It consists of special conference contributions tailored by Ifra to the Russian market on topics such as newsroom/Newsplex, distribution/circulation and printing technology. There will also be exhibition stands showing the latest developments in technology.
The events programme is split into a main conference and an IfraForum:
18 June: 2.30pm
“Multimedia: A necessity in today's competitive media market”.
19 June: 2pm
“Convergence in Practice: The Daily Telegraph”.
A concrete case study looking at how a convergence strategy was implemented, and what structural and cultural changes this implied.
Chris Lloyd, assistant managing editor, The Telegraph Media Group.
18 June: 3.30pm – 5.30pm
“The business of newspaper printing”.
19 June: 11am – 1pm
“Convergence strategies for newsrooms”.
20 June: 2pm – 4pm
“Winning the circulation & distribution battle”.
The following exhibitors will present their products and services for the Russian newspaper industry (preliminary list): Agfa (Belgium), Atex (United Kingdom), Berth Maschinenbau (Germany), Crestwood Trading (Sweden), Emsys (Belgium), Global Web Systems (USA), Graphic Web Systems (Netherlands), Lisow (Russia), Scoop (Sweden), Televisual (United Kingdom), Tell (Italy) and Woodwing (Netherlands).
For more information, go to www.ifraexpo.com/russia, www.press-expo.ru/english and www.gipp.ru/english.
