World Association of News Publishers


Publish Asia 2013

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Publish Asia 2013

Date and Location

  • 11 Sep 2013 - 13 Sep 2013
    Bangalore
    India

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  • Day 1: Wednesday, 11 September

    Opening session

    Inauguration & Welcome Address

    Opening Keynote

    Tomas Brunegard, President, WAN-IFRA    

    Expo Inauguration and Visit

    Session 1: Excellence and Innovation in Newspaper Production

    Continuous improvement to achieve excellence in production.

    George Donaldson, Group Continuous Improvement Manager, News International, UK

    Process driven production excellence. The Times of India's approach through Six Sigma green belt initiatives.

    K Muralidharan, Chief Manager - Engineering & Indrajit Sen, Deputy Chief Manager - Production, The Times of India, India

    Problem solving through innovation. The TRIZ methodology and its application in newspaper production environment.

    Nandkumar Mishra, Consultant, India

    Environmental management system: Hokandara printing plant of Wijeya newspapers is 14001 certified. What it takes to achieve this certification.

    Janaka Rathnakumara, Asst. General Manager, Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., Sri Lanka

    Day 2: Thursday, 12 September

    Session: Trends in Newspaper production

    Brand new Vs Used retrofit: What is the business case?

    George Jacob, Executive Director, Malayala Manorama, India

    Enhancing for the future - Retrofit is not just replacement of old parts.

    Sven Paysen, CEO, Rotapress Saarburg GmbH, Germany

    Currency exchange fluctuation and the challange of controlling production cost. How does DB Corp manage consumption and the cost of imported newsprint and other consumables.

    Dinesh Sharma, Chief General Manager - Production & IT, DB Corp Ltd, India

    UV System in Dinamalar - Business case for uv systems, how does it compare with hot air dryer systems in terms of investment and operating cost and other pros and cons.

    V. Narayanan, General Manager, Dinamalar, India

    Green initiatives at Artes Gráficas del Atlántico SA. What is the cost of going green and what are the benefits.

    Alexis Lozano, Director General, Artes Graficas Del Atlantico, Spain

    Session 3: Modern Editorial Systems (Common with  Newsroom Summit)

    Investing in a modern editorial system. What are the benefits and publishing possibilities?

    Andreas Holpert, Managing Editor, Luxemburger Wort, Luxembourg

    Implemeting a modern editorial system. A case study

    Session 4: Advertising with the “Wow” factor (Common with Cross Media Advertising Summit)

    Personalised advertising with ink-jet heads in the web press. Axel springer has made significant investment in this hybrid technology. What are the advertising possibilities?

    Torsten Kruse, Head Product und Technology, Axel Springer AG, Germany

    Connecting the Print and Digital advertising with “Augmented Reality”.

    Ajay Vaishnavi, Director – Telecom, Times Internet Limited, India

    Innovative advertising: Ceylon Today in Sri Lanka has offered several innovating advertising solutions to their clients. What are their experiences?.

    Saranga Wijeyarathne, Director - Marketing, Ceylon Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka

    Day 3: Friday, 13 September

    Common Closing Session : The Power of Print

    Power of Print: Growing print with segmentation and right targeting. Strategies that attracted new readers to print in the new media age

    DD Purkayastha, Managing Director and CEO, ABP Pvt. Ltd., India

    Innovation in Print: Re-invention of a newspaper with attractive and innovative products by the best use of technology.

    Manfred Werfel, Deputy CEO, WAN-IFRA

    The Power of Print: The importance of print advertising in a successful advertising campaign.

    Ramanujam Sridhar, CEO, Integrated Brand-Comm Pvt. Ltd., India

    The future of news media business - The niche-media approach and experiences from Philippine Daily Inquirer.

    Sandy Prieto-Romualdez, President, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines

    Conference closing.