on how to best use the Web to drive business results and rounding out the keynote sessions are an all industry-analyst panel discussion on trends, challenges and opportunities and a panel session on Global Content Value Chain (GCVC) strategies with participants from 3M Company and Jonckers.

The Future of Search
If search engines can make deep use of structured information about content, provided through open standards, then search engines and site owners can together bring consumers a far richer experience. We are entering a period of massive change to enable search engines to handle more complex content. Prabhakar Raghavan, head of Yahoo! Research, will address the future of search: how search engines are becoming more sophisticated, what the breakthrough point will be for semantics on the Web and what this means for developers and publishers.

A Smithsonian Commons: Developing the Smithsonian’s Web and New Media Strategy
Michael Edson, Director, Web and New Media Strategy, Office of the CIO, Smithsonian Institution presents the Smithsonian Institution’s current Web and New Media strategy process and the cultural, technical, and organizational implications of the vision of a Smithsonian Commons – a critical-mass of content, services, and tools designed to fuel innovation and stimulate engagement with the world’s scientific and cultural knowledge.

Online Engagement - The Key to Success in Good Times and Bad
With powerful social networking, personalization and web content management capabilities, Web Experience Management (WEM) is the cornerstone of these engagement strategies. FatWire CEO and technology visionary Yogesh Gupta will discuss how online engagement and WEM are transforming how organizations are able to use the web to drive business results - in positive and challenging economic times.

Keynote Industry Analyst Panel
This is an opportunity for conference attendees to hear differing opinions from a wide variety of expert sources. A second, third, fourth or fifth opinion will help attendees avoid making ill-informed decisions about critical content and information technologies or strategies. Analysts from the Gilbane Group, IDC, the 451 Group and The Burton Group will participate.

Foundations for Global Content Value Chain Strategies
A Global Content Value Chain (GCVC) is a strategy for moving multilingual content from creation through consumption. The strategy is supported by practices in disciplines such as content management and localization/translation management. Attendees will hear how a global company, 3M Company, with a widely-recognized brand is building foundational capabilities to execute its GCVC strategies.

About Gilbane Group Inc.
Gilbane Group Inc. is an analyst and consulting firm that has been writing and consulting about the strategic use of information technologies since 1987. We have helped organizations of all sizes from a wide variety of industries and governments. We work with the entire community of stakeholders including investors, enterprise buyers of IT, technology suppliers, and other consultant and analyst firms. We have organized over 50 educational conferences in North America and Europe. Information about our widely-read newsletter, consulting & advisory services, reports, white papers, case studies and analyst blogs is available at http://gilbane.com.

About Lighthouse Seminars
Lighthouse Seminars' events cover information technologies and “content technologies” in particular. These include content management of all types, digital asset management, document management, web content management, enterprise portals, enterprise search, web and multi-channel publishing, electronic forms, authoring, content and information integration, information architecture, and e-catalogs. http://lighthouseseminars.com

Contacts
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Cell: 703-628-5754
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or
Lighthouse Seminars
Jeffrey V. Arcuri, 508-759-8180
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You can now view the conference program, ask for a brochure to be sent to you, or sign-up for the 5th annual Gilbane Boston Conference, Where Content Management Meets Social Media, at the Westin Copley Place, December 2 - 4, 2008.

Content management is an ongoing process that includes multiple technologies and disciplines. As organizations continue to struggle with rapidly growing and increasingly diverse collections of content, new web technologies, especially social media, are providing opportunities to create, manage, share, and deliver richer content more easily, sometimes cheaper, and often quicker. This year we'll focus on helping you move beyondthe mainstream content technologies you may be used to, to enhanced "2.0" versions, that keep your customers engaged, improve internal communication and collaboration, and open up new business markets and opportunities.

Join the conversation with the leading industry experts from technology, enterprise IT, analyst and consulting firms who will keep you engaged and educated on the latest successful strategies, technologies and techniques so you can ensure your organization makes practical investments, well-informed decisions, and doesn't get left behind.

• Web Content Management (WCM)
• Enterprise Search, Text Analytics, Semantic Technologies
• Social Media & "Enterprise 2.0" Collaboration Technologies
• Content Globalization & Localization
• XML Content Strategies
• Publishing Technology & Best Practices
• Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
• Enterprise Rights Management (ERM)

See the complete conference schedule at:
http://gilbaneboston.com/conference-schedule.html

See the conference session descriptions at:
http://gilbaneboston.com/conference_descriptions.html

See the in-depth pre-conference workshops at:
http://gilbaneboston.com/pre-conference_workshops.html

Sponsors & exhibitors to-date are listed at:
http://gilbaneboston.com/exhibitors_sponsors.html

Don't miss the industry's most popular and respected event.
Registration is now open at:
http://gilbaneboston.com/registration_information.html

Pre-Conference Workshops
Tuesday, December 2: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Conference
Wednesday, December 3: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, December 4: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Exhibit Hours
Wednesday, December 3: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday, December 4: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Gilbane Boston 2008
Where Content Management Meets Social Media
Westin Copley Place, December 2 - 4, 2008

The full conference program will be published shortly, but the conference agenda, and pre-conference workshops are now available. You can also see the early list of sponsors and exhibitors.

Our half-day in-depth workshops are just what you need when you need to immerse yourself in a topic and get up-to-speed quickly. Our instructors are not only highly-regarded experts in their field, but proven educators.

How to Select a Web Content Management System
Instructor: Seth Gottlieb, Principal, Content Here

Taxonomy, Thesaurus, Ontology: Building and Maintenance for Search
Instructor: Lynda Moulton, Lead Analyst Enterprise Search, Gilbane Group

Buying and Implementing Content Management and Global Translation Management Systems
Instructor: Andrew Draheim, Principal, Kidd & Draheim Inc.

Making SharePoint Work in the Enterprise
Instructor: Shawn Shell, Principal, Consejo, Inc.