World Association of News Publishers


WAN-IFRA India 2015, Conference & Expo

Programme

Wednesday, 2. September 2015

  • 9:30
    Engaging Minds, Enriching Lives

    Patrick Daniel, Editor-in-Chief, English and Malay Newspapers Division, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd., Singapore

    ALSO Presentation of the World Young Reader News Publisher of the Year award to Kompas Daily of Indonesia 

  • 10:30
  • 14:00
    Thomas Jacob, Chief Operating Officer, WAN-IFRA, Germany
  • 14:30

    The world in the digital age: why professional journalism is more important than ever?

    Marcelo Rech, Executive Director of Journalism, Zero Hora & President, World Editors Forum, Brazil

    Integrated newsroom as the way forward for improving the efficiency of the newsrooms and usability of the stories.

    Nicholas Dawes, Chief Editorial Officer, HT Media Ltd., India

    Videos in story telling. ESPN Cricinfo‘s in-house digital video production teams and editorial team continues to grow and develop the brand‘s use of high-quality videos.

    Gaurav Kalra, Senior Editor – Video, espncricinfo, India

    Transformation of media landscape and publisher business through mobile!

    Dushyant Khare, Head - Strategic Partnerships, South East Asia & India, Google, India

    Tools and Techniques for social media reporting.

Thursday, 3. September 2015

  • 9:30

    Short, socially connected and conversational. In the age of mobile, how should editors and journalists approach story telling?

    Rohit Khanna, Executive Editor, The Quint, India

    Story telling re-defined. Automated stories, data journalism, long form stories and new formats for enhanced storytelling. What is the latest trend?

    Jonathan Halls, Principal, Jonathan Halls & Associates, USA

    Safety training and guidelines. How to use online visualisations to train journalists reporting from dangerous areas?

    Najia Ashar, Senior Anchor, Geo News Television, Pakistan

    How to make news more re-usable?

    Nasr Ul Hadi, Knight Fellow, HT Media Ltd., India

    Editorial Leaders. A new initiative from WAN-IFRA to train Editors and journalists to develop future-ready leaders.

    Suresh Pillai, Senior GM & Head, Human Resources, Malayala Manorama Company Ltd., India

     

  • 14:00

    Theme: Editorial and Content Management Systems

  • 15:30
    World Young Reader Awards presentation

    In this one-of-a-kind session, the global winners of World Young Reader
    Prizes receive their awards. Some of these top creators will share their 
    innovative and adaptable strategies for effectively engaging youth that merited recognition in this prestigious WANIFRA competition.

    WAN-IFRA thanks the prize supporters: SitesAlive, CCI and Eram Group.

Friday, 4. September 2015

  • 9:30

    Programmatic advertising. What are the challenges and opportunities?

    Ashwin Sridhar, Global Head, Digital Products Revenue, The Economist Group, UK

    Verticalisation and communities of interest for new revenue growth.

    Dr. Dietmar Schantin, Founder, Institute for Media Strategies, UK

    Revenue beyond advertising. New and innovative ways to diversify consumer revenue streams.

    Arpan Chatterjee, Assistant Vice President & Business Head, KSL Digital, Kasturi & Sons Ltd, India

    World Editors Forum round table: Censorship of Media and the way forward.

    Panelists: Sachidananda Murthy, Resident Editor, Malayala Manorama & The Week, Delhi, Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor - The Hindu business Line 

  • 14:00

    Business models for sustainable print production.

    Manfred Werfel, Director, World Printers Forum, WAN-IFRA, Germany

    Business strategies for success in tough economic times.

    Shrijeet Mishra, Chief Operating Officer, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., India

    Closing keynote, Media in the digital age – challenges and opportunities for publishing business

    Rainer Esser, CEO, Zeit Online GmbH, Germany

    Official closing.

Date and Location

  • 02 Sep 2015 - 04 Sep 2015
    Mumbai
    India

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