WAN-IFRA India 2010
annual conference all set to open its door
September 15-16, 2010 Jaipur
The much awaited two-day event of the South Asian publishers, WAN-IFRA India 2010 is all set to open its doors in Jaipur on Sep 15. Co-sponsored by the Indian Newspaper Society, this eighteenth event of WAN-IFRA in the sub-continent will feature two parallel conferences, including: Newsroom Summit South Asia, and Printing Summit South Asia.
The Newsroom Summit South Asia will discuss ‘strategies for modern newsroom practice’, ‘can content generate revenue’, ‘the realities of cross media-friendly newsrooms’ and best practice for battracting young readers’.
Some of the confirmed speakers at this summit include: Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, The Guardian, UK; G Ananthakrishnan, deputy editor, The Hindu, India; Rahul Kansal, chief marketing officer, Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd, India; K Srinivas Reddy, city editor, The Hindu, Hyderabad, India; Terry Maguire, newspaper consultant, France; Dr Aralyn McMane, executive director, young readership development, WAN-IFRA, France; and Dr Dietmar Schantin, director, WAN-IFRA Newsplex, Germany.
The Printing Summit will discuss process management principles, managing high speed printing of newspaper, supply chain management and partnerships with vendors, case study on investment in tough times and latest technologies that make print advertiser-friendly. Some of the confirmed speakers are: Chew Kai Kim, VP-prepress & operations, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore; Cyriac Mathew, chief operating officer, Mid-Day Infomedia Ltd, India; Faisal T A, chief manager, Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd, India; Matthias Tietz, managing director, Rheinische Post, Germany; N Ravindran, general manager (E&C), Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd, India; PP Prakash, senior general manager, Malayala Manorama Co Ltd, India; Snehasis Roy, vice president,
ABP Pvt Ltd, India; Tushar Biliye, GM-prepress production, Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd, India; Moritz Schwarz, senior consultant, WAN-IFRA, Germany; and Anand Srinivasan, research engineer, WAN-IFRA, India.
