Roger Summit Lecture Award Honorees
Past 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.
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| 2025 | Emily Green | Entrepreneur, founder of Grace Communications and Emily Green LLC | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2012 | Angie Hicks | Founder, Angie's List |
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| 2011 | David Meerman Scott | Best-selling author on marketing and leadership |
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| 2010 | Peter Shankman | Founder, Help A Reporter Out (HARO) |
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| 2009 | Stephen Abram | Library and information industry strategist and advocate |
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| 2008 | James Surowiecki | Author, The Wisdom of Crowds; economics columnist at The New Yorker magazine |
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| 2007 | Peter Morville | Pioneer in information architecture |
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| 2006 | Pamela McCorduck | Explorer of frontiers in artificial intelligence |
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| 2005 | John Schwartz | Science reporter for The New York Times |
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| 2004 | Tim Andrews | CEO of Factiva, a leading information solutions provider |
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| 2001 | Dr. Carlos A. Cuadra | Creator of the Cuadra Directory of Online Databases |
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| 2000 | Dr. Matthew Koll | Search technology expert and founder of 410 Labs |
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| 1999 | Dr. Roger Summit | Founder of DIALOG Information Services |
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