Looking forward to the next conference in Hyderabad.” Hĺkan Gabrielsson, Managing Director, Federation of the Finnish Media Industry So smoothly The Congress is getting better every year." Valtteri Niiranen, Director, European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA), Belgium What a Great Event! Fernando Mariano, President, Multimedia, Inc., United States Better than ever Lars Munch, CEO, JP/Politiken Newspapers LTD, Denmark Amazing organisation Mahfuz Anam, Editor & Publisher, The Daily Star, Bangladesh Well done! Francois Dufour, Editor - Founder, Play Bac Presse, France Simply great Bela Papp, Head of Business Development, Ringier AG, Switzerland Extremely useful The whole session was quite engaging and extremely useful. While speakers all through the Congress and Forum meetings delivered thoughtful and focused talks on their specialities I must thank WAN for this and also for providing we journalists an opportunity to forge networking with various institutions and individuals which I think will open new vistas for experience sharing, understanding and exchange programmes in future. I am personally indebted to you for taking trouble in arranging sponsorship for me without which all this this was not possible." Sajjad Haider, Editor and Publisher, Kashmir Observer, India Very helpful Cheriff Moumina SY, Directeur de Publication de Bendré, Burkina Faso A superb Congress Tony Watson, Editor-in-Chief, The Press Association, United Kingdom Fantastic event all round Andrew Moger, Journalist, News Media Coalition, United Kingdom Thank you Andrei Miiasarov, General Manager, Media Support Centre Foundation, Kyrgyzstan Very interesting Jacques HARDOIN, Directeur Général, Groupe La Voix du Nord, France A very successful WAN congress Dr.Hanspeter Kellermüller, Managing Director, Swiss Press A great event Bulent Keles, Marketing Director, Zaman Media Group, Turkey A very good congress Bjřrn Wisted,Director - Industrial Policy I really learnt a lot Rosemary Okello-Orlale, Executive Director, African Woman and Child Feature Service, Kenya Very helpful Brixhida Kokedhima, Directress of Shekulli Publishing Group, Albania Brilliant organisation Frank Cullen, Coordinating Director, National Newspapers of Ireland A unique and valuable opportunity Anna Koshman, Executive Director, Russian Alliance of Independent Regional Publishers One of the best I took a lot of interesting ideas home as far as newspapers are concerned. As a publisher I learned a lot of their focus in the Volvo mission statement and marketing strategy. It was very well presented and based on a clear philosophy. It brings an exposure for their products and manufacturing methods which are also very important examples for newspaper publishers.” Kees Spaan, President, Dutch Newspaper Association (NDP) A lot of great meetings Diego Santos, Managing Director - Europe, Editorial Sol 90, Spain Excellent Tariq Saiduddin, CEO, Aitellu AB, Sweden Well organized Dan Willstrand, Head of Sales, Kamera, Sweden Absolutely fantastic Gloria Vargas, Sales & Events Manager, Tribune Media Services International, United States Really interesting Fiona Imbert, Project Manager, Prisa Innova, Spain Incredibly well organized Nicolas Chatara-Morse, Chief Executive Officer, Project Syndicate, Czech Republic Enormously useful Tony Joseph, Chief Executive Officer, Mindworks Global Media Services, India
Göteborg, Sweden - June 2008
An excellent congress
“Thank you again for an excellent congress. The arrangements worked well with Swedish precision. I was not able to attend the conference in Cape town, so I had a big information gap to fill in Göteborg. And it worked. I feel again quite updated about what’s going on in the newspaper industry and also about the latest thoughts on what will give success in the future.
"Thank you once again for an excellent event and congratulations to your team for running all aspects of the show so smoothly!
“This is just to congratulate with you for one more great WAN Congress! The quality of the conferences this year will mark this congress as one of the best ever realized by WAN. I was also impressed by the huge attendance and the smooth way that the association handle such events!”
"Thanks for another inspiring WAN congress. Better than ever!"
“The way you organised this huge conference and the near perfection with which everything ran, speaks not only of your amazing organisation ability, but also of your capacity to plan and execute events. ”
“As a participant, it was my most useful and most enjoyable WAN Congress. Thanks to all your team: well done!”
“Once again congratulations for an inspiring Congress. It was simply great, and I told my fellow senior managers and editors that more of us should have attended.“
"Gotenborg was an invaluable opportunity for growth both professionally and personally.
"This Forum was particularly enriching, especially the round tables on freedom of speech, on the evolution of trends in newsrooms, as well as the brilliant presentation by Robert Barnard on young people’s media habits. Without a doubt, these will be very helpful."
“Once again thanks for a superb Congress and I look forward to seeing you in Hyderabad.”
“There were some wonderful moments of sociability and collaboration. Fantastic event all round. Thanks so much for your personal efforts in making it all happen with humour, creativity and professionalism.”
”Thank you very much for inviting me to participate in the Congress - it simply confirmed my understanding of the current media situation in Kyrgyzstan - we really lag behind in terms of journalism quality and media management development despite the fact that the Foundation’s printing and prepress capacity is up to international standards. One thing is clear - a lot of work to be done and I hope we will be able to improve the situation with the help of WAN. Cooperation with WAN should serve as a basis for Kyrgyz media outlets’ breakthrough on the way to becoming part and parcel of the international print media community.”
"As usual, the Congress was very interesting and the organization was perfect."
“Let me congratulate you on a very successful WAN congress in Göteborg.”
"Thank you and congratulations for such a great event in Sweden. I think the congress and the forum was a great success and is becoming better every year. I’ll be looking forward to book our stand for Hyderabad and join the professional network of newspaper managers an editors for new thoughts and ideas."
“Please let me congratulate you on a very good congress in Göteborg. ”
Norwegian Media Business’ Association
“Thank you for the excellent way you coordinated the Editors Forum and I really learnt a lot. And I thank you for the opportunity to attend the conference. I look forward to more collaboration in future.”
“We find all the events of WAN very helpful. The Congress was wonderful. We can see all our topics throughout the light of readers that are the masters of all "media lands"
“I must say that in hosting the 2008 WAN Congress, Editors Forum and Expo the Swedish Newspaper Association have raised the bar to a height that will be difficult to surpass. Brilliant organisation, destination, venue, program, hospitality and not least the warmth of the welcome and all in glorious sunshine. Many congratulations and thanks to all concerned.”
“I would like to express my personal gratitude for organizing the WAN Congress in Gothenburg. For our members it was a unique and valuable opportunity to meet with colleagues, to set up networks. The atmosphere is wonderful and friendly. Special thanks to your WAN colleagues.“
“ The meetings were very interesting as always. Moreover, I value them as one of the best. The conference was well organised and Sweden is a remarkable country.
“ I am very happy that we could spend 4 great days in Gothenburg. Thank you for the excellent organisation of this congress! I must really say this congress bettered all our expectations. We had a lot of great meetings and I am sure that we have made a lot of interesting contacts for the future".
"The congress has been excellent for the stage Aitellu is in right now."
“Thanks for a well organized event. I look forward to participating in future events.”
“The event absolutely fantastic for Tribune Media Services and our booth location was superb looks like we will be attending India”
“Thanks a lot for taking care of us during the fair! It was a really interesting week for us full of new contacts and projects. We are really looking forward to the next WAN in India, hopefully we will be able to confirm it soon.”
“The conference went extremely well for us and was incredibly well organized, probably the smoothest WAN I have attended in some time. I hope it went well for you all too. I do hope to see you in India.”
“I have been a participant at WAN events for four years, and have found each conference to be enormously useful, in terms of both learning new things and making new contacts.”
