Jane Friedman
President and CEO,
HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide

Jane will present our
keynote on opening night.

Issues and Trends in Publishing Today

Joe Wikert
vice president and executive publisher in the Professional/Trade division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., will be presenting on the major aspects of publisher and author blogging:
Blogging from A to Z

Michele Miller
partner in the Wizard of Ads© marketing firm and faculty member of Wizard Academy, Texas, will be speaking on publishing for women:
Hitting the Mother Lode: The Vein of Gold in Publishing to Women

Specialized training in eight publishing disciplines

We are pleased to have NYU School of Publishing Director Robert Baensch as our Pub U Program Coordinator. He is responsible for developing session content, and ensuring the highest level of educational value for each training session presented at Pub U.

This year's event will feature more tracks and more classes with one daily keynote. Education tracks represent eight publishing disciplines (including a pre-conference course for those new to publishing):

Technology Rights Editorial

Publicity Sales Marketing

Production Design Publishing 101

Course content and speakers will be led by industry experts and each track offers five instructional workshops presented by professionals renowned in their field. Registrants can opt to register for sessions among one track or from multiple tracks.

Event Location: At the brand new Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Chicago Add PubU to your Outlook Calendar.

Pub U Blog:
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