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7th Middle East Conference

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Title

7th Middle East Conference

Date and Location

29 Feb 2012 - 01 Mar 2012

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Partner and Sponsors

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Sub title

Embrace the future

Introduction to Event

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WAN-IFRA will be providing summaries of all presentations during the conference, beginning Wednesday, 29 February 2012. Please check back for updates.

Successful strategies for media companies

A new year brings change and for the newspaper industry, the new year will be a time of transition as new business models, new technology and new forms of journalism evolve at an ever-increasing pace. Join us in Dubai on 29 February and 1 March to Embrace the Future, as the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers hosts its 7th Middle East Conference. Hear from industry leaders in the region and worldwide. Explore new sources of revenue. Share success stories. Meet the challenges of the new year with new ideas, new strategies and new friends. These are indeed challenging times but together we have much to learn from each other.

SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION: Arabic / English

Speakers

Amandeep Singh Khurana

COO Madison Media Plus, New Delhi, India

One of the largest media companies in India. He is based in New Delhi and completed masters from...

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Speakers

Dhaen Shaeen

CEO of Publishing Sector, Dubai Media Incorporated

Current Editor-in-Chief of Al Bayan Daily Newspaper . CEO Dubai Media Incorporated Press.
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Amandeep Singh Khurana

COO Madison Media Plus, New Delhi, India

One of the largest media companies in India. He is based in New Delhi and completed masters from...

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Chew Kai Kim

Vice President, Production (Prepress & Media Centre Operations), Singapore Press Holding, Singapore

Background Information

Chew Kai Kim started his career in Singapore Press Holdings in...

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Christoph Riess

Group Chief Executive, WAN-IFRA, Darmstadt, Germany

Christoph Riess

Group Chief Executive, WAN-IFRA

Riess, 53, joined WAN-IFRA on 1...

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David Butter

CEO/Founder, David Butter Consulting, UK

David Butter is an independent consultant, CPF facilitator and leadership trainer, who advises...

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Dr. Abdul Aziz Bin Sultan Al-Mulhem

Assistant Deputy Minister for Planning & CIO, Ministry of Culture & Information, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Studies:

• Diploma in leadership in changing world- Harvard University, Boston- 2011...

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Dr. Aralynn McMane

Executive Director, Youth Engagement and News Literacy, WAN-IFRA

Based at the Paris headquarters of WAN-IFRA, the young readership development division strives...

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Khaled Aly Soliman

CEO of Galadari Brothers Group, Dubai, UAE

Mr. Khaled Aly Soliman is the CEO of Galadari Brothers Group. The group is one of the prominent...

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Lara Ayoub

Digital Media Director, United Jordan Press, Amman, Jordan

Ms. Lara Ayoub is the Digital Media Director of Jordan’s first Arabic independent daily...

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Lina Attalah

Lina Attalah, Managing editor, Al-Masry Al-Youm, Cairo, Egypt

Lina is the managing editor of Egypt Independent, Egypt's Al-Masry Al-Youm sister English...

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Lotta Tjulin

Business Developer in Creative Sales, Aftonbladet, Sweden

Lotta works as a Business Developer in Creative Sales at Aftonbladet, owned by the Schibsted...

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Magda Abu-Fadil, Director of Media Unlimited, Broummana, Lebanon

Magda Abu-Fadil, who brings years of experience as a foreign correspondent and editor with...

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Maha Abouelenein

Head of Global Communications & Public Affairs for Google in the Middle East & North Africa

Maha Abouelenein is the Head of Global Communications & Public Affairs for Google in the...

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Major Steadman

Major Steadman, Digital Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Dubai, UAE

Digital evangelist and full-time internaut. Not content with online mediocrity, Major likes php...

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Manfred Janssens

Production Manager EPC, Persgroep, Lokeren, Belgium

More than 28 years experience in printing - finishing and shipping.

1993-1996: CBS Print...

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Mohammad Abdullah

Managing Director, Media Cluster, TECOM Investments, a member of Dubai Holding, Dubai, UAE

Mohammad Abdullah is the Managing Director, Media Cluster, TECOM Investments, a member of Dubai...

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Naja Nielsen

Head of TV AVISEN, DR News, Danish Broadcasting Corp News, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010, Head of TV AVISEN, DR News, 2007, Head of Current Affairs, DR, 2006, Commissioning Editor...

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Pascal Zemp

Projectleader Business Development Technology, Ringier AG, Zurich, Switzerland

Pascal Zemp is Project Leader Business Development Technology at the Swiss based media company...

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Saeed Al-Ghamdi

Saeed H. Al-Ghamdi, Assistant Managing Director, Al Yaum Media House, Damman, Saudi Arabia

Saeed H. Al-Ghamdi is the Assistant Managing Director of Marketing and Technical Affairs at Al...

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Thomas Jacob

Chief Operating Officer, WAN-IFRA

As Chief Operating Officer (COO) of WAN-IFRA, Thomas Jacob is responsible for operational...

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Randy Covington

Director, WAN-IFRA Newsplex Training Centre - South Carolina, USA

Randy Covington is director of the WAN-IFRA Newsplex Training Centre at the University of South...

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Ulrik Haagerup

Executive Director of News, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Denmark

Born in 1963, Ulrik Haagerup is the Executive Director of News at the Danish Broadcasting...

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Larry Kilman

Secretary General, WAN-IFRA, France

Larry Kilman is the Paris-based Secretary General for the World Association of Newspapers and...

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Manfred Werfel

WAN-IFRA Deputy CEO, Germany

Manfred Werfel is WAN-IFRA Deputy CEO and Executive Director, Global Events, based in Frankfurt...

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