2008 User Conference Schedule

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Here is the Schedule for Tuesday:

Here is the Schedule for Wednesday:

To explore in more detail:

Monday, April 7th

           4:30 – 6:30pm Registration Check-in at QSI’s offices 

           6:30 - ?   Informal opportunities for dinner and/or shopping in Newburyport

Tuesday, April 8th

           8:00 - 9:00am   Breakfast and Registration Check-in 
                        - At the Firehouse. Breakfast is sponsored by MetaComet Systems

           9:00 – 9:05am    Welcome and Logistics - Doug (Firehouse)

           9:05 – 9:45am    Welcome and Conference Kickoff - Fran (Firehouse)

           9:45 – 10:45am   Demonstration of Version 7.0 - Doug (Firehouse)

           10:45 – 11:15am   Coffee Break 
                        - Sponsored by American Author (Firehouse)

           11:15 – 12:00pm   How Open Does “Open” Need to Be, in the Universe of Free? - Michael Jensen (Firehouse)

                        * 7.0 In Depth-P&L - Room 1 (QSI Office)Eloquence Behind the Scenes - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * Database Behind the Scenes/Q&A - Room 2 (QSI Office)

           12:00 – 1:30pm   Lunch on your own, Enjoy Newburyport's Restaurants!

           1:30 – 2:20pm   Panel-Title Management Outside the Box (Firehouse)

                        * Ebooks/Audio Books and Eloquence - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * Crystal Reporting - Overview/Q&A - Room 2 (QSI Office)
                        * QSI Ecommerce Architecture In Depth - Room 3 (QSI Office)

           2:30 – 3:20pm   Panel-Online Promotion Outside the Box (Firehouse)

                        * Title Management Tips and Tricks - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * Crystal-Cool Reports and Advanced Tricks - Room 2 (QSI Office)
                        * Ecommerce-Unebraska Case Study - Room 3 (QSI Office)

           3:20 – 3:45pm   Coffee Break 
                        - is sponsored by Media Services

           3:45 – 4:35pm   Panel-eloquence Publishers & Partners Discussion - Breaking the Log Jam (Firehouse)

                        * 7.0 In Depth-P&L - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * Database Functions and Procedures - Room 2 (QSI Office)
                        * Panel-Production Outside the Box - Room 3 (QSI Office)

           4:45 – 5:45pm   Keynote talk by CJ Rayhill (Firehouse)

           6:00 – 7:30pm   QSI 20th Birthday Happy Hour (Firehouse)

                         - Appetizers sponsored by FYI Systems
                         - Open bar hosted by QSI

Wednesday, April 9th

           7:30 - 8:30am  Breakfast at the Firehouse 
                         - Sponsored by MetaComet Systems

           8:30 - 9:20am  Speed Demos  (Firehouse)

                        * 7.0 In Depth-Marketing Projects - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * Development Team Q&A - Room 2 (QSI Office)
                        * Panel-Practical Uses of Title Management to Increase Sales - Room 3 (QSI Office)

           9:30 - 10:15am  Panel-Digital Content Management and Distribution (Firehouse)

                        * 7.0 in Depth-Contact Management - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * QSI's Hosted Services - Room 2 (QSI Office)
                        * Marketing Materials in Indesign - Room 3 (QSI Office)

           10:15 - 10:35am  Coffee Break - is sponsored by Ingram Digital

           10:35 - 11:00am  Unconference Planning (Firehouse)

           11:10 - 11:50am  Panel-BISG and BISAC Breaking the Log Jam - Hosted by Michael Healy (Firehouse)

                        * Unconference Session A - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * Unconference Session B - Room 2 (QSI Office)
                        * Unconference Session C - Room 3 (QSI Office)

           12:00 - 12:50pm  Quick Lunch

                        * TMM Roundtable - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * ECPA Community Roundtable - Sponsored by Dial-A-Book Room 2 (QSI Office)
                        * CDC Community Roundtable - Sponsored by Dial-A-BookRoom 3 (QSI Office)

           1:00 - 1:50pm  Unconference Large Group Session D (Firehouse)

                        * Unconference Session E - Room 1 (QSI Office)
                        * Unconference Session F - Room 2 (QSI Office)
                        * Unconference Session G - Room 3 (QSI Office)

           2:00 – 3:00pm  Fran’s view of the future and closing remarks (Firehouse)