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DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Ifra, in cooperation with the Russian Guild of Press Publishers (GIPP), is organising the first IfraForum that will be held in connection with the Publishing Expo, 18 – 20 June 2007, in the Moscow World Trade Center. The aim of the IfraForum is to provide a platform for mutual exchanges between newspaper and magazine publishers and suppliers to the industry.
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:
Main conference
18 June: 2.30pm
“Multimedia: A necessity in today's competitive media market”.
Reiner Mittelbach, CEO, Ifra.
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.
IfraForum
18 June: 3.30pm – 5.30pm
“The business of newspaper printing”.
Wim Decaluwé, consultant, Ifra.
László Bertalan, printing director, Ringier Publishing, Hungary.
Thomas Unterberger, CTO, Herold Druck und Verlag.
19 June: 11am – 1pm
“Convergence strategies for newsrooms”.
Dietmar Schantin, director of Newsplex, Ifra.
Sarah Schantin-Williams, Ifra associate consultant, Ifra.
Davor Jakovac, internal communication, Vecernji list.
20 June: 2pm – 4pm
“Winning the circulation & distribution battle”.
Davor Jakovac, internal communication, Vecernji list.
Allan Marshall, joint principal, iMedia Advisory Services Ltd.
Details of the exhibition
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.
