IFRA schedules events to be staged in the second half of 2008
IFRA will offer a highly diversified
programme of conferences and study tours
in the second half of 2008, focusing new
developments and latest challenges for the
news publishing industry, such as business
models, cross-media marketing, digital
publishing as well as a variety of hot
topics at IFRA’s regional events. These
events – always dedicated to highly topical
subjects – act as platforms for experts and
specialists from all over the world, the
network for information and knowledge
exchange as well as the meeting place for the
decision-makers in the news publishing
industry.
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These events include: “IFRA India” in Goa
(Sep 17-18), the 16th annual conference,
including its popular ‘Publishers’ and
‘Technical’ Forum, discussing
contemporary topics of interest to
newspaper publishers in the region;
“Leaders 2008” – The Newspaper Executive
Development Programme at SIMI in
Copenhagen, Denmark (Sep 22-25); “IFRA
South East Europe” in Ljubljana, Slovenia
(Sep 25-26), where for the 3rd year running,
IFRA will invite newspapers publishers and
suppliers from the region to meet and get
informed on the latest developments and
trends in publishing and printing; “The
Future of News Publishing” in Rome, Italy
(Oct 9-10); “Pre-IFRA Expo Study Tour:
Semi-commercial Printing in Europe,”
Europe (Oct 19- 25), during which the
technical implementations for semicommercial
printing will be discussed in
order to be abreast of the
rapid changes in the
newspaper publishing
industry; “IFRA Expo
2008” in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands (Oct 27-30), the annual event
of the news publishing industry, describing
the ‘big picture’ on the latest on newspaper
and media publishing and printing;
“Newspapers Today – Focus Sessions at
IFRA Expo” in Amsterdam (Oct 27-29);
“Conférence IFRA Afrique du Nord” in
Tunis, Tunisia (Nov 6-7), the main event
for the North African news publishing
industry; “Beyond the Printed Word” –
the 16th World Digital Publishing
Conference in Budapest, Hungary (Nov 20-
21), presenting the latest trends in the
digital newspaper business, successful
case studies and a truly global overview;
and “IFRA Middle East Conference” in
Cairo, Egypt (Nov 25-26), offering an upto-
date overview of pressing business
issues as well as technical topics.
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