There's a sense of anticipation in the San Jose air. It's summertime and what's hotter than the Fahrenheit (or Celsius) in the Silicon Valley city this time of year? Perhaps it's the influx of high-tech and Internet companies gearing up to attend Search Engine Strategies(SES) at the San Jose Convention Center. August 20th won't just be another Manic Monday, but instead it marks the onset of this four-day conference where attendees will learn the latest in search and search marketing developments and solutions.

Between Yahoo!'s Search and Search Marketing teams, we're participating in a total of 16 panels throughout the four-day event, spanning topics like universal search, personalization, traffic quality, and ad targeting.

Here's where the Yahoo! Search clan will be, but don't forget to refer to your conference agenda to help you maneuver your way through the masses of marketers and seasoned SES alum who'll be there.

Monday, August 20

11:00 a.m. -- 12:30 p.m.
Universal & Blended Vertical Search: Tim Mayer, VP of Product Management

2:00 -- 3:30 p.m.
Personalization, User Data & Search: Tim Mayer, VP of Product Management

Tuesday, August 21

1:30 -- 2:45 p.m.
Images & Search Engines: Cris Pierry, Director of Web Search and Multi-media Search

4:45 -- 6:00 p.m.
Meet The Video Search Engines: Cris Pierry, Director of Web Search and Multi-media Search

Wednesday, August 22

1:30 -- 2:45 p.m.
Duplicate Content & Multiple Site Issues: Priyank Garg, Director of Product Management

3:15 -- 4:30 p.m.
CSS, AJAX, Web 2.0 & Search Engines: Amit Kumar, Sr. Engineering Manager

4:45 -- 6:00 p.m.
Search Engine Q&A on Links: Sean Suchter, Director of Yahoo! Search Technology

Thursday, August 23

10:45 am -- 12:00 p.m.
Meet The Crawlers: Sean Suchter, Director of Yahoo! Search Technology

There'll be a number of discussions going on, so don't hesitate to stop by. And check out the YSM Blog for additional panels from the YSM team.

Sean Suchter
Yahoo! Search