CENDI/NFAIS Workshop

The Search Imperative! Its Changing Nature, Continuing Impact

November 14, 2007 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Agenda

Moderators:

AM: Bonnie Lawlor, NFAIS Executive Director
PM: Ellen Herbst, Director of NTIS CENDI Treasurer/NFAIS Board Member

Speaker Names link to biographies; Titles to presentations (.pdf format) where available

8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration/Coffee

9:00 am - 9:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

Bonnie Lawlor, NFAIS Executive Director
Walter Warnick, CENDI Past Chair and DOE OSTI Director\

9:15 am - 10:00 am Opening Keynote: The Current Search Landscape

Ned May, Outsell, Inc.—"The Search Landscape - Its changing Nature, Continuing Impact"
Director and Lead Analyst for Search, Aggregation and Syndication

10:00 am - 11:00 am Search Engines and the Personalization of Search Results

Gary Price, Ask.com
Emil Ismalon, Collarity, Inc.

11:00 – 11:15 am Break

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Search Engines and User-Generated Content

Jerome Pesenti, Vivisimo, Inc.—Discussion Slides
Patrick Micielli, EPA, Regulations.gov/e-Rulemaking PMO— "Power to the People - Enabling Every U.S. Citizen to Participate in Federal Rule Making"

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 pm – 3:15 pm Search Engines, Target Markets, and the Impact on Business/Service Models

Samir Singh, ProQuest
John L. (JL) Needham, Google, Inc.—"Ensuring Government is Only One Search Away - Implementing the Sitemap Protocol"
Kevin Bouley, Nerac, Inc.—"Transformational Change"
Jeff Given, DOE OSTI —"Advancing Science: OSTI's Current and Future Search Strategies"

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Break

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Closing Keynote: The Future of Search

Jabin White, Silverchair
Vice President of Marketing

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Q&A/Wrap-up

4:30 pm Adjournment