Gilbane Conference on Technologies for Content Applications San Francisco Press and Analyst Registration Now Open.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Event Offers Forum to See Latest Content Technologies - Enterprise Search, Automated Publishing, Blog and Wiki Technologies, Enterprise Digital Rights Management and More

The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars today announced that press and analyst registration is now open online for its popular conference series on technologies for content applications returning to San Francisco April 24-26, 2006 at the Palace Hotel. To register: http://lighthouseseminars.com/gilbane_sf_06/Press-Registration.html. Qualified press and analyst attend the event for free and have access to all conference sessions.

Returning to San Francisco, the event is expanding its educational and conference programs to include in-depth discussions on enterprise search, automated publishing technologies for design-critical content, and how blogs and wikis fit into the enterprise. In addition, the event includes the new co-located Enterprise Digital Rights Management (DRM) Conference to cover content security issues.

On Sunday, April 23rd CM Professionals will host its 5th Summit at the Palace Hotel in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies. The event kicks off at 9:00 a.m. with an industry keynote followed by roundtable discussions and workshops. Participants will have the opportunity to obtain advice and recommendations from experts who are already well established in the field, and to exchange ideas with other professionals working in the content management community of practice. For more information visit: www.cmprofessionals.org

On Monday, April 24th from 9:00 - noon there are several pre-conference tutorials including:

--Web Content Management Systems: Architectures & Products

--Working with DITA: The Darwin Information Typing Architecture 

--Enterprise Portal Software: Architecture and Products

--Intranets as a Business Tool

On Tuesday, April 25th at 8:30 a.m.:

Keynote Panel: "New Technologies That Will Influence Your Content Management Strategies"

As most enterprise applications become more content-oriented, content technology developments are coming from a broader base of suppliers and developers. In fact, most interesting new computing technologies will, or should, influence your short and long term content management strategies. The opening panel of industry experts will look at both specific technologies and market trends.

Moderator: Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair, Editor & Publisher, The Gilbane Report

Panelists:

--Dan Farber, Vice President, CNET Networks, Editor in Chief, ZDNet

--Bill Rosenblatt, Editor, DRM Watch

--Charlene Li, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

--Gene Gable, Gene Gable Industries

--Tony Byrne, Founder, CMS Watch

On Wednesday, April 26th:

Keynote Panel: "Enterprise Panel on Best Practices & Implementation Strategies"

Speakers in this keynote session complement the opening keynote on technology and trends by sharing their experiences with actually putting content technology to work. This panel features enterprise executives who will describe how their companies leverage the technologies discussed in the first keynote. We'll examine actual business and IT planning scenarios and identify the characteristics associated with successful content technology deployment.

Moderator: Mary Laplante, VP Consulting Services, Bluebill Advisors, Sr. Editor, Gilbane Report

In addition to the conference sessions and keynotes, CMS Idol will take place on Tuesday, April 25th. In round 1, six vendors will present 6-minute demos showing the best features of their systems. The top three finalists move on to round 2 in which they will each present 8-minute demos showing something special about their solution. The audience votes for the winner.

Throughout the conference program, there are designated times for attendees and media to visit the technology showcase to see firsthand the latest content management technologies. Technology demonstrations are open the following times:

--Tuesday, April 25th: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., noon - 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

--Wednesday, April 26th: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., noon - 2:00 p.m.

The Gilbane SF landing page is at: http://www.lighthouseseminars.com/gilbane_sf_06/sf_06.html

The E-DRM landing page is at:

http://www.lighthouseseminars.com/gilbane_sf_06/sf_edrm.html

About Bluebill Advisors, The Gilbane Report

Bluebill Advisors, Inc. serves the content management community with publications, conferences and consulting services. The Gilbane Report administers the Content Technology Works(TM) case study program disseminating best practices with partners Software AG (TECdax:SOW), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Artesia Digital Media, a Division of Open Text, Astoria Software, ClearStory Systems (OTCBB:INSS), Context Media (Oracle, NASDAQ:ORCL), Convera (NASDAQ:CNVR), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Idiom, Mark Logic, Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX), SDL International (London Stock Exchange:SDL), Vasont Systems, Vignette (NASDAQ:VGN), and WebSideStory (NASDAQ:WSSI). http://www.gilbane.com

About Lighthouse Seminars

Lighthouse Seminars' events cover information technologies and "content technologies" in particular. These include content management of all types, digital asset management, document management, web content management, enterprise portals, enterprise search, web and multi-channel publishing, electronic forms, authoring, content and information integration, information architecture, and e-catalogs. http://www.lighthouseseminars.com.