IA Summit 2004

This year''s Summit focuses on two domains -- strengthening the foundation of the discipline, and widening the scope of IA practice.

Strengthening the foundation. Central IA concepts and methodologies, taxonomies, content management, ROI, enterprise IA, international IA, accessibility, and other fundamentals of the craft.

Widening the scope. IA for new platforms, lessons from the world of gaming, social networks, contributions from disciplines such as ethnography and interaction design, artificial intelligence, and new ways of doing IA in traditional settings

February 27-29, 2004 Austin, Texas

Gilbane Conference on Content Management LA 2004

The Gilbane Conferences on Content Management cover content management technologies and enterprise solutions and provide educational information for IT managers, system architects, and technically oriented business and project managers. Our conferences focus on both content technology and successful case studies. All our events include tracks on content technology that is strategic to all industries and IT infrastructures, as well as sessions that provide an in-depth look at application specific solutions. Our Los Angeles event this year will look closely at technology and solutions for managing two types of rich content: data rich content, for example, information associated with complex products found in aerospace and defense, electronics, pharmaceutical and biotech, etc., and media rich content, such as digital assets used in training, brand marketing, and media applications.

March 24-26, 2003 Los Angeles, CA $1295

CM Connect Europe 2004

CM Connect Europe 2004 is CM focus magazine’s fourth invitation-only business strategy and solutions forum specifically designed for those organisations focusing on their enterprise content management. It provides the ultimate platform to hear real-life practical perspectives through interactive workshop sessions with peers, and meet with leading solution providers and consultants from within the information management space.

March 18-19, 2004 Amsterdam (Invitation Only)

Content Management Strategies Conference

JoAnn Hackos and the Center for Information Development Management announce the Content Management Strategies conference in San Francisco, CA, April 19-20.

Find the content you need, store it for easy access, deliver content in multiple media, in multiple languages, through the channels of marketing, training, customer support, and documentation. Develop a strategy for managing content that saves you time and money. Join your peers at Content Management Strategies.

Speakers include industry expert consultants, tool developers, and people working on real content-management and single-sourcing projects. You'll learn about the relationship between process maturity and content management implementation, the successful design of an enterprise-wide content management solution, the use of topic maps to deliver content in multiple contexts from a DITA source, the unique requirements of enterprise technical communication, the impact of reuse on content design, management of content for a global enterprise, and much more.

April 19-20, 2004, San Francisco, CA $1195