The invitation was issued at this year’s World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2011 in Vienna, Austria. More than 1,100 newspaper publishers, chief editors and other senior newspaper executives attended the Vienna meetings.

Presentations, videos, photos and other news from the 2011 events, which ended Saturday, can be found at http://www.worldnewspaperweek.org/blog

Ukraine is one of the biggest newspaper markets in eastern Europe. Since independence in 1991, the Ukrainian media landscape has undergone dramatic changes. The role of a free press in a society undergoing transition will be one of the key discussion points at next year's Congress and Forum. The two Ukrainian news media associations, UAPP and AIRPPU, are joining forces to host the event.

Registration and information about next year's Congress and Forum in Kiev can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/kiev2012

WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore, India, Spain, France and Sweden, is the global organisation of the world’s newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. Its core mission is to defend and promote press freedom, quality journalism and editorial integrity and the development of prosperous businesses.

Learn more about WAN-IFRA at http://www.wan-ifra.org or through the WAN-IFRA Magazine at http://www.wan-ifra.org/magazine

Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, WAN-IFRA, 96 bis, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris France. Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 07. Fax: +33 1 42 78 92 33. Mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. E-mail: larry.kilman@wan-ifra.org