The partnerships heads of Facebook and Google will take part in separate 'fireside chats' during WAN-Ifra's World News Media Congress in Colombia.

Facebook director of global news partnerships Andy Mitchell and Google's president of global partnerships Daniel Alegre will be quizzed by Tow-Knight professor Jeff jarvis and WAN-Ifra global advisory director Ben Shaw respectively.

The event is being held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from June 12-14.

Publishers have a say too, in a session on 'Third party distributors and the battle for your audience', Gabriel Kahn from USC Annenberg will lead a panel discussion including Andiara Petterle (RBS Group, Brazil), Emilio Garcia-Ruiz (Washington Post, USA), Veit Dengler (NZZ Mediengruppe, Switzerland) and Jarvis.

Liz Heron, who has worked at Facebook, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, the New York Times and Huffington Post (where she is executive editor) will explain her approach to third party platforms when discussing video and engagement at the Huffington Post.

Participants from over 60 countries have registered for this year's event, which takes place at the Unesco World Heritage site of Cartagena, a colourful city on the Caribbean coast, rich with history, including as a major trading port and one of just two cities in the region authorised to receive slaves from Africa.

The programme offers an array of workshops and other resources, including a workshop on virtual reality, a press freedom roundtable on reporting conflict and peace and the second World Media Policy Forum. The Small and Mid-Sized Publishers annual meeting takes place on June 12.

The full programme can be found here.