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  • We know how to provide attendees with exactly what they came to learn.
  • We know how to match the right speakers with the right audience.
  • We know how to create a learning environment from which everyone profits.

From ConnectivityWeek to FOSE, from COMDEX to Macworld Expo, from AppleFest to Harvard Computer Graphics Week, we've mastered proficiency in:

  • content research and development
  • speaker recruitment
  • keynote / VIP embassy 
  • advisory board liaison 
  • conference implementation
  • speaker management
  • authoring/editing promotional copy
  • onsite program management
  • quality control


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About the Principal: Peggy Kilburn

     Peggy Kilburn is a proficient director of such major conferences as COMDEX, MACWORLD Expo, AppleFest, Clio Creative Conference, ComNet, Harvard Computer Graphics Week, and Softcon.
     She currently serves as Keynote Liaison for Clasma Events, producers of leading events focused on Smart Grid and the new energy economy , including GridWeek, Grid+Interop, and ConnectivityWeek. In addition, she is Hall of Fame Project Liaison for Women In Technology International.
     As Editorial Events Director at 1105 Government Information Group, she created content, recruited speakers, brainstormed with advisory boards, and collaborated with editorial staff on some 50 conferences, client custom events, and e-seminars. Programs included FOSE; GovSec/USLaw; Open Government & Innovations; Virtualization, Cloud Computing & Green IT Summit; and sessions on XML, Contact Centers, Telework, CyberSecurity, Denial-of-Service Attacks, Data Center Security, RFID, Information Assurance, and more.     
     Previously, Ms. Kilburn served as Director of Conference Programs at pulvermedia, and as Conference Director for CeBIT America. She was the original creator of the MACWORLD Expo Conference in 1984, growing the event in size and profitability for 14 years. In her career, Peggy Kilburn has recruited and managed some 10,000 speakers, with a proven track record for successfully matching speakers and programs to mutual benefit.
     Before founding her own company in 1982, Ms. Kilburn helped establish Center for Management Research, a management consulting firm developing executive education programs for universities and major consulting firms; she was responsible for the development and administration of more than 2,000 programs for such clients as Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Digital Equipment Corporation, Harvard University, SRI International, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
     Earlier, Ms. Kilburn was Assistant Director of Continuing Education at Boston University; and at Arthur D. Little, Inc., she headed the firm's conference, seminar, and executive briefing activities. She began her career at the American Public Health Association in Washington, DC.

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