April 10, 2014:
Personal Digital Archiving Conference, Indianapolis

I will be speaking on "Preserving your digital photos using free or low cost software" at the 2014 Personal Digital Archiving conference at the Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana.

December 17, 2013:
ASPP "Archiving Techniques for Image Buyers & Sellers"

I was featured in the first webinar put together by the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) titled "Archiving Techniques for Image Buyers & Sellers" on December 17, 2013. A video of the webinar is available, as well as links to many of the resources and software tools mentioned in the discussion with ASPP president, Sam Merrell.

June 13, 2013:
International Photo Metadata Conference, Barcelona

I will be giving a presentation on "The Camera: a Source of Rights Metadata?" showing how closely latest digitial cameras are connected to the internet at the International Photo Metadata Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

May 8, 2013:
The "Copyright Killings" Webinar

I was a featured panelist in Picturepark's "The Copyright Killings" webinar discussing how the business practices of social media networks mixed with pending (and current) global legislation could create the “perfect storm” of "orphan works" chaos. The webinar can still be viewed at the URL above (that page also includes links to sites and resources mentioned during the webinar, and answers to questions posed during the webinar but not answered live due to time constraints).

August 29, 2012:
The Tao of Taxonomy Webinar

I was featured in Picturepark's "DAM and the Tao of Taxonomy" webinar speaking about the advantages of the proper use of taxonomy and controlled vocabularies in digital asset management software. The webinar can be viewed online at the URL above, and that page also includes answers to questions posed during the webinar but not answered live due to time constraints.

July 18, 2012:
SLA Conference, Chicago

I will be participating in a panel discussion as part of the Taxonomy track: "Digital Asset Management: Techniques for Indexing Non-Textual Content" in Chicago.

March 13, 2012:
IDEAlliance Tech 2011 Conference, Chicago

I will be giving a "Hands-On Learning Lab" in Creating Smart Objects (embedding metadata into various digital assets) at the IDEAlliance Premedia Technology Conference.

September 21-25, 2011:
International Festival of Photography: Paraty, Brazil

This fall I'll be traveling south (very south) to speak on the topic of "The Future" at the International Festival of Photography in Paraty, Brazil: Paraty Em Focu, September 21 through 25, 2011. View the translated site (via Google:Translate) at ParatyEmFocu.

October 22-23, 2009:
Createasphere DAM Conference, Chicago

I'll be spending the day of July 20, 2011 speaking at the Createasphere Digital Asset Management Conference in Chicago about "Connecting the Dots on Metadata and Search with Controlled Vocabulary."

October 22-23, 2011:
IDEAlliance Tech 2011 Conference, Chicago

I will be giving a presentation on "Making Smart Assets" at the IDEAlliance Tech 2011 conference.

March 16-21, 2010:
Visual Resources Assn. 28th Annual Conf., Atlanta

I've been invited to speak as part of the "Embedded Metadata: share, deliver, preserve" panel at the 28th Annual conference of the VRA in Atlanta on March 20, 2010. Details about the summit are available on the VRA website.

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