IORG July 15, 2008 Inaugural Conference Information
Thanks to everyone who participated in the IORG conference. Conference materials will be posted here soon.
The Information Overload Research Group Inaugural Conference was held on July 15, 2008
at The Penn Club in New York City.
The focus of this event was on questions of interest to companies seeking solutions to the IO problem
(a research-focused conference is being planned to follow in 2009). Attendees enjoyed a day of high-level interaction, knowledge sharing, and learning about the problem of Information Overload, and gained insight into questions such as:
The Information Overload Research Group Inaugural Conference was held on July 15, 2008
at The Penn Club in New York City.
The focus of this event was on questions of interest to companies seeking solutions to the IO problem
(a research-focused conference is being planned to follow in 2009). Attendees enjoyed a day of high-level interaction, knowledge sharing, and learning about the problem of Information Overload, and gained insight into questions such as:
- What does the problem of Information Overload cost companies?
- What are possible solutions to the problem, and what new developments are in the works?
- What are the smartest and most experienced companies doing today to combat Information Overload?
Event Highlights included:
Keynote Address: Understanding the Problem of Information Overload
Jonathan Spira, CEO & Chief Analyst, Basex
Panel: How Information Overload Impacts Our Organizations
Participants from Intel, Morgan Stanley, and RAND
corporation
Visionary Vendor Panel
Participants from six innovative start-up companies
developing innovative solutions
Book Signing and Presentation
Maggie Jackson, Author, "Distracted"
Click here for the conference agenda
IORG thanks the following sponsors for their support of this conference:
Basex, C-MAIL, ClearContext, Effective Edge, Outsource Marketing, Seriosity, Slife Labs, and Xerox.
