Enterprise Search Summit West is an intensive, 2-day learning experience that covers the nuts and bolts of developing and managing an internal search capability. The conference is a co-located sister conference to KMWorld & Intranets 2008.

The concentrated curriculum, which has been completely revised and updated for 2008, offers a structured learning environment where information managers and IT professionals can grasp the strategies and get the know-how they need to make the content that they are acquiring, publishing, organizing, and managing not only searchable, but “findable.”

Enterprise Search Summit West is a unique opportunity for companies to reach a target audience of decision makers that is tightly focused on enterprise search functions, software, and solutions.

The Enterprise Search Showcase (located within the KMWorld & Intranets exhibit hall) offers opportunities for demos and conversations, or behind-the-scenes consultations with serious prospects. The tutorial speaking slots, available only to the eight Platinum sponsors, are an excellent opportunity to be front and center with this key target audience.

Topics will include:

• Implementing search
• Selecting the right search engine
• Next-generation search concepts
• Taxonomies, metadata, and search
• Troubleshooting your search application
• Best practices and lessons learned
• Search and content management
• Upgrading your search engine
• Making internal search work
• Search for unstructured data
• The ROI on search
• Case studies & real-world search

Enterprise Search Summit has been held for the past 3 years in NY—with attendance exceeding expectations in both years. This West Coast version of the event, held in conjunction with KMWorld & Intranets, will bring together a large group of professionals looking for enterprise search solutions. The exhibit hall allows you access to the attendees throughout the entire event. Sponsorships are limited and an early sellout is likely.