Keynote Speaker Announcement

The Penn State Web 2009 Conference will be held on Monday, June 8, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.  A full day of post-conference workshops will take place in the Business Building on Tuesday, June 9.

Mark Malseed will host the plenary session by offering a keynote address titled, "It's All About Simple Access." Malseed is the bestselling coauthor of The Google Story, a critically praised account of the search company that's being published in more than 25 languages worldwide. An investigative journalist and former researcher for Bob Woodward of The Washington Post, he was a named collaborator on the New York Times bestsellers Plan of Attack, Bush at War, and The Bureau and the Mole. He focuses his writing and consulting practice on the intersection of media and search, and has appeared as a guest commentator on ABC News, FOX, CBS, Al Jazeera and the BBC. He is the cofounder and executive editor of the next-generation news site, OhMyGov.com.

Mark's keynote presentation will move us away from focusing on search results and toward finding answers using even simpler access to even more information, anywhere, anytime and on any device.  He'll walk us through the complex Web and point out what it will take for us to connect to the audiences of the future.  As an added bonus, Mark will offer a breakout session on what is new in Web and mobile search.

In addition to this thought-provoking and timely keynote talk, the conference day will feature 24 breakout sessions, poster sessions and a town hall meeting.

For more information, please visit http://webconference.psu.edu.