Making Information Pay 2004 How Leading Publishers, Distributors and Retailers Are Reinventing Traditional Industry Practices to Improve Channel Performance A Conference for Publishing Executives The February 4th conference offered valuable insight into what top companies from all facets of the publishing supply chain are doing to improve their bottom lines. Over 100 attendees from all links of the industry value chain joined speakers from Bowker, Baker & Taylor, Sourcebooks and others as they shared their views on how better information can significantly improve channel performance. Press: Click here to read the Publishers Lunch article Click here to read the Publishers Weekly article Click here for a list of companies who sent senior executives and managers to this event. Conference Highlights Welcome Jeff Abraham, Executive Director, BISG Introductions Ted Hill, Chair, Business Solutions Committee "Building an Intelligent Publishing Supply Chain" Michael Cairns, President, R. R. Bowker bio / presentation (660 KB) "Using Information to Increase Efficiency and Profits" Dominique Raccah, Publisher and CEO, Sourcebooks bio / presentation (575 KB) "Using Information to Improve Distributor Performance" Jean Srnecz, Senior VP of Merchandising, Baker & Taylor bio / presentation (121 KB) "Intelligence and Insights" Jonathan Nowell, President, Nielsen Book bio / presentation (576 KB) "Actionable Analysis of Account-Specific Data" Mike Shatzkin, Founder and CEO, The Idea Logical Company bio / presentation (8.2 MB) Concluding Remarks John Wicker, Executive Vice President, VISTA International A word from our sponsor...