Speakers for the event, to be held on 16 and 17 November at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, include:
• David L. Hunke, the President and Publisher of USA Today, the nation's largest newspaper;
• Torry Pedersen, CEO of VG Multimedia, the Schibsted company in Norway that is pioneering successful print/web/mobile cooperation;
• Jennifer Carroll, Vice President/Senior Editor of ContentOne, a Gannett company-wide initiative designed to improve the quality and efficiency of content development and delivery. She will be talking about sophisticated market research;
• Anette Novak, Editor-in-Chief of Norran in Sweden, which is redefining what it means to be local in the digital age;
• Martin Jönsson, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Svenska Dagbladet in Sweden, where new content strategies are resulting in success in print;
• Doug Bennett, President of the Interactive Division of US-based Freedom Communications, which includes more than 100 publications, eight broadcast stations , all complemented with news, information and entertainment websites and mobile applications.
• Winners of the World Young Reader Prizes, who will share their print, web and mobile strategies for attracting younger readers: Waldemar Pas, Editor-in-chief of Metro in Poland; Jennifer Jhon, Editor of Teenlink, a Sun-Sentinel publication in the US; and Mathews Varghese, Associate Editor of the Malayala Manorama in India;
• Plus more speakers to be announced. Full conference details can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/readership-conference
The conference, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), is being held in cooperation with the Newspaper Association of America and the WAN-IFRA Newsplex, the advanced training center for newsrooms of the future.
The event will also showcase exhibitors who provide solutions for reaching and increasing audiences across publishing platforms.
