Keep up the pace!

With the development of new digital media channels, the increasing presence of newcomers such as Google and Apple iTunes, and consumer markets becoming even more fragmented, it’s time to keep up with the pace of change or get left behind.


Wednesday, 3rd November


10.30-11.00 Registration and coffee
11.00-11.10 Chairman’s welcome

11.10-13.10
Gaining market share in online advertising revenues
Pricing models for online advertising
How will online advertising pricing models look in the future? Should they be based on impact or reach? Size or placement? Or will they be a mix of all these components?
Gain an insight into how publishers should position themselves to get a good market share.
Mike Blinder, President,
The Blinder Group- Multimedia sales specialists, USA


Beyond the printed classified
A look at how ‘What Car?’ magazine and other classified players in the UK are conquering the online classified market and how online add-on services are a must if websites are to succeed.
Bill Murray, Managing Director -Group Business Information
Strategy, Haymarket Publishing Group Ltd, UK


Going, going, gone! – the auction phenomenon
Move over ebay, regional auctions are on the increase!
Could online auctions linked to the printed newspaper be the alternative to online classifieds in the bid to win more ad revenue?
Steve Anderson-Dixon, Group Advertising Director,
Northcliffe Newspapers Group, UK

13.10-14.30 Lunch

14.30-18.00
Profiling the needs of the digital consumer

Dayparting
The phenomenon of dayparting continues from last year with a look at how publishers are organising content and advertising to appeal to users at different times of the day.
Not only is this satisfying consumer needs but it also allows for matching advertising to consumer behaviour patterns.
Mike Coleman, Senior Manager, azcentral.com,
Arizona Republic, USA


The online ‘daily me’
What do readers really want? And how can you provide products to them without acquiring data from them? Case study about personalisation of online news services without registration.
Al Lieb, Gixo.com, USA

Value-driven communities – weight watchers
In a quest to maximise the potential of new and existing target groups, providing only news services is not enough.
A service-oriented and credible approach is needed, which is where Aftonbladet fit in. Find out about their interest portal focusing on weight watching which is now a profitable business.
Kalle Jungkvist, Editor-in-Chief & Head of New Media,
Aftonbladet, Sweden


18.00-onwards Drinks reception

 

 

Daily News From The Conference

 

 

Thursday, 4th November


9.00-13.45
Mobilising your publishing & beyond

Mobilising your publishing

Though the mobile communication era has just begun, news and information providers are still trying to find their niche, and hence their share of the market revenue. Which publishers have found the key to successful business models and what can we learn?
Thanita Khomphatraporn, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Investor relations, The Nation Group, Thailand

Learning by doing
Find out how the Bonnier Group is building strategies and business models based on their “best of breed” mobile services across their product portfolio: Sydsvenska
Dagbladet, Stockholm City and TV4.
Josefine Granding Larsson and Morris Packer,
The Bonnier Group, Sweden


Generating new products
The vast number of services available through the internet makes it difficult for publishers to retain customers. Find
out how, through new product development, publishers are keeping customers logged on to their sites.
Catherine Levene, VP Strategy & Business Development,
NYT Digital, USA


Digital TV -- friend or foe?
Digital TV stations could be our partners or competitors of the future. Many are launching new services such as online news, radio, mobile services, either alone or together with media partners. How do they see digital markets evolving?
And what tips can we pick up?
Gunnar Stavrum, Editor in chief/CEO,
TV 2 Interaktiv / TV 2 Nettavisen, Norway


Back to the future
Following on from e-ink last year, we’re going back to the
future to see what devices are forecasted to make their
mark in publishing. With the intoduction of the e-book in
Japan this spring, will we soon be seeing the e-newspaper
on our streets?
Stig Nordqvist, Ifra Nordic representative, Ifra
Panel discussion with: Gunnar Springfeldt,
Göteborgs-Posten, Sweden and
Harry Bouwman, De Telegraaf, The Netherlands


Chairman

Stig Nordqvist, Ifra Nordic representative, Ifra

 

 

 

Participants list



 

 

Venue, Times, Fees
Venue

Crowne Plaza
Hotel International Praha a.s.

Conference times
03.11.2004: 11.00 – 18.00, followed by a cocktail reception
04.11.2004: 09.00 – 13.45, followed by a concluding lunch

Conference languages
All presentations will be translated simultaneously into the following
languages: English, French, German and Spanish.

Participation fees
Ifra/WAN*/FIPP members
EUR 850 standard price
EUR 790 online registration price until 1 October 2004
Non-Members
EUR 1350 standard price
EUR 1290 online registration price until 1 October 2004
Fees include: conference attendance, luncheons, refreshments
and the reception.
*Individual members and newspapers belonging to a WAN member association.

Cancellation
Cancellations will be accepted (less 10% administration charge)
up to 10 days before the conference (20.10.04); any cancellations
received hereafter will not be refunded. Substitutions can
be made at any time. Please notify Ifra events in this case.

Hotel accommodation

Please quote Ifra when booking your accommodation
Crowne Plaza
Hotel International Praha a.s.
Koulova 15 · 160 45 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Phone: +420.2.96 537-111 · Fax: +420.2.96 537-266
E-mail: stay@crowneplaza.cz
Reference: “Ifra”
Single room: EUR 90.–
Double room: EUR 100.–
All rates including breakfast, VAT and city tax
We recommend early reservation to secure your booking.
Reservations received after 2 September 2004 will be subject to
room availability.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Ifra, WAN and FIPP

Ifra
www.ifra.com · events@ifra.com


World Association of Newspapers (WAN)
www.wan-press.org · contact_us@wan.asso.fr


International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP)
www.fipp.com · info@fipp.com

 

NB: time schedule and speakers are subject to change.
Online registration until
1 October via www.ifra.com
saves you 60 euros.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Register here

 

 

 

www.ifra.com www.wan-press.org www.fipp.com