Jane Dysart monitors trends across North America from her office in Toronto. She plans the annual Internet Librarian, Computers in Libraries and KMWorld conferences on both coasts, staying just ahead of the curve with the help of numerous mentors and colleagues. Ms. Dysart was manager of Information Resources for the Royal Bank before forming Dysart and Jones, a consulting firm focusing on strategic planning, knowledge management and service design. She is a former president of SLA, recipient of the John Cotton Dana Award, instructor at the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto and a member of the SLIS International Advisory Council.