What's the buzz? http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/ http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news the first Web Idol winner in the US. 4 vendors presented their products – each giving a 6 minute strictly timed demo. The judging panel; Tony Byrne (CMS Watch), Lou Rosenfeld (Rosenfeld Media) and Line Østergaard (Nycomed) commented on each presentation and the audience voted.
The winner was Norwegian open source vendor, eZ. Presenter, Bård Farstad, has previously won the European Web Idol competition. This year the judges called the presentation "smooth and capable; if anything slightly flat." The winner was announced at the evening’s conference dinner held at the spectacular ship, the Moshulu. Congratulations to eZ and thanks to all who took part. ]]> 2009-05-07T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Christine Bates is Manager of Commercial Information for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals; a leading pharmaceutical company with global presence. Christine’s case study titled Content Governance in a Web 2.0 Environment will show how some teams at Wyeth have arrived at a solution that supports effective collaboration within a moderated environment in order to help advance strategic business objectives. Join the strategy and governance track to learn more. ]]> 2009-05-02T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news 3-hour in-depth session on “Google – the Missing Manual” on Tuesday. We still have seats available for this exciting session on how to make all types of regular Google searches more efficient and useful. For all registration combinations take a look and sign up.]]> 2009-04-30T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news SharePoint track, where she will detail the company’s experiences with using SharePoint for their intranet. Discover the lessons learned and priceless gotcha moments.

On the track you’ll also find a case study from international manufacturer Alfa Laval, as well as industry experts including Tony Byrne - from CMS Watch, Shawn Shell, Lead Analyst on “The SharePoint Report 2000” and Dorthe Jespersen, co-author of “Best Practices for Using SharePoint for Public Websites”.]]> 2009-04-29T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news registered and ready? Have you chosen your tutorials and informed us? Have you told your colleagues about the exciting sessions and tracks you are going to attend?

If not, we still have spaces left on the various days, so whether you just want a day of in-depth tutorials with some of the finest experts in the industry; a day of case studies from interesting organisations or a full 3-day conference experience with keynotes, panel sessions and evening social events, you can sign up for any of the combinations on our website or by sending us an email.

Remember the non-profit, federal and higher education discounts. We look forward to seeing you!]]> 2009-04-28T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Shibani Kapoor, Human Factors Engineer at Intel, will be at the User Experience track, where she will talk about the company’s Employee Portals. Shibani will highlight the UX challenges that Intel employees faced with their Intranet Portal and describe how they addressed them.

So if you are facing challenges with large, complex portal projects, spend your Thursday in Philadelphia and learn from other practitioners with similar challenges. Whilst there, remember to join the roundtable discussions when we ask “What’s on?”. It’s a great way to chat to persons like Tony Byrne, Lisa Welchman or Donna Spencer.]]> 2009-04-27T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Beth Gleba, Internal Information Manager, will join the Intranet track and tell how IKEA has used the intranet to drive sales by focusing on the bottom line.

In the same session you’ll find Toby Ward, CEO at Prescient Digital Media, who will give the presentation “Intranet 2.0: learning from others & how to implement”. A great opportunity to learn about the successful ingredients and outcomes from leading 2.0 organizations!]]> 2009-04-24T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news
Volker Grünauer is responsible for the marketing strategy of all websites at Wienerberger, the world's largest manufacturer of bricks, clay roof tiles and clay pavers. In this function he also developed a new brand and domain management strategy.

Volker has presented at previous J. Boye conferences in Europe, and we are glad that he will make the journey and present in Philly too. He will be sharing his experiences at the Strategy & Governance track on Thursday May 7th.]]> 2009-04-23T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news which tutorials to join? We have still got a few places for all 3 days. Remember our non-profit, federal and higher education discounts. Simply contact us for the appropriate code.

The evening events are integral to the important networking aspect of the conference. Come along for an evening of food and fun; Tuesday May 6th we have a bowling evening hosted by CMS Watch where delegates, speakers, experts and staff are all invited.]]> 2009-04-21T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news SDL Tridion, and New Zealand based open source vendor, SilverStripe.

SDL Tridion’s foundation and core strength is BluePrinting technology, which has proven its value for organizations that need globalized web sites; brand management; target audience marketing and multi-channel marketing. SDL Tridion will be exhibiting in Philadelphia.

The Silverstripe CMS has seen eight years of development, and was “opened up” recently when the proprietary licensing model was removed in favour of an open source license. This open sourcing of the software has led to support from Google and Sun/MySQL, public global software awards. Silverstripe will participate in the Web Idol competition.]]> 2009-04-20T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news The Practitioner Takes Centre Stage at New International Conference for Online Professionals.]]> 2009-04-20T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news FatWire Software provides web experience management (WEM) solutions that enable organizations to deliver a rich online experience to users and simplify management of their web presence. The company has previously sponsored J. Boye’s European conference, and we are pleased they have decided to support our US venture as well. ]]> 2009-04-16T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news
Have a look at our What’s On session. This is an opportunity to have an in-depth discussion with peers and experts about a topic that really interests you. Email your ideas for topics – we will put together the list based on your good ideas.]]> 2009-04-16T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news pre-conference tutorials offer a unique opportunity. Each tutorial gives you 3 hours with a leading expert and other practitioners; all focusing on one specific theme. Great sessions for learning and exchanging knowledge.

Amongst the tutorial hosts you’ll find capacities like David Pogue, Lou Rosenfeld, Tony Byrne, Lisa Welchman and Martin White.

You can sign-up to the tutorials only for just $995 (2 x half day tutorials), so if your budget is limited the tutorials offer great value for money!]]> 2009-04-14T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Web Idol competition and challenged other vendors to join. You can help crown the "2009 Web Idol" in a fast-paced, entertaining set of competitive demos. Selected vendors will present 6-minute demos showing the best features of their systems. We will have an American Idol style judging panel. Captain of the ship will be Tony Byrne of CMS Watch. ]]> 2009-04-14T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Mike Mansfield, Director of Information Services, presents their case on the e-health track.]]> 2009-04-13T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news David Pogue and Bob Boiko. More interviews are coming up soon, so stay tuned and hope to see you in 4 weeks. ]]> 2009-04-10T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news
We have recently added Wienerberger from Austria and Oxford University from the UK – a truly international program. Each track is packed with interesting cases. Our intranet track with names such as Jane McConnell and Martin White is surely amongst the most exciting intranet offers this year.

Remember that we offer substantial federal, non-profit and higher-ed discounts. Simply contact us for the appropriate code. We look forward to seeing you!]]> 2009-04-08T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Web Content Management track with interesting case studies from Abercrombie & Fitch, Association of National Advertisers and Hanley Wood.

You will also be able to meet top industry analysts such as Jim Murphy who will talk about WCM vs. Strategy and Janus Boye who will be sharing his experiences from 10 years of following the moves and developments of the marketplace.

Finally you will get an opportunity to ‘stump the consultant‘: we have gathered three of the best to answer your questions – whatever they may be!]]> 2009-04-02T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Abercrombie & Fitch, American Chemical Society, Association of National Advertisers and Covidien Healthcare. Today we also received the 1st sign-up from Germany. Take a look at the updated conference schedule or sign up now to join a true international user conference!]]> 2009-03-24T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news e-Health track. Check it out – and whilst on the site, take advantage of our discounted early bird rates. They run until 15th March, and there is great savings to be had on all the various registration combinations; including on the pre-conference tutorials on Tuesday 3rd May.]]> 2009-03-04T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news e-Health track; a track examining the unique challenges facing professionals working with healthcare provision and communication online. Will social media become an important factor in this field? What about the risks and compliance factors? These are just a couple of the questions addressed on the e-Health track. Cases from both private and public bodies; among those Paho and the University of Maryland. We welcome feedback and ideas for further program developments and improvements.]]> 2009-03-02T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news ISYS have agreed to throw one of our popular social events: the Jetlag Reception on Monday night. ISYS Search Software is a global supplier of information access and discovery solutions for mining intelligence and corporate knowledge. The company’s award-winning software suite offers a broad range of search, navigation and discovery solutions for desktop search, intranet search, SharePoint search and embedded search applications. ISYS has been deployed by thousands of organizations operating in a variety of industries, including government, legal, law enforcement, financial services, healthcare and recruitment. We look forward to working with ISYS.]]> 2009-02-26T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Ektron have been confirmed as exhibiting sponsors at J. Boye Conferences Philadelphia 09. Ektron is committed to providing revolutionary, scalable Web content management and authoring solutions. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Ektron has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including LG, Sony, and Johnson & Johnson. We are pleased to welcome Ektron onboard.]]> 2009-02-11T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news Click here to get to the latest newsletter and read about new confirmed speakers, program updates, our partners and some background about the type of event the J. Boye Conference is. Remember to sign up to receive the next newsletters automatically.]]> 2009-02-10T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news the tracks we run. 6 parallel tracks with a good mix of experts, case studies and panel discussions. Follow one or pick and mix. The program as it stands is now online. We continue to add more content, so sign up for regular updates and newsletters from our conference team. There is also still time to take advantage of our super early sign-up discounts; they run till January 31st.]]> 2009-01-21T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News http://www.jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/news David Pogue and Lou Rosenfeld. Don’t miss this benchmark industry event. Save big by booking early! Registration is open and we offer super early discounts until 31st January. ]]> 2009-01-07T12:00:00+00:00 J. Boye Philadelphia 2009: News