Introducing Vertical LEAP: the SDForum Vertical Search Conference

Mark your calendars! June 28th is when the first edition of Vertical LEAP will take place. This one-day conference, solely focused on the vertical search market, is the brainchild of my friend Dave McClure, and is produced by the SDForum. I am thrilled to join Dave as co-chair of the program, and moderator of the session: "Investing in Vertical Search".

The program will feature a number of interactive panels bringing together large search players and  young startups, led by industry experts.

Here is the program (still being finalized):

Agenda

8:30-9:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:45am Keynote
10:00-10:45am Investing in Vertical Search
11:00-11:45am Local Search
12:00-1:00pm [Lunch Provided]
1:00-1:45pm Shopping Search
2:00-2:45pm Travel Search
3:00-3:45pm Classifieds / Job Search
4:00-4:45pm News / Blog Search
5:00-5:45pm Emerging Categories in Vertical Search

Location

Network Meeting Center
5201 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Directions

The list of speakers is up on the web site, and will be finalized in the next few days. It is a very nice roster, as you can see.

We appreciate all the requests and proposals we are getting from speakers or companies interested in presenting. Whilst the program is almost wrapped up, feel free to leave a comment or send us an email if you are interested in participating at a Search-related event. We plan to organize others after VerticalLeap.

Dave and I look forward to seeing you at VerticalLeap, and having a great conference.

Update: we thank Socialtext for hosting the conference wiki.