Events Team
Events Team
For venues, accommodation, registration, please contact:
- Ilona Gümperlein
- Petra Karl
- Virginia Melero
- Yvonne Zimmermann
at events@wan-ifra.org (conferences and study tours) or academy@wan-ifra.org (trainings)
For sponsoring & exhibition opportunities, please contact:
- Mandy Hay (exhibition & sponsoring opportunites)
- Sabine Lafon (sponsoring opportunities)
- Ioana Sträter (sponsoring opportunities)
For topics and speakers, please contact:
- Claudia Wilke (Advertising and Editorial related topics)
- Raquel Meikle (XMA Awards and German events)
- Priel Manes (Digital media topics)
- Sergio de Oliveira (Printing related topics)
- Gilles Demptos (Events in Asia Pacific)
- Magdoom Mohamed (Events in South Asia)
- José Maria Moreno (Spanish speaking events)
- Sandrine Proton (French speaking events)
- Mechthild Schimpf (Events in Middle East region)
- Annica Widlert (Scandinavian events)
For the WAN-IFRA Academy/Training programme, please contact:
- Ulrike Cremer
- Bettina Werner
The whole team in a row:
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Achim Eckhard
Exhibition Manager | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: ++49-6151-733921
E-Mail: achim.eckhard@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
Achim Eckhard is your contact for organisational and logistical questions to IFRA Expo. He always keeps a cool head in all situations.
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Annica Widlert
Project Manager Events | WAN-IFRA Nordic | Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: ++46-8- 6924674
E-Mail: annica.widlert@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
She is responsible for coordinating all events for WAN-IFRA Nordic, working closely with both publishers and suppliers.
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Bettina Werner
Manager WAN-IFRA Academy, Publishing, Editorial and General Management | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733737
E-Mail: bettina.werner@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
She is Manager of WAN-IFRA Academy in Darmstadt, specialising in Publishing, Editorial and General Management training programmes. Bettina joined the Training Centre in 1998 where the activities focus mainly on training sessions on Colour Management and “Image optimisation with Adobe Photoshop”. In this area she supports for various consultancy and standardisation projects in German and international newspaper companies.
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Birthe Kretschmer
Newsplex Associate Consultant Publishing, Editorial and General Management | WAN-IFRA GmbH & Co. KG | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-7336
E-Mail: birthe.kretschmer@wan-ifra.org
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Claudia Wilke
Programme Manager Events | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: ++49-6151-733762
E-Mail: claudia.wilke@wan-ifra.org
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Gilles Demptos
Director, Publications and Events | WAN-IFRA Asia Pacific Pte Ltd | Singapore, Singapore
Phone: ++65-65628443
E-Mail: gilles.demptos@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
Gilles Demptos is in charge of building IFRA's event programmes in the Asia Pacific region and of developing new projects for servicing the Asian news publishing industry. He has been with IFRA since 2002.
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Heide Orlich
Director Event Management | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733730
E-Mail: heide.orlich@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
She is the head of event organisation and coordination.
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Ilona Gümperlein
Events Manager | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: ++49-6151-733733
E-Mail: ilona.guemperlein@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
Ilona Gümperlein is your contact for organisational and logistical questions as well as registration to WAN-IFRA Events. She always finds an answer to any query.
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Ioana Sträter
Director Sales and Marketing | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733769
E-Mail: ioana.straeter@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
She is responsible for the WAN-IFRA sales and marketing activities.
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José Maria Moreno
Managing Director | WAN-IFRA Ibérica S.L. | Madrid, Spain
Phone: ++34-91-7702454
E-Mail: josemaria.moreno@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
He is responsible for all activities in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, working closely with WAN-IFRA's members and respective national associations. He is in charge of organising regional and international events in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
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Mandy Hay
Exhibition Manager Supplier Services | WAN-IFRA GmbH & Co. KG | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: ++49-6151-733924
E-Mail: mandy.hay@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
She is responsible for exhibition organisation and exhibitor services.
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Magdoom Mohamed
Managing Director WAN-IFRA South Asia | WAN-IFRA South Asia Pvt Ltd | Chennai, India
Phone: ++91-44-42112893
E-Mail: magdoom.mohamed@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
Magdoom Mohamed, a news publishing industry professional with more than 15 years of experience, has been with WAN-IFRA since 2001. He leads WAN-IFRA's activities in the South Asian region.
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Mechthild Schimpf
Director Middle East | WAN-IFRA (CH) | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: ++49-6151-733750
E-Mail: mechthild.schimpf@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
She is responsible for all activities in the Middle East countries, working closely with WAN-IFRA's members in the region. She is in charge of organising regional events and activities in the Middle East region.
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Petra Karl
Training/Events Services Specialist | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733752
E-Mail: petra.karl@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
She is responsible for registrations and invoicing as well as all other orginasational duties for WAN-IFRA Academy trainings.
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Priel Manes
Event Manager | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-17-22-666-219
E-Mail: priel.manes@wan-ifra.org
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Raquel González Benítez
Events Professional | Madrid, Spain
Phone: ++34-91-7702454
E-Mail: eventos@wan-ifra.org
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Raquel Meikle
Programme Manager Events | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733.927
E-Mail: raquel.meikle@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
As programme manager for the Competence Center Publishing, Editorial and General Management, she organises numerous events, as well as coordinating the XMA Cross Media Awards competition.
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Sabine Lafon
Sales Executive | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733784
E-Mail: sabine.lafon@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
IFRA Expo and WAN-IFRA Workshops, advertising and promotion, sponsoring of WAN-IFRA Events
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Sandrine Proton
Events Manager | WAN-IFRA South-West Europe | Lyon, France
Phone: ++33-472770595
E-Mail: sandrine.proton@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
Sandrine Proton is in charge of events in French speaking countries (Algeria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Morocco, Switzerland, Tunisia).
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Sergio de Oliveira
Programme Manager Events Newspaper Production | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733727
E-Mail: sergio.oliveira@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
ENGLISH > Organiser of the conference and Study Tour programmes related to newspaper production, discussing printing, distribution and material issues. Always open for suggestion on topics and case studies. DEUTSCH > Sergio de Oliveira organisiert die Konferenz- und Study Tour-Programme zum Themenbereich Zeitungsproduktion mit den Schwerpunkten Druck, Versand und Verbrauchsmaterialien. Für Themenvorschläge und Hinweise auf erfolgreiche Anwendungsbeispiele aus der Praxis ist er jederzeit offen.
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Ulrike Cremer
Manager WAN-IFRA Academy | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733738
E-Mail: ulrike.cremer@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
> ENGLISH: Ulrike Cremer is specialising in Newspaper Production training programmes. She is an Expert in colour management and digital proofing solutions and gives support for various consulting and standardisation projects.
> DEUTSCH: Ulrike Cremer entwirft Trainingsprogramme mit Fokus auf die Zeitungsproduktion. Sie ist Expertin im Bereich Colormanagement und unterstützt zu diesem Thema verschiedenste Beratungs- und Standardisierungsprojekte.
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Virginia Melero
Events Manager | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49-6151-733732
E-Mail: virginia.melero@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
Virginia Melero is your contact for organisational and logistical questions to WAN-IFRA Events.
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Yvonne Zimmermann
Events Manager | WAN-IFRA | Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: ++49-6151-733722
E-Mail: yvonne.zimmermann@wan-ifra.org
Short Bio
Yvonne Zimmermann has long lasting experience in the area of events management for WAN-IFRA.
