The Online Community Business Forum is coming together nicely. We are hosting the invitation-based event May 3 – 4 in Sonoma.

We’re fortunate to have some really experienced groups coming: Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM, eBay, Sun, Autodesk, Cisco, TV Guide, and Consumer Reports.

The draft agenda is set, and Jim and I are working on refining it based on the attendees. The cool thing about doing a relatively small and invitation-based conference like this is that we can really tailor the content to the attendees.

The working agenda, as it stands:

Thursday May 3rd
1:00 – 1:30: Registration at Saddles
1:30 – 2:30: Session 1 / Introductions and Welcome
2:30 – 3:15: Session 2 / The State of Online Community
3:30 – 4:00: Break
4:00 – 5:00: Session 3 / Business Models
5:00 – 5:30: Wine Tasting
7:00 – 8:30: Wine, Hors Doeuvres – El Dorado Kitchen

Friday May 4th
8:30 – 9:30: Registration / Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30: Community and Good Ideas Demos (open podium)
9:30 – 10:00: Introductions
10:00 – 11:00: Session 4 / Subscriber Income
11:00 – 11:30: Break
11:30 – 12:30: Advertising & Marketing Panel
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch
1:30 – 2:30: Break Out Sessions – Community ROI, Support Communities, Developer Communities
2:30 – 3:00: Break
3:00 – 4:00: Session 6: On the Horizon: Future Online Community Business Models
4:00 – 5:00: Wine and Snack
Evening: No host dinners at Café LaHaye, Saddles, elsewhere (optional)

The other really cool think about hosting an event in Sonoma is that we have ready access to the world’s best wines.

Drop me a line if you would like to learn more about the event, please: bjohnston@forumone.com.