My co-chair, Dave “SimplyHired” McClure has masterfully mc'ed the next session of the Search SIG, which will be focusing on the Classifieds vertical. The past year has seen a number of new developments in the space, and we thought it was a great time to have a session focusing on the subject.
We are also delighted of having Greg Sterling, the Managing Editor of The Kelsey Group, one of the lead analysts covering the space, as our host for the session which will take place on Feb 8th at the GooglePlex (Building 40), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View.
Our panelists, and demonstrators, will be:
- Bindu Reddy, Product Manager GoogleBase, Google
- Craig Donato, Founder/CEO, Oodle
- Keith Teare, Founder/CEO, Edgeio
The now well established Search SIG Agenda format will be used:
6:30-7:00pm - Registration / Food & Drink
7:00–7:05pm - A few words about the Search SIG
7:05-8:15pm - Act I: State of the Art of the Online Classifieds market, and how it is evolving
8:15-8:30pm - Intermission: Search Networking & Geeking Out
8:30-9:00pm - Act II: Product Demos from GoogleBase, Oodle and Edgeio– and Q&A with the audience
9:00-9:15pm - Open Mike Geek: Announcements (30 seconds of fame & fortune)
9:16pm - You Don’t Have To Go Home, But You Can’t Stay Here
Do get in touch with us (searchsig [at] gmail [dot] com) if you want to use a demo slot to launch a new search startup (one, and maybe two companies can take advantage of that).
Given that we had 340 attendees at our last session organized at the GooglePlex, and it was a tad too much, we are opening the event for 250 registrations. Please pre-register on the SDForum site, and don't wait too long because the last event sold out in a few days. Attendance is free for SDForum members, and charge is $15 for non-members.
We will post the final logistics details (parking,...) next week.
And remember, there is a distribution list for Search SIG announcements – if you want to join, send an email to sdforum_searchsig-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
I look forward to seeing you there - though only sometime during the event - I will be landing back from Demo 2006 just a few minutes before we start.
Tags: edgeio, googlebase, oodle, searchsig
This will be an exciting session, but isn't somebody missing?
Posted by: Zoli Erdos | February 02, 2006 at 01:18 PM