SirsiDynix SuperConference Executive Track

The ever popular 2 day (March 5-6) Executive Track at the SirsiDynix SuperConference in Nashville this year (March 5-8) is looking great. If you’re a SirsiDynix customer you really should consider making sure that your organization’s leadership is there to hear the vision of how technology will impact our communities – learning communities, research commnuities, neighbourhoods and more. Follow the link for more but here the outline of what’s going on:
Sunday March 5
Opening General Session
Patrick Sommers, SirsiDynix Chief Executive Officer
Welcome & Launch: Knowing Our Communities
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project
Comparing Ourselves in an Internet Age
Bob Molyneux, Chief Statistician, SirsiDynix
Stephen Abram, VP, Innovation, SirsiDynix
Knowing Our Communities: Breakout Sessions
Public Library Communities: the SirsiDynix Personas Project
Mary Lee Kennedy, founder of the Kennedy Group and Director, Harvard Business School Library
Stephen Abram, VP, Innovation, SirsiDynix
Academic Library Communities
Alane Wilson, OCLC & Editor, 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan
Inspiring Our Communities
Deborah Jacobs, City Librarian, Seattle Public Library
Theresa M. Fredericka, Executive Director, INFOhio
Mary Lee Kennedy, Director, Harvard Business School Library
Executive Networking Reception
Guest Keynote: Lessons from the Sea
Linda Greenlaw, Author, The Hungry Ocean
Monday, March 6
SirsiDynix Product Trends Overview
Patrick Sommers, SirsiDynix Chief Executive Officer
Supporting Our Communities
Recognizing Opportunities & Building Relationships
Patricia Martin, President & Founder, LitLamp Communications Group, Inc., & Author, Made Possible By: Succeeding with Sponsorship
Networking & Influencing Action
Donna Scheeder, Law Library of Congress
Ken Roberts, CEO, Hamilton Public Library
Ernie Ingles, Vice-Provost, University of Alberta
Engaging Our Communities
Jenny Levine, The Shifted Librarian
Aaron Schmidt, Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Shaping Our Communities
Search Engine Lessons: Trends & Ideas
Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, Search Engine Watch
Bringing it All Together & Sparking Ideas for Our Communities!
Stephen Abram, VP, Innovation, SirsiDynix
And with meal and networking receptions and plenty of interaction, this promises to be a great event. I hope to see many of you there.
Stephen
p.s. The rest of the conference is pretty cool too and I hope see lots of session blogging going on here and on the official blogs too.