The Web Publishing Conference will take place Jan. 27-29 at the Argonaut Hotel near San Francisco's famed Fisherman's Wharf. The conference will begin with a reception on the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 27, which will be followed by one and a half days of programming, ending at noon on Friday, Jan. 29.

The programming will feature a mix of of plenary sessions and workshops, with many panel discussions and AAN-member-led sessions discussing web publishing issues on both the business and editorial side, including social media, local ad sales, email newsletters, search engine optimization, interface design, iPhone apps and how different papers handle the new web-based work in their organizations. Confirmed speakers include Evan Smith of the newly launched TexasTribune.org, as well as in-house talents like Village Voice Media's Bill Jensen, The Stranger's Tim Keck and Creative Loafing's Patrick Mersinger.