Mumbai will host WAN-IFRA India 2015, Expo & Conference the 5th edition of WAN-IFRA Expo & twenty third annual conference of WAN-IFRA in South Asia from September 2-4.
The event is co-sponsored by the Indian Newspaper Society, the central organisation of the Press of India.
The conference will have three parallel tracks.
a) Newsroom Summit
b) Printing Summit and
c) Cross-media Advertising Summit
The conference will discuss the business and technology challenges and provide a direction into the future of the news publishing industry in the region. The conference draws much significance in the backdrop of the digital media revolution facing the South Asian news publishing industry in one hand and the challenge of managing the growth of print media business on the other hand.
The event will be held at Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre and coincide along with exhibition of news publishing vendors. The World Young Reader Awards will be presented during the conference.
WAN-IFRA India Expo is the second-largest international exhibition in the world for trends and practices in the newspaper printing and publishing industry. At the Expo, the industry’s top technology and service providers will feature the entire newspaper production workflow.
The 3 Pre-conference workshops will be held parallelly on 1st September at Venue Hotel on the following topics:
a) Energy Audit
b) Increasing revenue in major verticals
c) Newsroom Integration
WAN IFRA printing summit is exclusively dedicated to the delegates in newspaper production. Speakers from various countries will bring their hands-on practical experiences on the day to day issues in printing as well as the best use of latest newspaper printing technologies in the world.
The Newsroom Summit helps to keep newsrooms vibrant, effective and affordable. It is a must attend event for Editors, Chief editors, News editors and Managing editors etc.
The Cross Media Ad Summit provides latest trends and ideas that are being implemented by leading publishers in recent months to enhance their revenue in both digital as well as print. This summit is best for digital, marketing and advertising executives.
For the first time WAN IFRA South Asia announces Media Market in the WAN IFRA India 2015, Conference & Expo. Media Market is for newspapers to highlight their capabilities in printing for advertisers. All media managers from ad agencies in the region can attend this to discuss about the possibilities of innovative advertising.
The global trade exhibition for the news publishing and media industry in South Asia will show case latest trends and technologies from across the world. WAN IFRA South Asia for the first time will organise Regional Assembly for its members in South Asia and also offers several opportunities for media professionals to meet and engage. This also includes welcome dinners during WAN IFRA India 2015, Conference.
The World Young Reader Prizes are awarded annually to innovative news publishers who excel in engaging the young (ages 25 and under) on one of a multitude of ways. This awards ceremony for the first time will be held in India, during the conference, followed by the details of how they did it by some of the top winners and a USB card for attendees with the full story for all of this year’s winning strategies.
