Registrations open for Wan-Ifra Indian Printers Summit

23-24 September 2024 – Hyderabad International Convention Centre

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Indian Printers Summit
A file photo of the Wan-Ifra Indian Printers Summit 2021 in Chennai. The previous summit was held in Delhi in 2022. Photo: Wan-Ifra

Registrations are open for the Indian Printers Summit 2024 Hyderabad. The event, now in its 32nd edition, is an annual gathering for news publishers across South Asia. It is scheduled to take place from 23-24 September 2024, at the HICC in Hyderabad.

Participants have the opportunity to connect with over 300 delegates from more than 50 news publishing companies and explore the latest trends and opportunities in newspaper printing and publishing.

Join us in Hyderabad on 23-24 September for the Indian Printers Summit 2024, the 32nd annual conference of WAN-IFRA in India. We’re celebrating the success of print in the region and bringing together experts in newspaper printing and publishing to influence the future of this enduring medium.

Explore the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the newspaper industry. Participate in the two parallel informative conference sessions – on print advertising and production, and discover innovative solutions at our mini expo—all conveniently located in one place.

CEOs, managing directors, technical directors, advertising directors, business directors, production heads, plant managers, prepress managers, print business and advertising managers and other senior news publishing leaders can attend the event.

Day 1 will focus on the resilience of print and the future business models. There will be a panel discussion on the move toward a sustainable future and innovation as the driver to scale revenue. CEOs of media houses will discuss strategies and plans. Innovative strategies that support the developments of the new business in print media will also be discussed apart from carbon footprint emission calculation for printing plants.

Sustainable newspaper manufacturing; automation in newspaper production to save waste and manage spare serviceability and distribution of newspapers, challenges and best practices will be discussed and debated.

Day 2 will focus on applications of AI in newspaper print production, publishing and magazine publishing.

Other topics are the transformation of the printing business; application of web offset printing for packaging business; maintenance as service (MAS) – New approach to maintaining printing plants; cost optimization and managing energy cost; managing DVC of newspaper print production; Newsprint challenges and price trends and the future of print and news publishing business.

Indian Printer and Publisher had covered a few earlier editions of the summit, including the previous ones in Kochi and Delhi.  

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