For USA football fans, this is an exciting day as the 2012-2013 NFL season kicks-off tonight.

For fans of content technologies (I know you are out there!) this time of year also marks the start of the 2012 autumn conference season. We love this time of year as it is our chance to reveal our latest research findings and meet you face-to-face.

This year, Real Story Group analysts will be participating in a variety of fantastic events around the world:

Henry Stewart DAM Chicago
Chicago, IL -- 13-Sep-2012 - 13-Sep-2012
DAM in 2012: What's New, What's Next 

Createasphere's Digital Asset Management Conference
NY -- 27-Sep-2012 - 28-Sep-2012
Seminar: Fundamentals of DAM: The Technology In-Depth 
Session: How To Select a DAM System: Best Practices, Pitfalls To Avoid, and a Look at the Market in 2013 

Text Analytics World
Boston, MA -- 03-Oct-2012 - 04-Oct-2012
Selecting the Right Social Media Monitoring Tools 

INTEROP
Mumbai, India -- 10-Oct-2012 - 12-Oct-2012
Gamification - Is it just a fad or a useful tool for Indian Enterprises? 

The Right Way to Buy Business Technology
Washington D.C. -- 16-Oct-2012 - 16-Oct-2012

The Social and Mobile Workplace
Washington D.C. -- 16-Oct-2012 - 16-Oct-2012

SharePoint Symposium
Washington D.C. -- 18-Oct-2012 - 19-Oct-2012

Document Strategy Forum
Greenwich, CT, USA -- 29-Oct-2012 - 31-Oct-2012
The Real Story on Enterprise Social and Collaboration Vendors

Henry Stewart DAM Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA -- 01-Nov-2012 - 02-Nov-2012
Workshop: Fundamentals of DAM: The Technology In-Depth 

E2 Innovate
Santa Clara, CA, USA -- 12-Nov-2012 - 15-Nov-2012

i2 Swiss Internet & Intranet SUMMIT
Zurich, Switzerland -- 20-Nov-2012 - 21-Nov-2012
Keynote-Session: Mastering the Sharable Content Strategy for Social Media & Social Intranet 

Gilbane Conference 2012
Boston, MA USA -- 27-Nov-2012 - 29-Nov-2012
Digital Asset Management 101 & Very Fun Case Study 
Digital Marketing: Technology & Operations 
Insider's Guide to Selecting WCM Technology 

As always, you can keep tabs on upcoming events on our Events page. Hopefully we'll get a chance to meet you over the next few months -- please make sure to stop by and chat about your content technology challenges (or just to talk about some football!)