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  <event>
    <city>Chicago</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-06-19</end-on>
    <full-description>Web Content 2008 brings together nationally recognized technology, content, and marketing authorities involved with creating, organizing, maintaining, and delivering web content. Presenters will share best practices, new approaches, lessons learned, and provide real-world examples. The two-day conference is divided into two tracks:

    * Web Content Strategies, Practices, and Standards
    * Web Content Tools and Technologies

Each track offers attendees a selection of workshops, case studies, and presentations lead by recognized Internet authorities. Attend all sessions in one track or mix-and-match sessions in any track to create a customized program. Held in an intimate setting in Downtown Chicago participation is limited.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">370</id>
    <region>IL</region>
    <short-description>Web Content 2008 brings together nationally recognized technology, content, and marketing authorities involved with creating, organizing, maintaining, and delivering web content. </short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-06-17</start-on>
    <title>Web Content 2008 Chicago</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.webcontent2008.com</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/370</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/370/webcontent2008logo.jpg</logo-url>
    <tag-string>cms, content, dynamic, email, information architecture, personalized, search engine optimization, wcms, web content</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Indianapolis</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-06-27</end-on>
    <full-description>Held in beautiful Indianapolis, IN, the theme of the Documentation &amp; Training Life Sciences 2008 Conference is The Right Prescription For Life Sciences Content. The event takes place June 23-26, 2008.

For $1,299 you get all of the following: 

    * Choice of pre-conference half-day workshops (June 23)
    * Choice of over 30 conference sessions (June 24-25)
    * Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (June 26)
    * Access to the networking cocktail reception (June 24)
    * Breakfast and carving station lunches during conference

Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center at Historic Union Station. Special rates are good for reservations made by May 23, 2008:

    * $139 (standard/double, taxes not included)

Indianapolis, the capital of the state of Indiana, commonly referred to as the Crossroads of America, is the 13th largest city in the United States, the second most populous capital in the country. Over 1.5 million people live in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area.

Life Sciences in Indiana: The life sciences industry is heavily represented in Indiana, employing more than 9% of the state population, or 274,109 of the state&#8217;s residents. Deloitte estimates nearly 578,000 jobs in Indiana are tied to healthcare and life sciences industries, while Milken Institute says the state has the second highest concentration of biopharma jobs in the nation.

Indiana was recently selected by Medco as home to the world&#8217;s most largest, automated pharmacy. The new 318,000-square-foot pharmacy, slated to open early in 2009, will cover an area equivalent to six and a half football fields&#8212;bringing approximately 1,300 new jobs to the state by its anticipated peak operation in 2012.

The state is home to over 1000 life sciences firms, including:

    * Eli Lilly and Company
    * Roche Diagnostics
    * Guidant Corporation
    * Cook Medical

Need more information about this event? Contact Scott Abel at +1 317.466.1840 or scottabel AT mac DOT com.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">373</id>
    <region>IN</region>
    <short-description>DocTrain Life Sciences explores solutions to content challenges faced by pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and health and hospital corporations. </short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-06-23</start-on>
    <title>Documentation and Training Life Sciences 2008</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.doctrain.com/life</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/373</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/373/DocTrain_LifeSciences.jpg</logo-url>
    <tag-string>cms, documentation, life sciences, medical writing, ndas, new drug applications, pharmaceutical, science, social networks, spl, structured product labeling, technical communication, wcms, web 20, web content, xml</tag-string>
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