Australian Rod Kenning will lead a networking lunch for small and mid-size publishers at next month’s World Newspaper Congress in Turin.
Organiser WAN-Ifra has scheduled a session – entitled ‘One size does not fit all: maximising results with limited capacity and smart approaches’ – on June 10, recognising that independent publishers, family-owned newspapers, small scale and mid-size media operations can be more creative, flexible and responsive.
Speakers will be Dagsavisen (Norway) chief executive and editor-in-chief Eirik Hoff Lysholm, Ernst-Jan Pfauth (publisher of online journalism venture De Correspondent in the Netherlands and a former editor-in-chief of NRC Media) and George Nimeh (chief digital officer at Kurier in Austria).
Kenning is group general manager of Polaris Media – the privately-owned publisher of the Australian Jewish News and Melbourne-based Property Review Weekly – and a newly-appointed WAN-Ifra ambassador for small and medium independent news media. “Our key aim is to ensure ongoing networking opportunities after the Congress and to have our voices heard in the new media landscape so we can shape the future of news,” he says.
The 66th World Newspaper Congress, 21st World Editors Forum and 24th World Advertising Forum take place from June 9-11 and are expected to draw more than 1000 publishers, chief editors and other senior newspaper executives to the Italian city. More details at http://www.wan-ifra.org/torino2014
For an invitation to the networking lunch and to become part of the new small and medium-size media initiative, please contact Alison Meston, director of global campaigns, email alison.meston@wan-ifra.org
• The WNC, WEF and WAF events are built around an opening ceremony which will feature the presentation of the annual Golden Pen of Freedom award, and will be accompanied by an array of social and networking events.
WAN-Ifra chief executive Vincent Peyrégne says the organisation is “particularly proud” of a programme which brings together the traditional strengths of news media “with a recognition and a variety of responses to the disruption that has become a constant force in our industry”.
Highlights include:
- National Security, liberty, regulation, and the role of the press in the digital age, which will feature Gary Pruitt, president and chief executive of Associated Press, Guy Black, executive editor of Telegraph Media Group in the United Kingdom; Janine Gibson, editor-in-chief, theguardian.com and deputy editor of Guardian News and Media, and Claudio Paolillo, chairman of the Press Freedom and Information Committee of the Inter-American Press Association.
- “How to transform your business for the multi-platform world,” which will include John Paton, chief executive of Digital First Media in the United States, Jean-Baptise Morin, chief executive of Lagardère’s LS Distribution in, Yoichi Nishimura, board director of digital business and international affairs of The Asahi Shimbun in Japan, Tore Stangebye, chief executive of Berner Media Holding in Norway, and Luc Tran-Thang, managing director of Starcom Mediavest in France.
- “Why Video Matters: Get in the Game,” which includes Chris Cramer, global head of video for the Wall Street Journal, Magnus Zaar, head of Aftonbladet TV, Eric Scherer, director of future media for France Télévisions, Amy Mitchell, director of journalism research at the Pew Research Center, Susan Vobejda, general manager of media licensing and distribution for Bloomberg, Jérôme Grateau, managing director for partner business Solutions for Google in Southern and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Marie-Noëlle Vallès, head of Video for Agence France-Presse.
- “Editor’s evolution: are you in danger of becoming extinct?”, which will feature Jason Seiken, editor-in-chief and chief content officer of the Telegraph, Mario Calabresi, editor-in-chief of Italy’s La Stampa, Thomas Patterson, Bradlee professor of government and the press at Harvard University, Joseph Odindo, group editorial director of The Nation in Kenya, and David Boardman, dean of media and communications at Temple University in the United States.
- “Alternative business models, unconventional and disruptive revenue streams,” which will include Chris Lee, President of Deseret Digital Media in the United States; Dag Wigum, founder and chief executive of Schibsted Payment AS in Norway; Jérôme Colin, principal of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in France; and Alceo Rapagna, chief digital officer for RCS MediaGroup in Italy.
- The annual ‘World Press Trends’ report on global media trends, by Larry Kilman, secretary general of WAN-IFRA, and the ‘Global report on innovations in newspapers’, which will be presented by Juan Señor and the team from the Innovation International Media Consulting Group.
- Policy round table seminars on Editorial strategies for navigating privacy and surveillance, Verification: new tools in the trade (in conjunction with the Ethical Journalism Network), the IP and Copyright Debate, Rights in Conflict with Freedom of Expression, and Value of the Industry.
- An Advertising Hackathon that will bring groundbreaking and innovative advertising ideas to life during an extensive pre-conference weekend of brainstorming and prototype-building (Details at www.adhackathon.com ).
- The Energy Lounge, a technology showcase introduced for the first time in the Congress, designed to demonstrate live consumer electronics and innovative devices that could change the way news and media are delivered, consumed and monetized. Participants include (subject to confirmation) Mobiles Republic, Samsung, SunnyCam Glasses, Archos, Mozilla Open News, Google, BERG Cloud, Parrot Drones, and many others.
- Social events including an opening cocktail reception, a gala dinner and many other opportunities to meet colleagues from around the world.
Details at http://www.wan-ifra.org/torino2014