Early bird discounts for digital magazine media conference

16 Jan 2007

Never before has digital media played such a fundamental role in successful magazine publishing. It is here and here to stay, but as a publisher, how do you really master your strategies for digital success? The first global Digital Magazine Media 2.0 Conference, taking place at the Hanover Congress Centrum in Germany, 14 - 15 March 2007, will tackle these issues, and early bird bookings end on 22 January 2007.

Magazine Media 2.0 will be the first conference in Europe to focus solely on the prospects for magazines, as opposed to other digital publishing conferences which deal mainly with newspapers and other media. The conference is an effort to learn from the successes and failures of magazines globally in addressing the exciting, digital publishing challenge we all confront.

The two day conference is co-sponsored by CeBIT, the world's largest trade fair for digital IT and telecommunications solutions, the International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) and the German Magazine Publishers Association (VDZ),

Confirmed speakers at Magazine Media 2.0 include:

Dr Hubert Burda, president, Hubert Burda Media and chairman, Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger (VDZ), Germany
Rebecca Conroy, director, New Media, BBC Worldwide. UK
Dr Olaf Gottgens, CMO, Daimler Chrysler, Germany
Pradeep Gupta, MD, CyberMedia, India
Ulrik Haagerup, editor-in-chief, Nordyske Medien, Norway
Mike Hewitt, publishing director, Management Today, Haymarket Publishing Group, UK
David Hill, president, International Publishing Services, IDG Group, USA
Ruth Jarmul, principal, Quantum Media Associates, USA
William T Kerr, chairman, Meredith Corporation, USA
Dr Bernd Kundrun, CEO, Gruner + Jahr, Germany
Bill Murray, MD, Group Business Information Strategy, Haymarket Publications UK
Paulus Neef, CEO, Neva Mobile TV for Publishers, Germany
Didier Quillot, CEO, Lagardère Active Media, France
Jens Redmer, head of Google Book Search Europe, UK
Giles Richter, CEO, Mowave, The Netherlands
Arnaud de Saint Simon, COO, Psychologies magazine, France
Jim Spanfeller, president and CEO, Forbes.com, USA
Yuko Tanaka, manager, international relations, Nikkei Business Publications, Japan
Dr Andreas Wiele, president magazines and international, Axel Springer, Germany
Claus Wüstenhagen, CEO, Vogel Business Medien, Germany

The conference will be held in conjunction with the opening on 14 March of CeBIT, which attracts more than 2500 attendees every year.

The first 100 registrants to Magazine Media 2.0 will receive an invitation to formal opening ceremony of CeBIT (other registrants will be invited to view the ceremony in an adjacent area by live transmission). Confirmed participants include:

Willi Berchtold, president of Bitkom
Angela Merkel, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Patricia Russo, CEO, Lucent Technologies
Stephan Weil, Lord Mayor of Hanover

Register before 22 January 2007 to take advantage of the early bird booking discount by booking online or downloading a booking form at www.fippdigitalconference.com.