Created in 2000, Publish Asia is the annual meeting place for the Asian newspaper and news publishing industry. More than 300 media executives from over 30 countries will gather in Manila in Philippines from 29 to 31 March for exciting masterclasses, conference sessions and networking events. Publish Asia’s conference will address the management and business issues facing news media and examine emerging new business models and revenue streams.
Publish Asia’s key sessions will cover the following topics – global media trends, the resilience of print advertising performance, innovations in mobile, video, tablets, diversifying revenue streams, content discovery, investigative journalism in Asia and focus on audience development. The event will also offer an editorial stream with several sessions focussing on big challenges facing editors, newsroom managers and journalists. This will include new initiatives, trends and solutions as well as some of the major issues of concern to editors, including challenges to press freedom, the safety of journalists and sustainability.
Speakers at the eventÂ
The speakers at the event will include Alan Soon, founder and CEO, The Splice Newsroom, Singapore; Asha Phillips, founder, Verily, Singapore; Geoff Booth, national director – production and logistics, News Corp; Geoff Tan, senior vice president and head – strategic marketing, Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore; Håkan Helander, business developer and project manager, TT News Agency; Jonny Wright, managing director international of Dow Jones; Mark Hollands, CEO, The Newspaper Works, Australia; Nic Dawes, chief editorial and content officer at Hindustan Times in Delhi; Sanat Hazra, technical director, Bennett, Coleman & Co, India; Alexandra P Romualdez, president and CEO of the Philippine Daily Inquirer; Shayne Currie, managing editor, New Zealand Herald; Simon Crerar, BuzzFeed’s Australia editor; Wong Chun Wai, group managing director and CEO of Star Publications, Malaysia; Pichai Chuensuksawadi, editorin-chief of The Post Publishing and Manfred Werfel, Wan-Ifra’s deputy CEO and executive director, Global Events, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
