"The Money or the Box ? Commercialisation lessons from LookSmart".

The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering

2003 Innovation Lecture

6.00pm for 6.30pm

Melbourne

Date: Tuesday 3 June 2003

Venue: Novotel on Collins

270 Collins Street, Melbourne

Sydney

Date: Wednesday 4 June 2003

Venue: Four Seasons Hotel (formerly The Regent Hotel)

199 George Street, Sydney

The Speaker:

Mr Evan Thonley, Chairman of Looksmart will deliver the 2003 Warren Centre Innovation Lecture to an audience in Sydney & Melbourne.

Founded in Australia in 1995 with the simple but ambitious goal of helping people find what they are looking for on the Internet, LookSmart is the global leader in Web directories and search-targeted marketing.  LookSmart is publicly listed in both the United States (NASDAQ: LOOK) and Australia (ASX: LOK).  LookSmart helps more than 80,000 businesses harness the power of Search Targeted Marketing to generate qualified leads.  As the global leader in building, distributing, and creating revenue from Web directories, LookSmart offers databases that are searched 60 million times a day worldwide. LookSmart reported a maiden  Operating Profit in the fourth quarter of 2002.

In the US, the LookSmart network reaches 77% of Internet users.  In Australia, the LookSmart network reaches 80% of Australian Internet users, making LookSmart Australia the number one network search provider in the country.

Before founding LookSmart in October 1995, Evan was consulting at McKinsey & Company, the global consulting firm, in their New York, Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne offices.  He served clients in the media, telecommunications and consumer goods sectors, and was a leader in the global online advertising practice group.  Evan holds degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of Melbourne.