You can get an up-to-the-minute list of registrants for the 2006 Web Publishing Conference here. [posted September 25, 2006]

In briskly paced sessions, the two-day conference will cover everything AAN members need to know about the Web: Revenue models; online advertising operations and technology; user-generated content; multimedia; search-engine optimization; social networking; Web analytics; usability best practices; wireless Internet; legal issues; and writing and editing for the Web. The meeting will also feature big-picture overviews, vendor presentations and member roundtables. The deadline for reduced rates is Sept. 12. [posted September 11, 2006]

The newly announced program for the Web Publishing Conference includes the following speakers: Thomas Burke, a lawyer with the firm Davis Wright Tremaine; Xavier Casanova, CEO of Perenety; Bruce Dobie, owner of Dobie Media LLC; Bowen Dwelle of AdMonsters; Michael Gold and Susan West of WestGold Editorial; R. Scott Horner, co-owner of Swarm Interactive; Thomas Kenney, president of Verve Wireless, Inc.; and Dave Morgan, the founder and chairman of Tacoda Systems. Additional speakers and seminars will be announced soon. [posted August 24, 2006]

In order to receive a discount, you must register no later than Sept. 12, 2006. Early registration rates are $295 for the first AAN member and $245 for each additional registrant from the same paper. [posted August 17, 2006]

The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' first-ever Web Publishing Conference will be held Oct. 5-7, 2006, at the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway in San Francisco.

The conference, which is open only to AAN members and associate members, is designed to help publishers and editors strategize their online presence and adapt new electronic-publishing formats and technologies. Newsprint addicts are encouraged to bring their electronic-publishing personnel to help ground the discussion.

The program has been organized with the help of San Francisco-based consulting firm West Gold Editorial. Seminars and workshops will be held all day on Friday, October 6, and Saturday, October 7. Lunch will be catered at the hotel, and participants will be on their own for dinners.

[posted August 14, 2006]