Agenda : INTERNET DATING CONFERENCE (Nice 2004)
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Thursday - July 15, 2004 Rhodes Room 9 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
08:00 AM	-=-=-=-=-	Registration / Exhibit Hall opens
08:20 AM	Marc Lesnick (The Conference Organizer)	Opening remarks
08:30 AM	Judith Meskill (Senior Editor) Weblogs Inc.	Keynote Address: State of the Social Networking and Online Dating Industry in Europe
09:15 AM	Ewout Keuleers (Attorney At Law) ULYS Law Firm	Advertising and Online Privacy Laws in Europe for Online Dating and Social Networking
10:00 AM	-=-=-=-=-	Networking Break (Rhodes Room 10)
10:45 AM	Dr. Jim Houran (Director of Psychological Studies) True.com	Ethics in Cross-Cultural Compatibility Testing in Europe: An Opportunity for Industry Growth
11:15 AM	Jackie Elton (CEO) Christian Connection	Religious Related and Niche-Oriented Dating within the United Kingdom and Ireland
11:45 AM	William Cooper (Chief Marketing Officer) Trade Doubler	Affiliate Programs for European Online Dating Websites: Affiliate Promotion and Retention
12:15 PM	-=-=-=-=-	Lunch
	WORKSHOP A Rhodes Room 9 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
01:30 PM	Laurent Klopocki (Managing Director) KLD Media Romain Achard (Directeur associé) Nouveau Jour	Workshop: Online Marketing Campaigns to France and Germany for Dating and Social Networking Websites
	WORKSHOP B Rhodes Room 11 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
01:30 PM	Michael Jones (CEO) Userplane	Workshop: Advanced Interactive Application Development Within Multi-Lingual Dating Environments
	EXHIBITOR SEMINAR SERIES Risso Room 6 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
01:30 PM	CallKey	The Call Key Product Showcase
3:00 PM	-=-=-=-=-	Networking Break (Rhodes Room 10)
	WORKSHOP A Rhodes Room 9 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
03:30 PM	Morten Wagner (Director of Marketing) Dating.dk	Workshop: The Scandanavian Singles Market - How to Attract, Convert and Retain Singles Online
	WORKSHOP B Rhodes Room 11 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
03:30 PM	Gary Jackson (SVP Field Operations) Quova Jan Manten (CEO) Global Collect	Joint Workshop on Payments: [Quova] Technological Methods for Minimizing Credit Card Fraud within the E.U. for Dating and Social Networking Websites [Global Collect] Payment Options in the European Union - How to Maximize Conversions for Dating Sites Utilizing Various Online Payment Systems
	EXHIBITOR SEMINAR SERIES Risso Room 6 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
03:30 PM	Userplane	The Userplane Product Showcase
05:45 PM	-=-=-=-=-	IDEA OASIS INAUGURAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Internet Dating Executive Alliance / Online Association for Social Industry Standards Attendance is optional (Location: Grand Hotel Aston) Rooftop 12 Avenue Félix Faure 06000 Nice France Tel: +33 (0) 4 92 17 53 00
07:30 PM	-=-=-=-=-	COCKTAIL RECEPTION (Complimentary Hors D'ouvres and Drinks) (Location: Grand Hotel Aston) Rooftop 12 Avenue Félix Faure 06000 Nice France Tel: +33 (0) 4 92 17 53 00
09:30 PM	-=-=-=-=-	End of Day 1
Friday - July 16, 2004 Rhodes Room 9 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
09:00 AM	Andy Maccabe (Managing Director)	Gaining Critical Mass: Startup for an Online Dating Site in Europe
09:45 AM	-=-=-=-=-	Networking Break (Rhodes Room 10)
10:30 AM	Steve Lavine (CEO) Transparensee Systems	e è é ê ë : Issues with character-based UNICODE search and the development of smart metadata search techniques for social networking and online dating back-end systems
11:00 AM	To Be Announced	To Be Announced
11:30 AM	Lorraine Adams (Marketing Director) One Saturday Plc	Using Press Releases within Europe for Attracting Online Dating Customers
12:00 PM	-=-=-=-=-	Lunch
	WORKSHOP A Rhodes Room 9 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
01:30 PM	Jason Smith (UK Affiliate Director) eSpotting	Workshop: Pay Per Clicks and Search Engine Marketing for an Online Dating / Social Networking website to the E.U.
	WORKSHOP B Rhodes Room 11 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
01:30 PM	To Be Announced	Workshop: The European Mobile Dating Market - Technology, Trends and Implementation Issues
03:00 PM	-=-=-=-=-	Networking Break (Rhodes Room 10)
	PANEL Rhodes Room 9 & 10 - Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
03:30 PM	Morton Wagner (Director of Marketing) Dating.dk Marc Simoncini (CEO) Meetic Agustin Marreins (Director of International Personals ) Planet Out, Inc. Sandra Crawford Williamson (Chief Global Officer) True.com Lars Hinrichs (President) OpenBC Additional Panelists TBA	The Online Dating Industry - Issues from Executives and Management
05:30 PM	-=-=-=-=-	Conference Adjourns
Saturday - July 17, 2004 Meet in front of Nice Acropolis Convention Centre
10:00 AM		BUS TRIP TO SAINT PAUL-DE-VENCE (Attendance is optional) We have arranged a bus to depart from the Nice Acropolis to Saint Paul-de-Vence. We have only 53 seats on this bus. Delegates and family members are welcome to attend. Please RSVP at the conference. Meet in front of the Acropolis at 10:00 AM. Bus will depart at 10:15AM promptly. The bus will return to Nice at 4:00 PM.