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The Future of News Publishing

Business Models - Strategies - Tactics

9 - 10 October 2008
Rome, Italy
Language(s): English

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This executive forum will improve your understanding of the range of possible futures ahead and will help you to formulate your business development strategies.
Please have a look at the programme:

Session I: The strategic way into the future
Milestones and future developments in the news publishing industry
Reiner Mittelbach, CEO, IFRA, Germany

Implementing Balanced Score Cared in Newspaper Companies
Saleh Alhumaidan, Managing Director, Al-Yaum Media House, Saudi Arabia

Building revenue growth strategies: Learnings from different industries and applications to print media
Anand Ramabhadran, Chief Strategy Officer, Hindustan Times Media Ltd., India

Interactive Session: Why and how would you invest in the media industry?
Jochen Dieckow, Business and New Media Research, IFRA
Christiane Schmidt, Business Development Manager (Events), IFRA, Germany


Best practice of cross-media advertising: Mod My Motor
Andy Phelan, Editor, Herald Express, UK

Applied principles of innovation
John Tabor, Publisher, Seacoast Media Group, USA


Session II: Innovative examples of business development
Semantic search and navigation in news portals: Bringing the web to its potential
Dr. Sebastian Schaffert, Research & Development, Salzburg Research, Austria

Search with updated strategy
Mikal Rhode, Director/Vice President, Schibsted SAS, Norway


Session III: Tactics to stay relevant to the future customer
How to reach the community starting from the paper
Jack Knadjian, VP Publ. Market Segment, Worldwide Graphic Comm. Group, Kodak Communications Group, UK

What matters to our readers? Which media do users need?
Richard Reinsberg, Market Development Manager, Edda Media, Norway



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Fees / Prix / Preise

For members:
EUR 1.090 + VAT

For non-members:
EUR 1.490 + VAT

Cancellation: Should you register but be unable to attend, you may send a colleague. However, we would appreciate being informed of this in advance. Cancellations are accepted (less 10% handling charge) if made in writing and received until 27.09.2008. Any cancellations received hereafter will not be refunded.

Hotel

Villa Carpegna Jolly Hotel
Via Pio IV, 6
00165 Roma
Italy
Tel.: +39.06.393731
Fax: +39.06.636856

Single room: EUR 200 incl. VAT

Villa Carpegna is situated just a few kilometres from the historical centre of Rome.

Please use the hotel reservation form below. We hardly recommend to reserve your room as soon as possible.

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Christiane Schmidt

Business Development Manager (Events)
 +49.6151.733-771
 +49.6151.733-832
events@ifra.com

Impressions from 2008

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Quotes from 2008

"The "A-ha" moments almost at each and every speaker's presentations provided significant learning opportunities." Anand Ramabadran, Chief Strategy Officer, Hindustan Times Media Ltd., India

"Very interesting and very helpful presentations in the challenging times." Andy Phelan, Editor, Herald Express, UK

Where NEWS? research project
Have you ever thought about where the future of the news publishing industry will go?
This conference accompanies IFRA's 'Where NEWS?' initiative.
Research results