Monday, June 5
Pre-Conference Workshop: Marketing Your Web Site

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Search Engine Marketing: The No. 1 Online Marketing Tool

Gordon Magee, Internet Marketing & Data Analysis Manager,Drs. Foster & Smith
Georgianne K. Brown, Executive Vice President, BabyUniverse Inc.
Fredrick Marckini, Chief Executive Officer, iProspect.com

11:45 - 1:15 p.m.

Affiliate Marketing: The Unsung Hero of Online Marketing

Boris Wertz, Chief Operating Officer, Abebooks.com
Stephen Denton, President, LinkShare Corp.
Chris Henger, Vice President, Performics

2:15 - 3:45 p.m.

E-Mail Marketing: The Best Way to Target Your Marketing Message

Mark Friedman, Chief Marketing Officer, Redcats USA
Don Zeidler, Director, Direct Marketing, W. Atlee Burpee Co.
Matt Seeley, Chief Executive Officer, CheetahMail

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Site Search: The Web's In-Store Merchandising Tool

David Patterson, Internet Director, Edwin Watts Golf
Patricia Graca, Manager, Customer Experience and Web Site Production, HP Home and Home Office Store
Lauri Calvert, Client Relationship Executive, Molecular Inc.

Tuesday, June 6
General Sessions

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Welcome

Kurt Peters, Editor, Internet Retailer

8:15 - 8:45 a.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Taking E-Retailing to the Next Level

Thomas McInerney, Executive Vice President, IAC/InterActiveCorp

8:45 - 9:30 a.m.

Who's Online and How Do You Reach Them?

John Miniati, Vice President, comScore Networks Inc.
Heather Dougherty, E-Retail Analyst, Nielsen/NetRatings

9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

From Zero to a Billion in Four Years

Howard Tong, Vice President, Newegg.com

10:45 - 11:15 a.m.

Wireless Web: Cashing In When the Buying Impulse Strikes

Bryan Biniak, Senior Vice President, American Greetings

11:15 - 11:45 a.m.
FEATURED PRESENTATION

Delivering Web Content That's Focused on Customer Needs

John Thompson, Senior Vice President & General Manager, BestBuy.com

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Traps to Avoid in Creating and Operating Retail Web Sites

A panel discussion featuring:

Lauren Freedman, President, the e-tailing group inc.
David Fry, President, Fry Inc.
Jim Okamura, Senior Partner, J.C. Williams Group
Moderated by Greg Dowling, Senior Analyst, Jupiter Research

Tuesday, June 6
Afternoon Tracks


TRACK A: Taking Web Site Design & Content to the Next Level

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Redesigns: The Need for Them and Strategy Behind Them

Geoff Robertson, Vice President, E-Commerce, J.C. Whitney Co.
Debbie Hess, E-Commerce Manager, Norm Thompson Outfitters Inc.

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

How Small Design Changes Can Yield Big Conversion Rate Gains

Jeff Schueler, President, Usability Sciences Corp.
Lynette Montgomery, General Manager, E-Commerce, Levenger Co.

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.

Making Cross-Channel Inventory Management Work

Lisa Dyson, Ecommerce and Customer Relationship Marketing, Famous Footwear

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Tapping America's Second Market—Hispanics

Craig Davidson, Director Business Intelligence & E-Commerce, PUMA North America

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Using Content to Make Your Site Stand Out

Andy Stevenson, Senior Director, Crutchfield.com

TRACK B: Web Site Marketing: Going Beyond the Basics

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Vertical Search Engines: The New Way to Find Products

Patti Freeman Evans, Retail Analyst, Jupiter Research
David Hills, CEO, LookSmart

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Online Retailers Finally Discover Loyalty Programs

Gary Korotzer, Vice President of Marketing at RedEnvelope, Inc.
Mark Goldstein, CEO, Loyalty Lab Inc.

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.

Social Networking: The Peer Persuasion Marketing Tool

Peter Kosciewicz, Director of E-Commerce, The Eastwood Co.
Chris Saito, Senior Director, Shopping Products Yahoo! Shopping

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Making Sense of Online Shopping Malls

Jacob Hawkins, Vice President Online Marketing, Overstock.com
Cory Nielsen, Internet Marketing Manager,   Woodwind & Brasswind

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Getting the Nervous Nellies to Buy Online

Michael Phillips, Internet Strategist, Yankee Candle
Gerry Sweeney, Senior Vice President, Visa USA

TRACK C: Operations & Payments: Winning New Customers with Excellence

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Web Site Self-Service Doesn't Mean Auto-Pilot

Gustavo Garcia, Business Development Manager, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories
Tom Denison, Director of E-commerce, Personal Creations

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Lost in Cyberspace: Do E-Retailers Just Ignore E-Mail?

Terry Golesworthy, President, Customer Respect Group
Mike Faith, President, Headsets.com

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.

Growing into the Next Level E-Commerce Platform

David Brumback, Director of Operations for American Eagle Direct
Doug Allen, Marketing Director, ComputerGeeks.com

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Taking Security into Your Own Hands

Julie Fergerson, Vice President, Debix Inc.
Ezzie Schaff, Vice President, Risk Management, Ice.com

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Alternative Payments: Moving Beyond Credit Card Only

Dan Schatt, Analyst, Celent Communications
Alicia Berry, Director of Operations, DVDEmpire.com

Wednesday, June 7
General Sessions

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.

Revealing & Analyzing America's 500 Largest E-Retailers

Kurt Peters, Editor-in-Chief, Internet Retailer
Larry Freed, President, ForeSee Results Inc.
Matt Poepsel, Vice President and General Manager, Gomez inc.

8:45 - 9:15 a.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The New Role of Market Segmentation

Seth Radwell, CEO, Scholastic.com

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.

Designing for Sales: The Complete Re-make of a Web Site

Tony Chivari, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Internet, Spiegel Brands, Inc.

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
FEATURED PRESENTATION

The Web's Key Role in Positioning a Manufacturer's Brand

William Kurtz, Vice President, Whirlpool Corp.

11:15 - 12:00 p.m.

Micro-Segmentation: The Internet Goes Where Stores and Catalogs Can't

Brett E. Lauter, Director of Emerging Brands, The Home Depot
John Bresee, CEO, Backcountry.com

12:00 - 12:45 p.m.

When TV and the Internet Merge, Web Shopping Explodes

Patrick Gates, Executive Vice President, Consumer Direct, Discovery Commerce
Robert Myers, Vice President of Merchandising, QVC

TRACK D: A Closer Look at Web Site Financial

1:45 - 2:30 p.m.

Conversion Rates: The Key to Profitability

Lauren Freedman, President, the e-tailing group inc.

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

Internet Retailer Profit Survey: How Retail Sites Stack Up on the Bottom Line

Mark Brohan, Senior Editor, Internet Retailer
Mary Brett Whitfield, Senior Vice President, Retail Forward

3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

What Venture Capitalists Expect of E-Retailers

Mike Golden, President, Home Décor Products
Wayne Kimmell, Managing Partner, Eastern Technology Fund

3:45 - 4:15 p.m.

Wall Street Takes a Second Look at E-Retailing

Safa Rashtchy, Managing Director, Senior Internet Analyst, Piper Jaffrey & Co.

TRACK E: The Keys to Successful Online Merchandising

1:45 - 2:30 p.m.

Site Search's New Role: Promoting the Right Products

Beth Grimsley, E-Commerce Manager, Beckett Media

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

Turning Rich Media into Web Riches

Matthew Siegel, Vice President of E-tail Strategy, HSN
Kim Biggerstaff, e-Marketing Manager, Delta Faucet Co.

3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

The Ever-Growing Challenge of Managing Web Site Content

Noah Maffitt, Director, E-Commerce, Office Depot

3:45 - 4:15 p.m.

10 Easy Steps To Improve Online Merchandising

Teri Hilden, Director of Merchandising, WilsonsLeather.com
Mark Duff, Director of E-Commerce, REI

TRACK F: Taking E-Retailing to the World Market

1:45 - 2:30 p.m.

Putting the "World" in WWW: Strategies for Selling Globally

Tamara Mendelsohn, Analyst, Forrester Research Inc.
Massimiliano Benedetti, Global Sales & Marketing Manager, YOOX Group

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

Creating a Truly Global Market for a Global Brand

Jared Blank, President, TripMela.com

3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

Designing Sites for Global Sales

John Yunker, CEO, Byte Level Research
Joshua Lau, CEO, YesAsia.com

3:45 - 4:15 p.m.

Mastering the Subtleties of Global Sales

David Dwek, Vice President of Marketing, Etronics