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Day One - Tuesday 4 December

09:30 - 09:45	Empty Session	Empty Session	Empty Session
09:45 - 11:00	OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Web 2.0 in action:free culture and community on the move Keynote speaker: Jimmy Wales , Founder, Wikipedia and Wikia, USA Moderator: Adrian Dale , Managing Partner, Creatifica Associates, UK
11:00 - 11:30	BREAK
11:30 - 13:00	TRACK ONE The Challenges of 2.0 The challenges of 2.0 - Innovation or anarchy? Moderator: Adrian Dale , Managing Partner, Creatifica Associates, UK Track keynote: Real work Keynote speaker: Euan Semple , Independent Advisor, Euansemple.com, UK Real Web 2.0 benefits Speaker: Richard Wallis , Senior Manager, Talis, UK	TRACK TWO Information search and discovery Search: Responsibility and accountability vs. profitability Moderator: Chris Sherman , President, Searchwise, USA Track keynote: Search - getting serious Keynote speaker: Greg R. Notess , Montana State University & SearchEngineShowdown.com, USA Search Engines: Universal Knowledge Agents, or Big Brother? Speaker: Chris Sherman , President, Searchwise, USA Google - beyond search: an update on enterprise applications Speaker: Stephen Arnold , President, Arnold Information Technologies, USA	TRACK THREE Library & publishing Library 2.0 - fact or fiction? Moderator: Brian Kelly , UK Web Focus, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK Track keynote: A Tech Forecast: Library 2.0 in the Real World Keynote speaker: Stephen Abram , Vice President of Innovation, SirsiDynix, USA Mina bibliotek.se - a library web site of the future Speaker: Lars Eriksson , Project Manager & Technical Advisor, Minabibiliotek.se, Sweden Robert Rosth , Editor, minabibliotek.se Web 2.0 and the Information Commons: a learning and teaching perspective Speaker: Philippa Levy , Academic Director, CILASS, University of Sheffield, UK
13:00 - 14:00	LUNCH
13:15 - 13:45	ROUNDTABLES Roundtable 1: New collaborative search strategies Hosted by: Judith Koren , Information Specialist, ResearchTrail, Israel Roundtable 2: Libary 2.0 Hosted by: Philippa Levy , Academic Director, CILASS, University of Sheffield, UK
14:00 - 15:30	TRACK ONE The challenges of 2.0 Tools, technologies & costs of Web 2.0 Moderator: Ewan McIntosh , Research Practitioner, Learning & Teaching Scotland, UK De-mystifying the technologies and understanding costs Speaker: Karen Blakeman , Director, RBA Information Services, UK RSS: The Glue of Enterprise 2.0 Speaker: Andre Bonvanie , Owner & GM, NewsGator Technologies, Netherlands	TRACK TWO Information search and discovery What's new in search engines? Moderator: Christiane Wolff , Head of Information Services & Publications, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Germany Tips and advantages of alternative search engines within a web 2.0 context Speaker: Amelia Kassel , President, MarketingBase, USA 20 Search Tips in 25 Minutes Speaker: Mary Ellen Bates , Owner, Bates Information Services, USA Latest developments in european search engines Speaker: Lars Våge , Librarian, Mid-Sweden University Library, Sweden	TRACK ONE Library & publishing Copyright 2.0 - Addressing rights management for complex information delivery Speaker: Cindy Hill , Principal, Hill Information Consulting Group Hugh Look , Senior Consultant, Rightscom, UK Sarah Winmill , Head of Information Systems, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK Moderator: Bill Burger , Vice President/Marketing, Copyright Clearence Center, USA
14:00 - 14:05	The UKeiG Jason Farradane Award sponsored by Sage Publications will be presented by the UKeiG in track one at 14.00. This Award recognises an individual or group of people in recognition of their outstanding work in the field of informati
15:30 - 16:00	BREAK
16:00 - 17:30	TRACK ONE The challenges of 2.0 Web 2.0 in action Moderator: Mike Davis , Senior Analyst, Ovum, UK Calling all social media doubters:wiki@Vodafone keeps employees on the same page Speaker: Christian Schatzinger , Gobal Technology/Global Opertions, Vodafone Group Services It's more than technology: how ERM (Environmental Resources Management) has embraced Web 2.0 to address environmental issues Moderator: Bonnie Cheuk , Head of Knowledge & Information, Global Knowledge Sharing Program, ERM, UK We've Got The Technology, Now How Do We Find The Time? Speaker: Anne Welsh , Information Officer, DrugScope, UK IWR Information Professional of the Year Award Presentation	TRACK TWO Information search and discovery Solve your search dilemmas - ask the experts! Speaker: Mary Ellen Bates , Owner, Bates Information Services, USA Amelia Kassel , President, MarketingBase, USA Greg R. Notess , Montana State University & SearchEngineShowdown.com, USA Marydee Ojala , Editor, ONLINE Magazine, USA Chris Sherman , President, Searchwise, USA Moderator: Stephen Arnold , President, Arnold Information Technologies, USA	TRACK THREE Library & publishing New business models: show me the money Moderator: Jan Palmen , Senior Vice President, Publishing Practice, Innodata Isogen, USA From community site to subscription model: a success story Speaker: Emma Shercliff , Managing Director, Macmillan English Campus, UK Business Model Development for Digital Libraries Speaker: Daniel Fischer , Research Assistant, Technische Universität Ilmenau Bernd Markscheffel , Academic Counsellor & Chair, Information & Knowledge Management, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University Ilmenau, Germany British Library developments: Library 2.0 Speaker: Ruth Jones , Head of Development, The British Library
17:30 - 18:30	Networking drinks and Knowledge Café

Day Two - Wednesday 5 December

09:30 - 11:00	TRACK ONE Connecting users and harnessing collective intelligence The new age of knowledge management: cafes and communities Moderator: Gwenda Sippings , Independent Consultant, UK Track keynote: Social KM Speaker: David Gurteen , Gurteen Knowledge, UK Getting value from employee weblogs: a knowledge management approach Speaker: Lilia Efimova , Author at blog.mathemagenic.com & Researcher, Telematica Instituut, Netherlands Informal Knowledge Sharing with Social Tools Speaker: Lee Bryant , Director, Headshift, UK	TRACK TWO Understanding new technologies for improved information delivery Agile development in a Web 2.0 world Moderator: Adrian Dale , Managing Partner, Creatifica Associates, UK Track keynote: How the fastest growing browser is developed by a community of users: lessons from the Firefox success Keynote speaker: Tristan Nitot , Founder & Principal, Mozilla Europe Designing for Unpredictable Uncertainty: The Age of the Adaptive Application Speaker: Paul Sonderegger , Chief Strategist, Endeca, USA The pros and cons of forever beta Speaker: Andre Bonvanie , Owner & GM, NewsGator Technologies, Netherlands	TRACK THREE Library & publishing Latest developments in ebooks Moderator: Chris Beckett , VP Sales, Atypon, USA Track keynote:The Post-Hype Playbook: Preparing the Way for eBooks Keynote speaker: Jan Palmen , Senior Vice President, Publishing Practice, Innodata Isogen, USA SuperBooks - latest research in ebooks Speaker: David Nicholas , Director, SLAIS, University College London, UK Practical aspects of implementing ebooks Speaker: Jill Taylor Roe , Sub-Librarian, Liaison & Academic Services, Newcastle University Library, UK
11:00 - 11:30	BREAK
11:30 - 13:00	TRACK ONE Connecting users and harnessing collective intelligence Intranets - evolution or revolution? Moderator: Hazel Hall , Reader, School of Computing, Napier University, UK How should Web 2.0 co-exist with Intranets? Speaker: Sam Marshall , Director, ClearBox Consulting, UK Web 2.0 inside the corporate firewall: latest research and case in action: BT Speaker: Helen Day , Director of Special Interest Groups, Intranet Benchmarking Forum, UK Mark Morrell , Intranet Manager, BT, UK Intranet 2.0 Maturity: Survey Results Speaker: Jane McConnell , Intranet & Portal Strategy Specialist, NetStrategy/JMC, France	TRACK TWO Understanding new technologies for improved information delivery Collaborative technologies for delivering and assessing quality content Moderator: Shaida Dorabjee , Independent Consultant, UK Creating Successful Collaborative Search Portals: Lessons from scitopia.org Speaker: Tim Ingoldsby , AIP Barbara Lange , Director of Product Line Management and Publishing, IEEE, USA How to combine an 'Answers' site with a business social network Speaker: Heidi Birkin , Managing Director, Reuters Insight, Reuters, UK Collaborative search strategies: a new approach to online information research Speaker: Judith Koren , Information Specialist, ResearchTrail, Israel	TRACK THREE Library & publishing Tools and eresources for the librarian Moderator: Charles Oppenheim , Professor, Information Science, Loughborough University, UK What Does Usage Data Tell Us About Our Users? Speaker: David Nicholas , Director, SLAIS, University College London, UK Carol Tenopir , Professor, Director of Research, University of Tennessee, USA How the 'Google generation' searches for information and the implications for major research collections Speaker: Ian Rowlands , Senior Lecturer, School of Library Archive & Information Studies, University College London, UK
13:00 - 13:45	ROUNDTABLES Roundtable 1: Intranets Hosted by: Helen Day , Director of Special Interest Groups, Intranet Benchmarking Forum, UK Mark Morrell , Intranet Manager, BT, UK Roundtable 2: Taxonomies Hosted by: Joseph Busch , Principal, Taxonomy Strategies LLC, USA Bill Hutchison , Independent Consultant
14:45 - 16:00	TRACK ONE Connecting users and harnessing collective intelligence Information from social intelligence - the wisdom of crowds Moderator: Paul Corney , Principal, CorneyCo, UK "Ask Olivia?" (www.spoergolivia.dk) now involving "the wisdom of the kids"? Speaker: Berit Laerkes , Editor/Librarian, Gentofte Municipal Library, Denmark Collective Intelligence: the Wisdom of Crowds Speaker: Jeffrey Walker , President, Atlassian Software Systems, USA Communities of Practice in Local Government Speaker: Stephen Dale , KM & IM Consultant, Semantix, UK	Track two: Understanding new technologies for improved information delivery Taxonomies: focus on folksonomies vs. ontology Moderator: Christiane Wolff , Head of Information Services & Publications, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Germany Making the Business Case for Taxonomy—Point & Counterpoint Speaker: Joseph Busch , Principal, Taxonomy Strategies LLC, USA Bill Hutchison , Independent Consultant Semantic Infrastructure for KM 2.0: A new approach to Folksonomies and other knowledge representations Speaker: Tom Reamy , Chief Knowledge Architect and Founder, KAPS Group, USA Folksonomies and Ontologies – Two New Players in Indexing and Knowledge Representation Speaker: Katrin Weller , Department of Information Science, Heinrich-Heine-University, Germany	TRACK THREE Library & publishing Service innovation - tools and eresources for library users Moderator: Ralph Kiel , Associate Librarian, Information Systems, University of Western Australia Providing User Access to Bibliometric Tools Speaker: David Clay , Deputy Head of Academic Liaison Finance, University of Liverpool Library, UK eRes: Innovative E-learning with E-resources Speaker: David Ball , University Librarian, Bournemouth University, UK It’s not about the library, it’s about what the students need! - Supportive roles and systems in students’ interaction with information Speaker: Niels Jorgen Blaabjerg , Development Consultant, Aalborg University Library Lotte Stehouwer Øgaard , Subject specialist, Aalborg University Library, Denmark Thomas Vibjerg Hansen , Development Consultant, Aalborg University Library, Denmark
16:00 - 16:30	BREAK
16:30 - 17:30	TRACK ONE Connecting users and harnessing collective intelligence User generated content: challenge and opportunites - panel session Panel: Simon Lande , CEO, Magus, UK Miranda Mowbray , Technical Contributor, Hewlett Packard, UK Dominic Waghorn , Digital Interactive Services Director, Thesite.org, UK Moderator: Jane Dysart , Principal, Dysart & Jones Associates, Canada	TRACK TWO Understanding new technologies for improved information delivery Taxonomies & metadata in practice Moderator: Jayne Dutra , Information Architect, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA Desinging a metadata schema and word bank to support a range of corporate information systems at Macmillan Cancer Support Speaker: Alan Gilchrist , Director, Cura Consortium & TFPL, UK Half a Click Away - Bibliographic Standards & The Web Speaker: Roger James , Director of Information Services, University of Westminster	TRACK THREE Library & publishing New skills for information professional 2.0 Moderator: Gwenda Sippings , Independent Consultant, UK Searching, Finding, and the Information Professional Speaker: Marydee Ojala , Editor, ONLINE Magazine, USA Web 2.0 from the Searcher's perspective Speaker: Karen Blakeman , Director, RBA Information Services, UK

Day Three - Thursday 6 December

09:25 - 09:30	The UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award, sponsored by Sage Publications and given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the field of information retrieval will be presented by the UKeiG in track two at 9.25am
09:30 - 11:00	TRACK ONE Understanding users and their needs The Facebook Generation Moderator: Ewan McIntosh , Research Practitioner, Learning & Teaching Scotland, UK Track keynote: Enterprise 3.D: Living and Working in Virtual Worlds Keynote speaker: Roo Reynolds , Metaverse Evangelist, IBM The Bebo Boomers Speaker: Ewan McIntosh , Research Practitioner, Learning & Teaching Scotland, UK Connecting with the Millennium Generation: how will information centres respond? Speaker: Mary Ellen Bates , Owner, Bates Information Services, USA	TRACK TWO Managing enterprise information Evolution in enterprise search Moderator: Adrian Dale , Managing Partner, Creatifica Associates, UK Track keynote: Evolving the Ernst & Young Search Experience Keynote speaker: Giovanni Piazza , Global Director - KnowledgeWeb (Intranet) Programme, Ernst & Young, USA Norweigan Knowledge Centre for Health Services Simplifies Public Access to Health Information Speaker: Kjell Tjensvoll , Consortium Manager, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services, Norway Raul Valdes-Perez , CEO & CO-Founder, Vivisimo, USA Moderator: Adrian Dale , Managing Partner, Creatifica Associates, UK UKeiG TONY KENT STRIX AWARD SPONSORED BY SAGE PUBLICATIONS - AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION	TRACK THREE Library & Publishing New models of leadership for library and information professionals Moderator: Janice Lachance , Executive Director, SLA, USA Track keynote: Taking the library forward: leadership skills for the 21st century librarian Keynote speaker: Gunnar Sahlin , Head, Swedish National Library, Sweden Taking the Lead professional development program: a case study at the University of Western Australia Speaker: Ralph Kiel , Associate Librarian, Information Systems, University of Western Australia Driving Business Change and a New Age of Enlightenment Speaker: John Quinn , Director of Knowledge and Information, Learning and Skills Council, UK
11:00 - 11:30	BREAK
11:30 - 13:00	TRACK ONE Understanding users and their needs Embracing end user behaviours for better service provision Moderator: Peter Godwin , Academic Liaison Librarian, University of Bedford, UK Social Networking: The Confluence of Content, Collaboration and Community Speaker: Marie L. Radford , Rutgers School of Comms, Information and Library Studies, UK Lynn Silipigni Connaway , Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC, USA Jasmine de Gaia , OCLC, USA Observing Student Researchers In Their Native Habitat Speaker: John Law , Director, Strategic Alliances & Platform Management, ProQuest, USA Successfully managing the relationship between knowledge, power and trust in enhancing collaborative working relationships Speaker: Catherine Kelly , Course Director - MSc Info & KM, London Metropolitan University, UK	TRACK TWO Managing enterprise information THE RISE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND DEATH OF PROPRIETRY CM Panel: Gerard Cawthorne , ECM Programme Manager, The Open University, UK Alexander Kandzior , CEO, Alkacon Software, Germany John Newton , Chief Technology Officer, Alfresco, UK Moderator: Theresa Regli , Principal, CMS Watch, USA	TRACK 3 Library & publishing MARKETING LIBRARIES IN A WEB 2.0 WORLD Moderator: Jackie Marfleet , Senior Knowledge Manager, Business Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, UK YOUTUBE & LIBRARIES/INFORMATION SERVICES Speaker: Jane Dysart , Principal, Dysart & Jones Associates, Canada 2.0 TECHNIQUES TO PROMOTE THE VALUE OF THE INFORMATION CENTRE: LESSONSLEARNEDFROM THE PUBLICIS EXPERIENCE Speaker: Marie Madeleine Salmon , Head of Information Center, Publicis, France SUPPORTING YOUR LIBRARY USERS: OPAC 2.0 Speaker: Dave Pattern , Library Services Manager, University of Huddersfield, UK
13:00 - 14:00	BREAK
13:15 - 13:45	ROUNDTABLES ROUNDTABLE 1: ENGAGING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY Hosted by: Zoinul Abidin , Manager, Idea Store, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK ROUNDTABLE 2: WEB 2.0 TOOLS AND INFORMATION LITERACY Hosted by: Peter Godwin , Academic Liaison Librarian, University of Bedford, UK
14:00 - 15:30	TRACK ONE Understanding users and their needs Predictions for collaborative futures: web 3.0 and beyond Panel: Richard Dennison , Internal Programme Manager, BT Plc, UK Matt Locke , Commissioning Editor, Education New Media, Channel 4, UK Roo Reynolds , Metaverse Evangelist, IBM Moderator: Roger James , Director of Information Services, University of Westminster	TRACK TWO Managing enterprise information Search - is there any innovation left? Moderator: Adrian Dale , Managing Partner, Creatifica Associates, UK Re-thinking search in a Web 2.0 world Speaker: Jayne Dutra , Information Architect, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA Web 3.0: From open access content to quality business information Speaker: Nicholas Bombourg , Sales Manager, Reportlinker.com, France Speaker: Tom Reamy , Chief Knowledge Architect and Founder, KAPS Group, USA	TRACK THREE Library & publishing Transferable skills to benefit you and your client Moderator: Amelia Kassel , President, MarketingBase, USA Working Freelance: New Skills for the Successful Independent Information Professional Speaker: Jane John , President, AIIP, USA Footloose and fancy free - success in business and personal development for the independent worker Speaker: Joanna Ptolomey , Independent Information Worker, UK Practice what you preach - increasing credibility with clients Speaker: Lesley Robinson , Independent Consultant, Lesley Robinson Consultancy, UK
15:30 - 15:45	Conference Wrap up and close

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