In addition to the exhibition itself the events at the RAI Exhibition Center will feature a variety of conferences and seminars, both paid and free, focusing on the major issues of concern to newspaper and news publishing executives everywhere. More than 100 speakers and presenters will be featured over the Expo’s three days.
The free events, to be held on “Media Port” stages scattered throughout the Expo, will feature collaborations between publishers and suppliers and will provide case studies of strategies and practices that can help publishers now. Individual stages will be dedicated to Content, Revenue and Print Business, the latter including a Digital Print Pavilion.
The paid events are for top-level industry executives and editors and will discuss strategies for the future of news publishing. These include the 7th Tablet & App Summit and the 12th International Newsroom Summit.
These events will be joined for the first time by a World Printers Forum conference that will give both newspaper production professionals and suppliers a place to gather and exchange ideas, create standards and develop strategies for the future of print.
The World Publishing Expo showcases the latest technologies and brings together suppliers to the industry with its thought leaders and decision makers. Details about this year's Expo can be found here.
WAN-IFRA has put together a project team for WPE14. Manfred Werfel is responsible as Executive Director for Global Events. The new Director of Exhibitions, Sergio de Oliveira, is in charge of day-to-day operations, and leads the Expo team, which includes both long-time and new WAN-IFRA staff: Gordon Steiger, Raquel Gonzalez, Teresa Vannicola, Virginia Melero and Christin Herger.
“The World Publishing Expo team is looking forward to welcoming and bringing together more than 8,000 publishers and decision-makers, and 300 suppliers to the media industry to the largest meet-up of the news publishing industry,” said Mr Werfel.
