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FOBM Final Program: The Book, In Full Color

By Rafat Ali - Tue 23 Oct 2007 10:28 PM PST

So 5 days left to go before ”Future of Business Media” conference activities start, and we have the final program book for your perusal...the digital/PDF copy, that is. You can down from below, or here.

Here’s what the speakers list look like now:

In-person speakers: Chris Ahearn, President, Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) Media; Neil Ashe, CEO, CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks; David Carey, Publisher, Conde Nast Portfolio; Bob Carrigan, President, IDG Communications; Neil Cavuto, SVP/Anchor/ME, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network; Susan Clark, Publisher, Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa, The Economist; Gordon Crovitz, EVP, Dow Jones (NYSE: DJ) and Publisher, The Wall Street Journal; Trevor Fellows, Global Head of Media Sales, Bloomberg; Lauren Rich Fine, former newspaper analyst, Merrill Lynch; Keith Fox, President, BusinessWeek; Mark Hoffman, President, CNBC; Peter Horan, CEO, IAC Media & Advertising; Alan Ives, SVP, Sales, CNNMoney.com; David Jackson, CEO, Seeking Alpha; John Koten, CEO, Mansueto Ventures; David Levin, CEO, United Business Media; Om Malik, Founder, GigaOmniMedia; Roger McNamee, Managing Director, Elevation Partners; Alan Meckler, CEO, Jupitermedia; Scott Moore, SVP, News and Information, Yahoo; Rob Norman, CEO, Global, GroupM; Steve Rattner, Managing Principal, Quadrangle Group; Gloria Scoby, SVP, Group Publisher, Crain Communications; Jane Seagrave, VP, New Media Markets, The Associated Press; Tad Smith, CEO, Reed Business Information; Patrick Spain, CEO, HighBeam Research; Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Forbes.com; Greg Strakosch, CEO, TechTarget; John Suhler, President, Veronis Suhler Stevenson; Devin Wenig, COO, Reuters; Kathy Yates, CEO, AllBusiness.com.

On video: Ann Moore, CEO, Time Inc; Larry Kramer, founder, MarketWatch; Jim Cramer, founder, TheStreet.com.

One unfortunate last minute change: Tom Clarke, Jr, the CEO of TheStreet.com, dropped out earlier this morning, after saying yes just 11 days ago...the book went to print the day he said yes, so he’s in there. Here’s the PR’s response in response to my question: what changed? “His calendar.” Highly unprofessional on the company’s part, if you ask me.

Some tickets are still left...you can register here.

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From jane Wed 24 Oct 2007 05:47 AM

Actually, what’s really unprofessional is publicly criticizing your absentee speaker. Show some grace as the host and get over yourself.

From John C. Smith Wed 24 Oct 2007 07:43 AM

Second that—totally agree.

From Rafat Ali Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:09 AM

Sorry Jane...you can’t say yes 11 days ago, while we hold the program book for you, and then not even have the decency to have a decent explanation of why you’re backing out, and then be rude to us while backing out on the phone. Sorry, but I completely disagree.

From jane Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:48 AM

It’s your party, and if you want to publicly burn bridges, have at it. But at some point, you might find speakers reluctant to commit at all, if they think they might be publicly lambasted if they do something you don’t like. I don’t know Tom Clarke, and I don’t know whether his office treated you rudely or whether he’s got an undisclosed illness. Frankly, it’s not the place of a host or conference organizer to demand (or expect) reasons for a cancellation. It’s too bad you have to deal with the cancellation, but dealing with it It’s your party, and if you want to publicly burn bridges, have at it. But at some point, you might find speakers reluctant to commit at all, if they think they might be publicly lambasted if they do something you don’t like. I don’t know Tom Smith, and I don’t know whether his office treated you rudely or whether he’s got an undisclosed illness. Frankly, it’s not the place of a host or conference organizer to demand (or expect) reasons for a cancellation. It’s unfortunate that you have to deal with the cancellation, but dealing with it elegantly is simply part of running a business that’s more complex than a daily blog.

From Rafat Ali Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:53 AM

We can agree to disagree. And I am grateful for your concern about us, though.

From jane Wed 24 Oct 2007 05:47 AM: Actually, what’s really unprofessional is publicly criticizing your absentee speaker. Show some grace as the host and get over yourself.

From John C. Smith Wed 24 Oct 2007 07:43 AM: Second that—totally agree.

From Rafat Ali Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:09 AM: Sorry Jane...you can’t say yes 11 days ago, while we hold the program book for you, and then not even have the decency to have a decent explanation of why you’re backing out, and then be rude to us while backing out on the phone. Sorry, but I completely disagree.

From jane Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:48 AM: It’s your party, and if you want to publicly burn bridges, have at it. But at some point, you might find speakers reluctant to commit at all, if they think they might be publicly lambasted if they do something you don’t like. I don’t know Tom Clarke, and I don’t know whether his office treated you rudely or whether he’s got an undisclosed illness. Frankly, it’s not the place of a host or conference organizer to demand (or expect) reasons for a cancellation. It’s too bad you have to deal with the cancellation, but dealing with it It’s your party, and if you want to publicly burn bridges, have at it. But at some point, you might find speakers reluctant to commit at all, if they think they might be publicly lambasted if they do something you don’t like. I don’t know Tom Smith, and I don’t know whether his office treated you rudely or whether he’s got an undisclosed illness. Frankly, it’s not the place of a host or conference organizer to demand (or expect) reasons for a cancellation. It’s unfortunate that you have to deal with the cancellation, but dealing with it elegantly is simply part of running a business that’s more complex than a daily blog.

From Rafat Ali Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:53 AM: We can agree to disagree. And I am grateful for your concern about us, though.

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