Roger Summit Lecture Award Honorees

Roger SummitPast Presidents of the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) fund the Roger Summit Lecture Award to bring an inspiring and stimulating speaker to AIIP's annual professional development and networking event.

The award is named to recognize Roger Summit, the founder of DIALOG and a long-time AIIP supporter. Summit has inspired members with his demonstration of self-renewal and continual learning through dialogue at professional conferences and meetings, including several AIIP conferences.

Roger Summit delivered the first lecture in the series in 1999, setting a precedent for lively exchange between the award speaker and AIIP members at the conference. Now in retirement, he has continued to be a major figure in the field of online information retrieval.

Year          
2024 Susan Tenby
 Online community builder at TechSoup
 
2023
 Tony Zanders
 Software entrepreneur; founder and CEO of Skilltype
 
2022 Jill Hurst-Wahl
 Consultant, speaker, writer, researcher, and educator
 
2021 Emily Binder
 Entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of Beetle Moment Marketing and WealthVoice
 
2020 Joyce Ward
 Taxonomist and ontologist; expert in making information findable
 
2019 Susan Feldman
 Expert in cognitive computing, search, and text analytics
 
2018 Clare Hart
 Innovative leader in the information services industry
 
2017

Anne Caputo

Specialist in information management, content licensing, and user behavior

2016   Bruce Rosenstein   Author, biographer, instructor, and librarian
 
2015   Elizabeth Trudell   Information industry stalwart and Columbia University lecturer  
2014   Lee Rainie   Director of Internet & Technology Research, Pew Research Center  
2013   Aaron Templer   Visionary in authentic branding and marketing; lecturer on social leadership
 
2012   Angie Hicks   Founder, Angie's List
 
2011   David Meerman Scott   Best-selling author on marketing and leadership
 
2010   Peter Shankman   Founder, Help A Reporter Out (HARO)
 
2009   Stephen Abram   Library and information industry strategist and advocate
 
2008   James Surowiecki   Author, The Wisdom of Crowds; economics columnist at The New Yorker magazine
 
2007   Peter Morville   Pioneer in information architecture
 
2006   Pamela McCorduck   Explorer of frontiers in artificial intelligence
 
2005   John Schwartz   Science reporter for The New York Times
 
2004   Tim Andrews   CEO of Factiva, a leading information solutions provider
 
2001   Dr. Carlos A. Cuadra   Creator of the Cuadra Directory of Online Databases
 
2000   Dr. Matthew Koll   Search technology expert and founder of 410 Labs
 
1999   Dr. Roger Summit   Founder of DIALOG Information Services
 

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