Events
FY-2009 EVENTS
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2008
15 October - 19 October 2008
Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. Representatives from book publishing and multimedia companies from all over the world come to the Frankfurt Book Fair in order to negotiate international publishing rights and licensing fees. Visitors take the opportunity to obtain information about the publishing market, to network, and to do business.
Impelsys launched iPublishCentral on 15 October 2008 at Frankfurt Book Fair, at Hall No. 4.2, Stand No. P415. A dedicated demo station was set up at the stand for a live demonstration of iPublishCentral. Nizar Jamal, CTO with Impelsys, elated the audience at the Science forum, with his presentation on "Experiments with eBook Business Models". The launch was a grand success, with more than 200 live meetings with publishers during the show days, and hundreds of footfalls to our stand. iPublishCentral was also covered extensively by the media.
Online Information 2008
02 December - 04 December 2008
Online Information 2008 comprised of an exhibition of over 230 vendors, a world-class conference and seminar programme covering Content Management; Web 2.0 Technologies and Search Solutions. Attracting over 900 delegates from over 40 countries, the conference provided a forum dedicated to learning, debate, professional development, technology reviews and assessments, expert discussion as well as case-study presentations and the sharing of research results and opinion.
iPublishCentral was present along with Publishing Technology, our strategic partner for the UK region, at stand no. 620. A dedicated demo station was set up at the stand for a live demonstration of iPublishCentral. Representatives from Impelsys and Publishing Technology provided detailed information and insights about iPublishCentral and how it helps publishers Market, Distribute, and Deliver Content online, through a very easy self-serve model.
PSP conference
04 February - 06 February 2009
This is an annual conference organized by Professional Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers, on a range of subjects pertaining to professional and scholarly publishing.
We participated as exhibitors at PSP conference at booth #3 where a live demo on iPublishCentral was set-up to show how publishers can drive their marketing, delivery and distribution strategies online in minimal time and with minimal investment. We had quite interesting interactions with some of the leading publishers and they were quite impressed with what iPublishCentral can do for their business. The overall event was a big success and we got a great response from attendees.
TOC CONFERENCE -2009
09 February - 11 February 2009
O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing division seeks to connect the people, companies, and organizations asking and answering the questions that will define the future of publishing. TOC 2009 will focus on industry-wide strategic issues, like the changing retail and supply-chain landscape.
iPublishCentral was The Gold Sponsor for the event and exhibited at stand no. 8. A live demonstration of iPublishCentral was available to show the visitors on how they can promote their brand and titles across the web with minimal risk and maximum gain. A dedicated kiosk was also set up during the conference for a hands-on experience, and to enable spot registrations. iPublishCentral aroused tremendous interest among the attendees with hundreds of footfalls to our booth and over 100 live meetings during the show days. Apart from this, we had two speaking opportunities at the conference. Nizar Jamal, our CTO, gave a "Lightning Demo" on "How to Create a Widget in 5 Minutes". Sameer Shariff, our CEO, thrilled the audience with his presentation on "Sparking an E-Book Revolution through a Self-Serve Model" The highlight of the show was our very interesting and successful meeting with Tim O'Reilly at our booth.
The ASCD Annual Conference- Orlando, Florida
13 March - 16 March 2009
The ASCD Annual Conference and Exhibit Show is education's premier professional development event addressing all aspects of effective teaching and learning. The sessions at annual meeting aim at providing big ideas in education, essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.
We attended the ASCD annual conference where we got an opportunity to discuss with many publishers on iPublishCentral and how it can help them drive their marketing, distribution and delivery strategies.
The Publishing Business Conference & Expo,
New York
23 March - 25 March 2009
The Publishing Business Conference & Expo is an annual conference which aims at preparing publishers for getting through the current economic challenges, by offering tips, tactics and solutions for thriving in the industry's future.
We attended the Book Business expo and met many publishers who were looking for a low cost solution to take their content online. We discussed about their challenges and helped them understand that how they can market, distribute and deliver their content online in a cost effective manner through iPublishCentral.
