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Programme details

WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers will hold 9 and 10 March 2011, in Bogotá, Colombia, the first edition of WAN-IFRA América Latina , an international conference that aims to become the unmissable meeting point for Latin American publishing industry.

Program:

9 MARCH

07.30 Registration

08.30 Welcome

• Gerardo Araujo, President of Andiarios and Managing Director of El Universal, Colombia
• Christoph Riess, CEO of WAN-IFRA, Germany

08.45 Newspapers today

• Christoph Riess, CEO of WAN-IFRA, Germany

09.15 A sector in transformation

• Aldo van Weezel, Director of the Media Management And Transformation Centre -Latin America, Chile

10.00 Coffee break

10.30 The importance of content

• Raju Narisetti, Managing Editor at The Washington Post, USA

11.15 Successful case studies in Latin America

• Luis Miguel de Bedout, Managing Director of El Colombiano, Colombia
• Ricardo Roa, Deputy Editor of Clarín, Argentina
• Christiano Nygaard, Director of Operations at Group RBS, Brasil

12.30 Networking Lunch

14.00 El Tiempo, a newspaper over 100 years old and with one of the best integrated newsrooms

• Roberto Pombo, Managing Director of El Tiempo, Colombia

14.45 Latest trends in publication design

• Francisco Amaral, Managing director and Partner of de Cases i Associats, Spain

15.30 Coffee break

16.00 How some newspapers around the world are winning with youth

• Aralynn McMane, Executive Director Young Readers Development Programme, WAN-IFRA, France
• Cristiane Parente, Executive Coordinator, Newspapers in Education, Brazilian Newspapers Association (ANJ)

This session is supported by Norske Skog as part of its partnership in WAN-IFRA’s Paris-based Newspapers in Education Development Project.

16.30 Latest trends in newspaper production

• Introduction and creative mailroom - Aurelio Mendiguchía, Technical Director at (ITGT-Tajamar), Spain
• Color Quality - Óscar Ávila, Gerente de Producción de El Universo, Ecuador
• Costumer focused lean production in contract printing - Michael O'Brien, Head of Operations at Webprint Concepts Limited, Ireland

18.15 Sponsor´s Corner

18.30 Close

10 MARCH

08.30 Panel Discussion: Press Freedom in Latin America: one region, múltiple challenges

• Carlos Cortés Castillo, Former Executive Director of Foundation for Press Freedom, Colombia
• Catalina Botero, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the Organization of American States, OAS, USA
• Rocio Gallegos, reporter, El Diario de Juárez, Mexico

10.00 Coffee break

10.30 Internet, social media and mobile devices

• Onintze Gutiérrez, Head of Mobile at Unidad Editorial, Spain

• Tim Rowell, Director, Mobile Product Development at The Telegraph Media Group, UK

• Álex Fuentes, Director of Interactive Products, Miami Herald, USA

• Anne Nelson, Adjunt Associate Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia
  School of International and Public Affairs, and Editorial Consultant,
  WAN-IFRA, USA

12.30 Networking Lunch

14.00 Multimedia sales survival – Winning the future in ad sales!

Mike Blinder, President of Blinder Group, USA.

14.45 Innovation and latest trends in newspaper advertising. Case study: Folha de S.Paulo

Marcelo Benez, Director of Advertising at Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil

15.30 Coffee break

16.00 Successful Cross-Media

• Roberto de Celis, Managing Director. Area of Internet in Regional Media at Vocento, Spain
• Andy Phelan, Managing Editor at Herald Express, UK
• Alejandro Pardo, Sales Director at ICCK-El Espectador.com, Colombia

18.00 Sponsors Corner

18.20 Close

* Provisional program subject to change