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s pE A K Er B Io G r A pH I Es founding member of the PRISM XML standard working group and has responsibility for Time Inc.’s efforts with electronic insertion orders and the AdsML advertising specification. Since joining Time Inc. in 1992, he has overseen its digital advertising and transmission systems, directed TIME Magazine editorial operations and managed Time Inc.’s conversion to a fully digital workflow. Principal of the Whimsy Literary Agency, which she founded in 2006 after 19 years as a VP at Warner Books and executive positions held at Macmillan and McGraw-Hill. Meyer has authored two books and was both a Creative Director and Publisher/ Editor of a gift imprint at Warner, positions she held simultaneously. Olga Vezeris and PJ Dempsey are agents at WLA, which specializes in books that educate, entertain and inspire. Retail Newsstand Marketing for Hachette Filipacchi Media, responsible for all single copy marketing, distribution and financial activities for more than 20 consumer magazines. Prior to HFM he served as Consumer Marketing Director, Retail Sales for Ziff Davis Media. He also spent 5 1/2 years as Newsstand Director, North America for Business Week magazine. Michalopoulos also held the previous positions of Retail Sales Manager, Consumer Reports & Consumer Reports Books. Michalopoulos is currently the Chairman of the Board for the Periodical & Book Association of America and had previously been the longest serving president of the organization (1998 – 2004). for Real Simple at Time Inc. She has responsibility for growing the site’s online audience as well as overseeing print marketing for renewals, billing, and donor gift. In her prior position as Online Director for InStyle.com and RealSimple.com, she was tasked with finding new sources of traffic as well as increasing consumer engagement with each site. Her earlier experience focused on retention for a range of publications at Time Inc., including Money and Fortune. Green Press Initiative—a program which catalyzes environmentally responsible book publishing in the U.S. He has focused on transforming the impacts of paper and publishing for 11 years, during which time he also founded the Recycled Products Cooperative and co-founded the Environmental Paper Network. Prior to working on paper and forest issues, he was involved in environmental education and documentary film-making. Merriam-Webster Inc., began his tenure in 1980, following four years as project editor for MerriamWebster’s parent company, Encyclopedia Britannica. As manager of editorial operations and planning in 1983, and as executive editor in 1991, he assumed overall responsibility for all product-development operations, including the launch of Merriam-Webster Online in 1996. He was promoted to the position of publisher in 1996, widening his responsibilities to include all company operations, and was named President and Publisher the following year. Morse continues to be actively involved in the company’s editorial process, including the creation and annual updating of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition and is a frequent speaker on topics having to do with language, dictionary-making, and the relationship between print and electronic publishing. JACKIE MEYEr is a Literary Agent and the MICHAEl NElSoN is Director of Channels for ON24 Inc., responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with channel partners and resellers. Nelson has worked closely with CMP Media, CNET Networks, IDG, Penton Media and Ziff Davis on their online strategies. Nelson provides insight on how to integrate webcasting and rich media technologies to further augment publishers’ existing properties and develop additional revenue opportunities. MICHAEl NorrIS is Simba Information’s Senior Analyst in the WIll MICHAloPouloS is the Sr. Director, trade book publishing arena and Editor of Book Publishing Report, a monthly source of analysis and trends on the U.S. book market. He is also the creator and writer of the annual report, Children’s Publishing Market Forecast. He has been quoted extensively in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Crain’s Business and other internationally recognized publications on numerous trade book features. Large of PublicAffairs. He was a correspondent around the world for The Washington Post and the newspaper’s foreign and national editor. He was Associate Publisher and senior editor at Random House and publisher of Random House’s Times Books division. In 1997, he founded PublicAffairs, an independent publishing company specializing in books of journalism, history, biography and social criticism. He is executive director of The Caravan Project, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, which is developing a plan for multi-platform publishing of books. He is Vice Chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review and is active in a number of other journalism and human rights organizations. PETEr oSNoS is the Founder and Editor-at- KIM MIllEr is currently the Marketing Director HElEN PArr oversees the strategic direction and implemen- TYSoN MIllEr is the founder and director of the tation of McGraw-Hill’s suite of online resources for physicians and allied health professionals. Developed predominantly for the academic medical community, these subscription-based resources provide access to digital versions of McGraw-Hill medical references and related rich media within an innovative interface. One of these resources, AccessPharmacy, was recently awarded the Professional & Scholarly Publishing award for best new electronic publication or product in 2007. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill in 2005, Parr spent six years at Columbia University. Strategy & Technology Practice, at The Gilbane Group, a consulting practice focused upon the strategies and technologies employed by commercial and enterprise publishing professionals. He assists small publishing technology companies in turning their ideas into profitable businesses and larger companies in assessing their strategy and current performance and then helping to accelerate their growth. In the past 10 years, Paxhia has worked with more than 30 companies by helping refine their strategic plans, raise capital, devise go-to-market plans, and make and integrate acquisitions. STEvE PAxHIA is Lead Analyst, Publishing JoHN MorSE, President and Publisher of | 5 | http://InStyle.com

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Publishing Business Conference & Expo Daily Highlights Welcome Letter Show Contacts Sponsors Supporting Organizations Conference Floor Plan Conference At-A-Glance Monday Conference Program IDEAlliance’s Virtual Proofing Summit Tuesday Conference Program Digital Magazine Symposium INTERQUEST’s Digital Book Printing Forum Wednesday Conference Program Exhibitor Quick List (Alphabetically) Exhibitor Quick List (By Booth #) Exhibitor Floor Plan Exhibitor Profiles Speakers’ Biographies Save the Date for 2009 Exhibitor Products & Services

2008 Show Guide - Publishing Business Conference & Expo

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