The World Newspaper Congress in June and the World Publishing Expo in October lead a stellar array of international, regional and local conferences and events in 2014 organised for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the global organisation for news media in a transformative age.
The 66th World Newspaper Congress, which will be held along with the 21st World Editors Forum and the 24th World Advertising Forum in Torino, Italy, from 9 to 11 June 2014, is the global summit meeting of the world's newspapers and news publishers. More than 1,000 publishers, CEOs, managing directors, chief editors, and other senior news media executives are expected to attend.
The World Publishing Expo 2014, to be held from 13 to 15 October 2014, in Amsterdam, is the largest global trade exhibition for the news publishing and media industry. More than 7,000 visitors and 300 exhibitors participated in last year's event. The Expo will be accompanied by the World Digital Media Awards, WAN-IFRA's annual Newsroom Summit, Tablet & App Summit, and a series of Shaping the Future of News Publishing Forums.
As a worldwide knowledge organisation representing more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites, 300 technology suppliers and over 3,000 companies in 120 countries, WAN-IFRA pools intelligence from its member network, clears the way to innovation, provides the industry with strategic insights, brings innovators together, and helps improve the way news content and advertising are created, distributed and consumed. WAN-IFRA's events are designed to help independent news publishing companies to succeed in their transformation process, increase their business, and perform their crucial role in open societies.
Mark your calendar for these other events in 2014:
- For Swedish media professionals, the annual DagsVara event, on 5 and 6 February in Stockholm;
- Digital Media India, on 5 and 6 February in Chennai, India;
- 9th Middle East Conference, 12 and 13 March in Dubai;
- The Printing Summit, on 19 and 20 March in Munich, Germany;
- Digital Media Europe and the European Digital Media Awards, from 7 to 9 April in London;
- Publish Asia and the Asian Media Awards, the premier publishing event in the region, from 23 to 25 April in Hong Kong;
- News Design Conference, from 3 to 4 June in Mumbai, India;
- Zeitung Digital, WAN-IFRA's and BDZV's annual German-language digital publishing event, on 4 and 5 June in Berlin;
- WAN-IFRA India, 17 and 18 September in Delhi, India;
- Digital Media Latinoamérica and the Latin American Digital Media Awards, 25-26 September in Lima, Peru;
- WAN-IFRA Italia, in September, dates and venue to be announced;
- Digital Media Asia and the Asian Digital Media Awards, 18 to 20 November in Singapore.
Plus more events to be announced.
