2008 Conference Chairs:
• John Morse, President and Publisher, Merriam-Webster Inc.
• Bill Amstutz, Publishing Consultant and former Senior VP Audience Marketing and Development and VP Manufacturing and Distribution, CMP Media

2008 Conference Advisory Board Members:
• Alex Brown, Founder, Printmark
• Jane Chero, Vice President of Production, North American Publishing Co.
• Steve Frye, President and CEO, Frye Publication Consulting
• Michael Healy, Executive Director, Book Industry Study Group
• Dominique Raccah, President and CEO, Sourcebooks Inc.
• Robert M. Sacks, Co-founder, mediaIDEAS
• John Sateja, Senior Vice President for Information Products, Consumer Reports
• Eugene Schwartz, Editor at Large, ForeWord Magazine
• Andrew Van Der Laan, Director, Senior Project Manager, Publishing Operations Projects Group, Random House Inc.
• Jabin White, Vice President of Business Development, Silverchair Inc.
• Bob Wiemers, Operations Director, Magazine Division, Boy Scouts of America
• Rob Yoegel, Vice President/Online Publisher, North American Publishing Co.

Confirmed speakers for the 2008 Publishing Business Conference & Expo include:

• Peter Legge, President & CEO, Canada Wide Media Limited (2008 Keynote Speaker)


• Gloria Adams, Senior Vice President of Audience Development and Book Publishing, PennWell Publishing


• Bill Amstutz, Publishing Consultant, former SVP Audience Marketing/Development and VP Manufacturing/Distribution, CMP Media


• Luther Andal, Director of Technology, Blood-Horse Publications


• Brent Arslaner, VP of Marketing, Unisfair


• Joseph Bachana, President and Founder, DPCI


• Bill Baird, President, Baird Direct Marketing


• Barry Bealer, President and CEO, Really Strategies, Inc.


• Anthony Bellacicco, DRAFTFCB, Vice-Chair of SWOP


• Helen Berman, President, The Helen Berman Corp.


• Kirby Best, President and CEO, Lightning Source


• Gilles Biscos, Founder and President, INTERQUEST


• Gil Brechtel, President and CEO, MagNet


• Andrew Brenneman, Manager, Digital Media Group, Books Division, University of Chicago Press


• Guy Broadhurst, Vice President, Product Marketing, Commercial Printing Division, Océ North America


• Alex Brown, President, Printmark


• Morgan Brown, Marketing Director, TurnHere Inc.


• Cimarron Buser, Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Product Planning, Texterity


• Jennifer Butenschoen, Director of Production, Harvest House Publishers


• Michael Cairns, former CEO, Bowker


• Melissa Campanelli, Editor in Chief, eM+C magazine


• Juan Cano, VP Technology, Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company


• Jamie Carter, Operations Manager, Publisher Alley


• Jane Chero, Vice President of Production, North American Publishing Co.


• Toby Cobrin, Director, INTERQUEST


• Rita Cohen, Senior VP, Legislative and Regulatory Policy, Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)


• Aiden J. Colie, Vice President Internet Technology, Time Inc.


• John Conley, Vice President Publishing, Xerox Corp.


• Martin Cournoyer, General Manager, Metrolitho


• David Davis, Director, INTERQUEST


• Laura Dawson, Independent Consultant


• Michael DeFazio, Vice President, Production Planning and Paper Purchasing, Random House


• Ron Diorio, Director of Product & Community Development, Economist


• Rhonda and Perry Drake, Drake Direct


• David Drimer, Associate Publisher, Jewish Forward


• Michael Dub, Director of Audience Development, Time Inc. Interactive


• Marvin Dunkiel, Director, Business Development, STM/Scholarly and Professional Publishing, Cadmus Communications, a Cenveo Company


• Michael Edson, Practice Director, Educational Publishing, Really Strategies, Inc.


• Jeffrey Eisenberg, Co-founder, Future Now Inc.


• Joe Ferrick, Vice President of Web Development, NewBay Media


• Bill Fink, Director, Database Marketing, Source Interlink Media


• Steve Frye, President, Frye Publication Consulting


• John D. Galligan, President and Founder, Bradford & Bigelow


• Vicki Gardner, Director of Information Technology, SpecComm International


• Gerry Gerlach, Integrity Graphics and Chair of GRACoL Committee


• Pamela Geurds Kabati, Vice President and Editorial Director, NAR Publications


• Elizabeth Graham, Head of Production, Haymarket Media


• Marcus Grimm, Marketing Director, Nxtbook Media


• Matt Harris, Vice President of Publisher Relations, VitalSource, Ingram Digital Group


• Michael Healy, Executive Director, Book Industry Study Group


• Steve Henck, Vice President of Production, Commercial Communications, Inc.


• Christopher A. Herring, CMS Leader, Technology Growth Center, NBC Universal


• David M. Hetherington, Chief Financial Officer, Columbia University Press


• Carl Hixson, VP Digital Asset Management, McGraw-Hill Education


• Bruce Jacobsen, Executive Vice President, Bridgeport National Bindery


• Steve Johnston, Director of Manufacturing, Summit Business Media


• Aaron Kahlow, Managing Partner, BusinessOnLine


• Jan L. Kardys, Contracts Manager, Scholastic Inc.


• Christopher Kenneally, Director, Author Relations, Copyright Clearance Center


• Dianne Kennedy, Program Director, Print Initiatives, IDEAlliance


• Steve Kotrch, Director of Publishing Technologies, Simon and Schuster


• Michael Kushner, Director Streaming Media, Nielsen Business Media


• John M. Lacagnina, President and CEO, ColorCentric Corp.


• John Lerner, Executive Vice President Interactive Media, F+W Publications, Inc.


• Frank Locantore, Director, Co-op America’s Magazine PAPER Project


• Bill Long, Vice President, Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing


• Mina Lux, Managing Director, VP of Online, Scientific American


• Eddie Mayhew, President, Eddie Mayhew’s Classification Station Consulting Company


• Ed McCoyd, Attorney and Director of Digital Policy, Association of American Publishers (AAP)


• Peter Meirs, Vice President of Production Technologies, Time Inc.


• Jackie Meyer, Principal, Whimsy Literary Agency


• Will Michalopoulos, Senior Director, Newsstand Marketing, Hachette Filipacchi Media


• Kim Miller, Marketing Director, Real Simple magazine


• Tyson Miller, Executive Director, Green Press Initiative


• John Morse, President and Publisher, Merriam-Webster Inc.


• Nubar Nakashian, TanaSeybert, Past Chair of SWOP


• Michael Nelson, Director of Channels, ON24


• Dale Oehler, Senior VP, Client Group, TimeWarner Retail Sales & Marketing


• Peter Osnos, Founder and Editor-at-Large, PublicAffairs


• Helen Parr, Executive Editor, Medical Online, McGraw-Hill


• Steve Paxhia, Lead Analyst, Publishing Strategy and Technology Practice, The Gilbane Group


• Carolyn Pittis, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Strategy and Operations, HarperCollins Publishers


• Bill Pope, Rochester Institute of Technology, IDEAlliance Certification Program Manager


• Joe Pulizzi, Founder and Chief Content Officer, Junta42, a division of Z Squared Media, LLC


• David Renard, Co-founder, mediaIDEAS


• Dan Roberts, SEO Analyst, Hearst Digital Media Group


• Jim Roberts, Executive VP / COO, Kable Distribution Services


• Bill Rojack, VP, Midland National, Midland Paper Company


• Marji Ross, President and Publisher, Regnery Publishing


• Martin Rowe, Vice President, Lantern Books


• Robert M. Sacks, Co-founder, mediaIDEAS


• Kilian Schalk, Deputy Director of Production, Technical Director of Digital Projects, The New Yorker


• Brian Schwarze, Paper Manager, Reader’s Digest Association


• Lisa Scott, Executive Director, PBAA


• Lisa Serra, Procurement Director, Scholastic


• Eric Shanfelt, Vice President of eMedia, Aspire Media


• Mike Shatzkin, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company Inc.


• Adam Sherk, PR Strategist, Define Search Strategies


• Robin Sherman, Principal, Editorial and Design Services, Associate Director, American Society of Business Publication Editors


• Gina Sigmon, Quebecor World, Chair SWOP Committee


• Sylvia Sierra, Senior Vice President, Corporate Audience Development, Access Intelligence


• Noelle Skodzinski, Editor in Chief, Publishing Executive and Book Business magazines


• Steve Smiley, Vertis, Inc., Chair of Print Properties Committee


• Janet Spavlik, Managing Editor, Publishing Executive and Book Business magazines


• Hays Steilberg, Vice President of Human Resources, Random House Inc.


• James Sturdivant, Contributing Editor, Publishing Executive and Book Business magazines


• Verle Sutton, Editor of The Reel Time Report, a Forest Web Company


• Lynn Terhune, POD & USR Administrator, John Wiley & Sons


• Larry Tunks, Chief Information Officer, The Congressional Quarterly


• Matt Turner, Senior Consultant, Mark Logic Corp.


• Andrew Van Der Laan, Director, Senior Project Manager, Publishing Operations Projects Group, Random House Inc.


• Lee Vikre, Vice President of Tremendous People, McMurry Inc.


• Michael Weinstein, VP, EDP and Manufacturing, Oxford University Press


• Jabin White, Vice President of Marketing, Silverchair


• Jan White, Publication Design Guru and Publishing Executive Columnist


• Bob Wiemers, Operations Director, Magazine Division, Boy Scouts of America


• Marta Wohrle, President, Accord Media


• Thomas Woll, President, Cross River Publishing Consultants


• Jeffrey Yamaguchi, Associate Director of Online Marketing, Doubleday Broadway


• Rob Yoegel, Vice President/Online Publisher, North American Publishing Co.


• Jake Zarnegar, Chief Technology Officer, Silverchair