FASTforward ’07 search technology
In just its second year, FASTforward has established itself as the world’s largest and most important conference focused on the far-reaching impact of search.
This year’s conference will host more than 1000 attendees including prominent Global 1000 CEOs and CIOs from more than 30 countries.
FASTforward ’07 is being held at the San Diego Marriot Hotel and Marina, February 7 – 9, 2007 and features nearly 50 panel discussions, hosted conversations and live demonstrations.
FASTforward has become the gathering place for business leaders using search technology to disrupt business, bringing together a community of innovators to discuss and debate the most important issues and strategies driving Enterprise 2.0.
This year’s theme, "Innovate, Accelerate and Dominate," addresses how organisations can use search driven applications to create new business models and revenue opportunities – reshaping the business landscape.
Evolving business models and innovative technologies are causing widespread disruptions for businesses across the globe.
Retailers are struggling with delivering a consistent multi-channel experience with contextually relevant advertising.
Media companies are morphing from content production to user consumption models while carefully considering search based strategies to reclaim their content, communities and ad revenue instead of partnering with Google.
Telcoms are under siege from VoIP and bandwidth-hungry content companies offering free, ad-based services.
From start-ups to established businesses, forward-thinking organisations are leveraging search to find revolutionary new ways to monetize Web content, marginalize competitors, radically reduce IT costs and uncover new, expansive ways to support intelligent decision making.
This year’s conference sessions will also delve into why search is at the core of the "2.0’s" – Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, BI 2.0 – and will feature animated debate among industry luminaries about what will come next.
Keynote addresses at FASTforward ’07 will be delivered by a world class line-up of speakers including:
- Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief, Wired, author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
- John Battelle, founder and chairman, Federated Media Publishing, author of THE SEARCH
- Matthew Brown, senior analyst, Forrester Research
- Jacques Bughin, partner, McKinsey & Company
- William Inmon, published author and universally recognized as the father of the data warehouse
- Ray Lane, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, former COO of Oracle
- Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media, Inc.
- Michael Schrage, co-director, MIT Media Lab’s E-Markets Initiative
- Henry Birdseye Weil, senior lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
FAST has also launched a companion blog to FASTforward ’07 where some of the sharpest minds in the enterprise software applications world are squaring off in spirited and engaging discussion. FASTforward blog is currently live at: http://www.fastfowardblog.com.
"This year’s event promises to be a hit as FAST is honoured to call some of the most well known names in all of technology our guests," said John M. Lervik, CEO of FAST.
"FAST customers are leading the search revolution and FASTforward ’07 will demonstrate how search is the key technology that is currently changing and will continue to change the way we live our lives and conduct our businesses."
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