HostingCon 2006, a conference and tradeshow for the hosting industry, today announced that it will feature three keynotes that will expose trends in the hosting industry, what successful hosting providers are doing to succeed and how the hosting industry fits into mainstream IT.

The opening keynote on Monday, July 17, 2006 at 2:00pm will be delivered by Thornton May, Executive Director and Dean at the IT Leadership Academy. 'Understanding and Connecting with the Future Computational Mainstream' will take attendees through the minds of mainstream IT leaders to learn their expectations of their strategic partners. 

On Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 10:00am, four CEOs of hosting companies will gather for the panel 'Lessons from the Trenches - What Works NOW,' moderated by technology attorney David Snead. Panelists for this keynote include Ian Andrusyk, President and CEO of FastServers.Net, Lou Honick, CEO of HostMySite.com, Robert Marsh, CEO of EV1Servers and Jeffrey Stibel, President and CEO of Interland. Each panelist will share their examples of how they beat expectations in the hosting market for 2005.

The final keynote, 'What the Other Analysts Won't Tell You About the Hosting Industry,' will be delivered by industry analyst Andrew Schroepfer, President, Tier1 Research. The presentation will detail what tomorrow's landscape might look like unless others challenge some of the new leadership class, said the company.