Internet Retailer today announced the three-day agenda and named the 75 e-retailing experts who will be addressing the Internet Retailer 2006 Conference & Exhibition, the theme of which is “Taking E-Retailing to the Next Level.” The publisher also announced that its web site (InternetRetailer.com) has begun taking online registrations for the conference, which features keynote speeches by Thomas McInerney, executive vice president of IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Seth Radwell, chief executive of the eScholastic unit of Scholastic Corp. The three-day event will be held next June 5-7 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Internet Retailer also announced that 130 e-retailing solutions providers have already signed up to exhibit at the conference, which will boast the largest exhibit hall ever assembled for an e-retailing conference. The 70,000-square-foot hall will feature 228 10x10-foot-equivalent booths and will include a unique media recording studio and cybercafé.

Complete details of the IR2006 Conference & Exhibition are now available at www.InternetRetailer.com/IR2006, and the conference web site is now accepting online registrations at discounted early-bird prices.