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Conference Contacts

Nanci Karas
Sponsorship Opportunities
(609) 921-7200 Ext. 21
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Pam Kelsey
Registration
(609) 921-7200 Ext. 10
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The Kelsey Group has hosted 67 leading-edge conferences dedicated to helping industry leaders understand and profit from the impact new media will have on their businesses. TKG conferences are consistently recognized for their speakers and content. Each event features a sponsor showcase that provides the opportunity to demonstrate products and services to industry leaders. Most of our sponsors return every year because of the tremendous value they gain from their participation.

Here is a sample of TKG's most recent events:

		Drilling Down on Local '08: Marketplaces April 2008, The Westin Seattle, Seattle, Washington

Local Online Media LONDON '08		Local Online Media – London ’08 February 2008, Business Design Centre, London, UK

		ILM:07 – Interactive Local Media November 2007, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California

		DDC2007– Directory Driven Commerce Conference September 2007, Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, Virginia DDC2007, The Kelsey Group’s annual Yellow Pages conference, attracted publishers, technology partners, vendors and suppliers from across the global Yellow Pages community. Speakers and attendees considered the future of the business, eagerly sharing strategy and candid commentary and absorbing the latest research and analysis.

EURO2007		The Future of Local Search in Europe June 2007, London The Kelsey Group and AMR International held a day long summit in London for leading european directory publishers and local search executives. This first time event featured keynote speakers, TKG and AMR analyst presentations and panels about financial opportunities in local search and the impact of new technology on traditional media.

		Drilling Down on Local '07 March 2007, Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, California Nearly 450 local online commerce leaders from more than 245 companies came together at Drilling Down on Local ’07 to find solutions, discuss common challenges and connect with vendors who can help them succeed. The program featured 60 speakers and 31 sponsors.

		ILM:06 – Interactive Local Media November 2006, Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Senior executives from across the local online community convened in Philadelphia for Interactive Local Media 2006. Some 440 attendees from 230 companies gathered to learn about the trends and technological developments shaping the future of local search and interactive local media. The program featured 80 speakers and 28 sponsors and partners.

		DDC2006 – Directory Driven Commerce Conference September 2006, Hyatt Century Plaza, Los Angeles DDC2006, The Kelsey Group’s 19th-annual Yellow Pages conference, attracted more than 450 publishers, technology partners, vendors and suppliers to the global Yellow Pages community. A common message echoed throughout conference sessions and during the event’s networking receptions was that the forms of directional advertising will continue to change, while the value proposition in understanding local communities will remain. Executing strategies to best leverage and deliver that understanding is fundamental to the future of Yellow Pages.

		Drilling Down on Local March 2006, The Fairmont, San Jose, California “Drilling Down on Local: Targeting the On-Demand Marketplace” was The Kelsey Group’s 10th conference devoted to digital media with a local focus. The event highlighted the emerging on-demand marketplace, and covered a range of topics, from IPTV, VoIP and wireless platforms to local search, pay-per-call and Internet Yellow Pages.

		ILM:05 – Interactive Local Media November/December 2005, Hyatt Regency Reston, Virginia Interactive Local Media 2005 was one of The Kelsey Group’s most successful events ever. It featured nearly 100 speakers from across the local spectrum: search engines, directory and newspaper publishers, vertical sites, technology vendors and companies engaged in developing new business models.

		DDC2005 – Directory Driven Commerce Conference September 2005, Denver Marriott Tech Center DDC2005, The Kelsey Group’s 18th-annual Yellow Pages conference, attracted more than 400 publishers, technology partners, vendors and suppliers to the global Yellow Pages community. Attendees and speakers considered the question, “What Is the Future of Yellow Pages?” Answers represented a range of perspectives — publishers, advertisers and users.

		Drilling Down on Local April 2005, Santa Clara Marriott Drilling Down on Local brought together the who's who of local search. Attendees learned about changing consumer behavior and the platforms, products and players that are taking advantage of the new online-offline reality in the local market.

		ILM:04 – Interactive Local Media November 2004, Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson Interactive Local Media 2004 brought together a wide range of speakers and companies from across the local spectrum: search engines, directory and newspaper publishers, vertical sites, technology vendors and companies engaged in developing new business models. Local represents a huge opportunity and while the business models and partnerships are starting to crystallize, nobody's got it completely figured out yet.

		DDC2004 – Directory Driven Commerce Conference July 2004, Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta DDC2004, The Kelsey Group's 17th-annual Yellow Pages conference, attracted more than 300 publishers, technology partners, vendors and suppliers to the global Yellow Pages community. The diverse conference agenda reflected the priorities of today's publishers: balancing the need to focus on the basics, selling and publishing the best print directories, while finding sources of sustainable, long-term growth.

		Drilling Down on Local Search March 2004, Santa Clara Marriott Drilling Down examined the practical questions and challenges involved in penetrating the local and small-business markets with performance-based online ad products.

		DD&ILM 2003 – Digital Directories & Interactive Local Media Conference October 2003, Hilton Alexandria Mark Center This first-time event examined the emergence of local search and the potential convergence of search engine advertising and Internet Yellow Pages.

		DDC2003 – Directory Driven Commerce Conference July 2003, Denver Marriott Tech Center Utilizing best practices, implementing new technologies and seizing marketing initiatives are some of the areas that were examined at this conference, subtitled Achieving Growth in a Global Business.

		YP-ROI – Yellow Pages ROI Conference September 2002, Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Bringing together Yellow Pages executives, sales and market managers, the conference focused on using industry research and analysis to articulate the value of Yellow Pages vs. other media. It offered direction on opportunities to sell the combined value of print, online and mobile directories and how to develop methods for increasing advertiser penetration, retention and expansion.

		DDC2002 – Directory Driven Commerce Conference March 2002, Westin La Cantera Resort, San Antonio During the three-day event, speakers focused on new sources of growth for the core product, research tracking advertiser attitudes and behavior, the future of Internet Yellow Pages, sales force innovations and new pricing structures to increase penetration.