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color:#1F497D'>Members-Only Event Scheduled for the 2013 NFAIS Annual Conference<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>A special members-only event</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> is scheduled to take place on
 Monday, February 25<sup>th</sup> during the forthcoming NFAIS Annual
Conference. The session,<i> In Search of a Future – The End of the
Middleman?, </i>will begin with a box lunch to be followed by a presentation on
“predictions” for publishing and media in the near future. 
The session will feature Michael Cairns, President, Information Media Partners,
who will offer his annual predictions with a special look at the impact on the
publishing business of a collapsed supply chain where traditional
‘middlemen’ risk being replaced or subsumed into the core
activities of the content (product) producer. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Participation at this session is open to all NFAIS members who are
registered to attend the 2013 conference and who sign up for this event in
advance.  Space is limited to the first 100 who sign up, so please contact
me asap to reserve your seat.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If
you have not yet registered for the conference<i>, In Search of Answers: 
Unlocking New Value from Content</i>,  you can view the program and
registration material at:  <span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-nfais-annual-conference"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-nfais-annual-conference</span></a></span>.
The meeting will be held at the Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia, PA from
February 24 – 25, 2013.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
look forward to seeing you at the conference</span><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Bonnie Lawlor</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Executive Director</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>National Federation of Advanced Information Services (<i>NFAIS</i>)</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Philadelphia, PA 19102</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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