Web Design '08 Conference Speakers

Kurt Peters, Conference Chair and Editor-in-Chief, Internet Retailer

Kurt Peters is Editor of Internet Retailer where his responsibilities include all content of Internet Retailer magazine and InternetRetailer.com, research and production of the Internet Retailer Guide to the Top 500 Online Retailers and research and production of the Internet Retailer Resource Guide. He is one of the founding partners of Vertical Web Media, which publishes Internet Retailer, and was part of the team that developed Internet Retailer under its former ownership, Faulkner & Gray, a unit of The Thomson Corp. Kurt has more than 25 years business journalism experience, including as founding editor of POS News, the first newsletter covering electronic payment at the retail point of sale, and was part of the team that started the credit card group of publications, conferences and directories at Faulkner & Gray. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Northwestern University.