Agenda

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Tuesday, September 27

10:00 am – 11:30 am
TKG Client-Only Session
Clients who subscribe to our Advisory Services - The Kelsey Report® and Interactive Local Media - are invited to a special event before the conference begins. This gathering will be based on TKG's forecast for the next half-dozen years. An industry analyst and private equity investor will join us as we take a look at some of the financial events that could shape the future.

11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch

DDC2005 Conference

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Industry Overview
John F. Kelsey, III, CEO, The Kelsey Group

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Keynote Address
George Burnett, CEO, Dex Media

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Local Commerce Monitor^SM: Tracing the Evolution of SME Advertising Behavior
The Kelsey Group and ConStat, Inc. will present the latest wave of LCM, the tracking study that asks local businesses how they invest in technology to promote and manage their businesses, how they are evolving their media spend, and what their expectations are for behavior going forward. This study has become a key industry barometer of local advertiser behavior.
Bill Deaton, Managing Director, ConStat, Inc. (U.S.)
Neal Polachek, SVP, The Kelsey Group (U.S.)

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
In Their Own Words: What Are Advertisers Saying About the Future of Yellow Pages?
This multimedia session will offer a glimpse into the current thinking of local advertisers in key Yellow Pages categories. How do they view the core Yellow Pages product, IYPs and local search? What will these customer insights say about the future of Yellow Pages?

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Refreshment Break

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Keynote Address
Joe Walsh, President & CEO, Yellow Book USA

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
So What’s It All About?
Consumers in five countries were asked identical questions to determine their attitudes and behaviors toward Yellow Pages and local search. After a day of hearing about SME quantitative and qualitative perspectives, consumer opinions and industry leader comments, a group of industry thought leaders drawn from research and operations will parse the meanings of the day's findings. What does this mean to you?
Bill Deaton, Managing Director, ConStat, Inc. (U.S.)
Sue Hume, VP, Marketing, SBC Directory Operations (U.S.)
Maggie Le Beau, SVP, Marketing, Dex Media
Stuart McKelvey, President, TMP Worldwide (U.S.)
Neal Polachek, SVP, The Kelsey Group (U.S.)

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Reception

Additional Speakers to Be Announced

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