When the accreditation will program start

Listen to Tim Hawthorne's video interview with ERA's Sigi Friedman for more information.

Sigi Friedman: The first accreditation classes will be rolled out at the 2008 ERA Annual Convention in Las Vegas.  There will be eight classes offered over two days, and that’s September 22 and 23.  The second part of the process is the opportunity to sit for an exam, and that will be rolled out at the eRetailer Summit in March 2009.  And then you can sit it again at the annual conference.  We will be offering accreditation and master education classes at both the annual and the eRetailer Summit; and we are looking basically for the highest level of education in those two things.  The master class series at the annual conference will include Forrester Research, JupiterResearch and Harris Interactive, all of whom will be moderating the master classes and populating them with their clients; and therefore we’re going to get some very interesting and more interactive education.