World Newspaper Congress 2011

Newspaper companies looking for new investment strategies and revenue streams can learn much from the industry leaders who have already joined the programme.

Eugen Russ, CEO of Voralrberger Medienhaus in Austria, is a renowned local market innovator in Europe. Ravi Dhariwal, CEO of Times of India, puts the brand in the centre of his strategies and takes equity in start-ups in exchange for advertising and Katharine Weymouth, publisher of the Washington Post, grows quality journalism in the transition to an integrated digital and print media world.

They are among the first speakers announced for the Congress and the World Editors Forum, the global meetings of the world's press, to be held from 12 to 15 October following the annual IFRA Expo, the trade exhibition for the newspaper industry. The Newspaper Week events will attract newspaper publishers, CEOs, managing directors, chief editors and other senior newspaper executives to the Austrian capital.

The Congress sessions revolve around:

the power of branding

investment strategies

green publishing

the "next iPad" and new consumer technologies

new business models inside and outside the core business

digital publishing and new digital revenue models

new models in leadership and talent management.

Other confirmed Congress speakers include:

Douglas J. Edwards, vice president, Eastman Kodak Company, USA

Phillip Crawley, publisher and CEO, Globe and Mail, Canada

Pichai Chuensuksawadi, editor-in-chief, Bangkok Post, Thailand

Dr. Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, Editor-in-Chief, Der Standard, Austria

Ken Doctor, analyst and author "Newsonomics", USA

Vasily Gatov, head of RIA Novosti Media Lab, Russia

Urs Gossweiler, CEO, Gossweiler Media AG, Switzerland

Ulrik Haagerup, head of news, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Denmark

Peter Kropsch, CEO, Austria Press Agency, Austria

Damian Kudryavtsev, CEO Kommersant Publishing House, Russia

Mariam Mammen Mathew, COO Manorama Online, India

Mattias Miksche, CEO, Stardoll, Sweden

Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO, Schibsted, Norway

Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Entrepeneur, Austria

Tom Cummings, Author and Co-Founder Executive Learning Partnership, USA

Soheil Dastyari, CEO, Gruner+Jahr Corporate Editors, Germany

Dr. Eva Weissenberger, Kleine Zeitung, Austria

The events, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and hosted by the Austrian Newspaper Association (VÖZ), will be accompanied by a rich social programme, tours, meetings with local and international political, business and cultural leaders, and more.

The conference programme and other details can be found at http://www.worldnewspaperweek.org/