Top Management Meeting 2008

Monday          November 17, 2008

Event Committee Meeting

Ethics & Admissions Committee Meeting

Government Affairs Committee Meeting

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Entrepreneurial Committee & Smaller Publishers Session: "Blended Content Strategies"
Learn from the best of Breed Case Studies on how to optimize your content

Moderator: Robin Ashton, Publisher, Food Service Equipment Reports, Gill Ashton Publishing LLC
Speakers:
Wyatt Kash, Editor in Chief, Government Computer News, 1105 Government Information Group
William T. McDowell, Vice President/Editorial Director, Marketing & Technology Group
Tudor Van Hampton, Chicago Bureau Chief, Engineering News-Record, The McGraw-Hill Companies

Board of Directors Meeting

4:30pm – 5:00pm

JEGI Presents: Key Findings from the ABM Financial Trend Report, 2005-2007 (based on ABM’s Media Cost Report)

Introduction by: Richard Mead, Managing Director, The Jordan, Edmiston Group Inc.
Moderator: Ellis Booker, Editor, BtoB/Media Business, Crain Communications Inc.
Speakers:
Bill Pollak, CEO, Incisive Media
Greg Watt, President/CEO, Watt Publishing

6:00pm

Networking Cocktail Reception at the Westin Chicago River North

7:00pm

Dinner at the Westin Chicago River North

Keynote Speaker:
Robert Walker, Chairman, Wexler & Walker
Hear an Election Results Analysis and how it effects your business

Tuesday          November 18, 2008

7:30am - 8:00am

General Meeting & Welcome
Gary Fitzgerald, Chairman & CEO, Meister Media Worldwide

President's Report: Why This is the Meeting You Cannot Miss
Gordon T. Hughes II, President & CEO, American Business Media

8:00am - 9:30am

A Roadmap for Profitable Revenue Growth
Booz and Company partners will discuss overall insights from the study and the different market segments that our media members fall into.

Bob Carrigan, CEO, IDG Communications
Harry Hawkes, Jr., Partner, Booz & Company
Matt Egol, Partner, Global Consumer and Media Products, Booz & Company

9:30am - 10:00am

Networking Coffee Break

10:00am - 12:00pm

A Roadmap for Profitable Revenue Growth:  Break out sessions
This study focuses on three of our members major "pain points". The study will address organizational structure, technological needs, and the optimization of content.

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Luncheon

The Business of Business Information
What is the environment? How big is it? Where is it going?  How do I participate?

Keynote Speaker:
John S. Suhler, Founding General Partner & President, VSS will give us a forty-thousand foot view of our environment today and will zero in on how our brands can leverage their equity.

2:15pm - 2:45pm

Today’s Marketing Environment
Hear from the CEO/Creative Director from one of today's leading digital agencies on what's new, what's hot and what inside information you can take advantage of.  

Speaker: Mark DiMassimo, CEO/Creative Director, DiMassimo Goldstein

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Break-Out Session - Big Ideas from the Booz & Company Study
The facilitators from each break-out session will present their group's most seminal findings.

3:45pm - 4:15pm

The ABM Networking Lounge
An opportunity to share your thoughts with fellow members on how you can take advantage of the Booz & Company Study information.

6:00pm

Cocktail Reception
At Ben Pao - 52 West Illinois Street

7:00pm

Dinner
At Ben Pao

Wednesday,     November 19, 2008

7:30am - 9:00am

Breakfast - 20 Money Making ideas in 20 Minutes: Making money now…not tomorrow. 

Speakers:
Carr Davis, Co-CEO, Cygnus Business Media
Heather Holst-Knudsen, Publisher, Managing Automation, Thomas Publishing Company
Steve Palm, CEO, NewBay Media LLC

9:15am - 10:15am

The New Digital Face of Events
Why should your trade show last 5 days a year when it could last 365 days a year? In an economic downturn, increase attendance at your shows by sending the shows to them.

Moderator: Kirk Laughlin, Founder and Consulting Principal, Next Coast Media
Speakers:
Mike Azzara, Principal, Content Marketing Partners
Richard Hawkinson, Executive Vice President & Founder, InXpo
Jill Martay, Vice President, Virtual Events, Computerworld/InfoWorld, IDG Communications
Tom Woerner, Publisher, Brandweek, Nielsen Business Media

10:15am - 11:15am

The B to B Global Opportunity
Hear from industry leaders from the BRIC countries about how to partner, license and expand your business internationally.

Moderator: Dieter Flechsenberger, CEO, DVV Media Group GmbH
Speakers:
R. Christopher Lund, Chair, Grupo Lund de Editorias Associadas
Pat Davis Szymczak, Founder/Publisher, Oil and Gas Eurasia; President, Eurasia Press Inc.
Chander M. Rai, President & CEO, Cross Border Media Inc.

11:15am - 12:15pm

CEO Roundtable
Some of the industry’s top CEOs will discuss their view of the Booz & Co. study.

Moderator: Charlie McCurdy, Chairman/CEO, Canon Communications LLC/Apprise Media LLC
Speakers:
Ty Bobit, President/CEO, Bobit Business Media
Andrew Goodenough, CEO, Summit Business Media, LLC
Marion Minor, CEO, M2MEDIA360

12:30pm - 2:00pm

William D. Littleford Awards for Corporate Community Service Luncheon
Join us at the William D. Littleford Awards Luncheon where companies, organizations or individuals that are involved in active community service programs aimed at alleviating critical social problems will be recognized.