SphinnCon Israel: February 5, 2008

The first ever SphinnCon is now complete and turned out to be a huge success. We have links to complete coverage at Search Engine Land. You can see live blog coverage in both Hebrew and English, as well as videos and images from the Jerusalem, Israel event. In addition, you can download the three presentations via these links:

Date: February 5, 2008

Time: Noon to 6pm

Location
Jerusalem College of Technology
(21 HaVaad Haleumi St, Givat Mordechai, Jerusalem -- see map)

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Cost: US $50

Max Attendance: 150

Language: English

Agenda

  • Noon-12:30pm
    Refreshments & Snacks

  • 12:30pm-12:45pm
    Welcome
    Barry Schwartz, Executive Editor Of Search Engine Roundtable & SphinnCon Israel chair

  • 12:45pm-1:45pm
    SEO Panel: Paid Links & Penalties
    Local experts on SEO will do short presentations and take questions.

    Moderator: Barry Schwartz, SphinnCon Israel Chair
    Presenters:
    Branko Rihtman, SEO Specialist at Tens Technology - Download the presentation
    Ophir Cohen, CEO of Compucall
    Sam Michelson, CEO of Five Blocks
    Gilad Sasson, Search Marketing Analyst at Nekuda.co.il

  • 1:45pm-2pm
    Networking Break

  • 2pm-3pm
    PPC Panel: Will the PPC Model Hold Up as Click Prices Rise?
    Local experts on paid search will do short presentations and take questions.

    Moderator: Barry Schwartz, SphinnCon Israel Chair
    Presenters:
    Itai Levitan, Managing Partner at EasyNet
    Avi Wilensky, CEO of Promedia Corp - Download the presentation
    Alon Sheafer, Founder of Kenshoo
    Tal Cohen, Finance and Technology Industry Manager at Google Israel
    Michael G. Samet, Ph.D., CEO, Referral Technology, Inc.

  • 3pm-3:30pm
    Networking Break

  • 3:30pm-4:30pm
    Social Panel: Should You Social?

    Moderator: Barry Schwartz, SphinnCon Israel Chair
    Presenters:
    Eli Feldblum, CEO of RankAbove - Download the presentation
    Tzvika Avnery, Partner at Tagadam
    Roi Carthy, TechCrunch
    Lior Hener, Yedda

  • 4:30pm-6pm
    Networking Cocktail
    Location: Outside Lobby at LCT
  • 8:00pm - Late
    SphinnCon Party : eToro and K
    Free entrance; Free drinks; Paid traffic.
    "Hatachana" ("The station") Bar, Yehuda Halevi 43, Tel Aviv.
    http://tinyurl.com/268k52

Registration
Use this form to register. You can also let others know you'll be there via this Facebook group or the SphinnCon Israel event page on Sphinn.


Official Sponsors

SphinnCon Israel Contributors
RustyBrick
RankAbove
Tens Technology
SearchMarketing.co.il

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