Discussion of California’s efforts to enact affiliate taxation legislation as Linda Woods discusses the affiliate tax issue with industry leaders David Lewis, Beth Kirsch and Peter Bordes. The panel discusses the ins and outs of the law – why it would be bad for the affiliate marketing industry – and what could happen if it becomes law. Also learn how you can get involved in the efforts to halt this legislation.

Affiliate Article Syndication Directory AffSphere is launched and Anik Singal, CEO of Affiliate Classroom, tells us how it works differently from a content submission setup, plus find out the kind of revshare you can get with it.

Rachel Honoway, VP Marketing of Affiliate Classroom, and she will be unveiling the all day Affiliate Manager Workshop they will be putting on the day before Affiliate Summit in Boston.

Linda Woods previews the 2008 EcomXpo virtual tradeshow conference for emarketers with event specialist Mike Colan, who tells us about the expericence, purchasing by eTail, education, exhibitors, and registration information.

A Roundtable discussion on the New York Affiliate Tax Law that went into effect on June 1st that now affects tax registration, collection, and affiliate advertising of tangible products.

Linda Woods moderates this discussion with Brian Littleton of ShareASale, Linda Buquet of 5 Star Affiliate Forum, and Cicely Lancit of Affiliopolis.

Kathleen Madigan of Affiliate Classroom discusses the research and discovery process involving and formation of the Perfomance Marketing Alliance, in order to create one of the very first Affiliate Marketing Associations, plus a discussion on the events in New York that led to the need of this alliance.

Colin Telford, Affiliate Director for RO-Eye.com discusses the state of affiliate marketing there; what networks are doing well, what are merchants looking for, plus is possible expansion to US or other points globally more relevant.

Get an inside look in the state of affiliate marketing in the UK including what networks are doing well, the relevance of expanding to the US, plus pros and cons of affiliates in the UK and US.

Jim Lillig from online ad agency Traffic Tactics speak about what affiliate marketers and publishers deal with in their campaigns, plus he discusses the tools he helped to develop.

Thor Schrock, the man behind Top Affiliate Challenge, where teams will promote real affiliate products on the internet to real potential customers in a competition for prizes.