And appropriately for the event named “The Fightback” Chisholm will paint an optimistic picture based on new research that shows no evidence worldwide that the internet is directly affecting newspaper circulations and predicts operating margins close to previous levels by 2014.
Other speakers from the media, the law, politics and government will include the Lord Chief Justice, Shadow Justice Secretary, Dominic Grieve and BBC Director of News Helen Boaden. Baroness Buscombe (pictured) will make her first major public speech in the 2009 Society of Editors Lecture.
They will join editor of The Times, James Harding, Evening Standard editor, Geordie Greig, Google UK Director, Matt Brittin, Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer, Information Commissioner Christopher Graham and Andy Trotter, chairman of the Association of Chief Police Officers’ Media Advisory Group.
Olympic gold medal winner Jonathan Edwards will speak at a session looking at the relationship between the press and the 2012 Olympic Games.
Debates will explore the new tools and platforms delivering breaking news, the initiatives being established by editorial departments to create revenue and the debate over publicly funded local news.
The event will take place at the Radisson SAS hotel at London Stansted airport from Sunday November 15 to Tuesday November 17.
SoE president Nigel Pickover, editor of Evening Star, Ipswich said: “While our main focus will be on fighting back to recovery from the combined effects of recession and structural change that are having dramatic impact on the media, we shall also be debating the vital issues of media freedom that are so vital to our efforts to inform and serve readers, listeners and viewers on paper, through broadcast, mobile technology and the internet.
“Previous conferences have spotlighted the amazing innovation demonstrated by traditional media companies and the ingenuity and adaptability of editors and journalists.
“This year we will show that despite tremendous battering the media at all levels is more than ready to take on new challenges.”
The conference is attended by editors and senior executives from across the UK and beyond. The Radisson is minutes away from main road, rail and air links.
It will open on Sunday 15 November with the Society of Editors Lecture. Monday 16 November will be given over to working sessions on numerous topics with time in between to meet faces old and new. The annual black tie gala dinner will follow in the evening and will include the presentation of the Rat up a Drainpipe award that celebrates the life and work of political journalist Anthony Bevins. This year’s award will be presented by Roger Alton, Editor of The Independent. It will be an impressive occasion for hundreds of media guests, says the SoE.
The final working session will be the tradtional 20:20 Vision breakfast seminar on the morning of Tuesday 17 November, to be chaired by ITV News broadcaster Alastair Stewart.
The conference that sets the agenda for media debate throughout the year will be closed by incoming president Donald Martin, Editor in Chief, Herald & Times Group, Glasgow.
The conference is supported by Camelot, the East of England Regional Development Agency, London Stansted, newspaper publishers, the Press Association, the BBC and the Media Trust.
Delegates can book now online at www.societyofeditors.org, by email (conference@societyofeditors.org) or by telephone (01223 304080).
