Publish Asia & Ifra Expo India 2009

CONVENTION

PUBLISH ASIA & IFRA EXPO INDIA 2009 23-25 September 2009, Chennai, India

COST CONTROL REVENUE GENERATION INNOVATION Creating Value in Challenging Times

www.publishasia.com WAN-IFRA ASIA PACIFIC COMMITTEE PUBLISH ASIA &

Chairman Pichai Chuensuksawadi IFRA EXPO INDIA 2009 Editor-In-Chief, The Post Publishing, Thailand 23-25 September 2009, Chennai, India Co-Chairman Thomas Jacob MD, APAC & Dy. CEO WAN-IFRA, Singapore COST CONTROL. REVENUE GENERATION. INNOVATION. Agung Adiprasetyo While uncertain economic times lead companies to concentrate on cost cutting and to CEO, Kompass Gramedia, Indonesia postpone major investments, ﬁ rms who are efﬁ ciently adapting their strategies and planning for an upturn will emerge ahead of the competition as the current crisis unwinds. Listening to Dai Yuqing innovative case studies, exchanging ideas, debating with colleagues from other markets will President, Guangzhou Daily, China decisively help newspaper executives to make the right decisions at the right time.

Emilio Yap lll With the economic crisis in the background, Publish Asia, IFRA’s top Asian event for newspaper Executive VP-Advertising Manila Bulletin, Philippines publishers has been combined with the highly successful IFRA event in India to provide publishers in the region with the very best answers to these challenging times. The combined Kil Jeong-Woo event under the theme ‘Creating Value in Challenging Times’ will feature IFRA Expo India, Publisher, JoongAng IIbo Korea which in its second edition has become the second largest newspaper trade show in the world after the IFRA Expo in Europe. Keith Kam COO, Ming Pao, Hong Kong

Kuok Hui Kwong WHO SHOULD ATTEND Exective Director, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Publisher President, Chairman Patrick Daniel CEO, CIO, CFO Editor In Chief, Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore General Manager, Managing Director Editor In Chief, Managing Editor, Editor Rita Sim Head of Department, Manager, Senior Executive: Executive Director, Sin Chew, Malaysia - Technical - News Media - Pre-Press - Business Development Sandy Prieto - Production - Sales & Marketing President/CEO, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines - Pressroom - Advertising - IT - Circulation Tan Sri Hashim Makaruddin Suppliers & service providers of news publishing Executive Chairman, Utusan, Malaysia

William Adamopoulous Vice President/Managing EVENT WEBSITE Director, Asia Paciﬁ c Forbes, Singapore Visit www.publishasia.com for regular updates. You can download the hotel reservation forms and register on-line at the event website.

ABOUT US The World Association of Newspapers and IFRA, the leading international associations for print and digital news publishing, have merged since 1 July 2009 into a new organisation, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, WAN-IFRA. (www.wan-ifra.org) The combined new organisation will represent more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3000 companies in more than 120 countries. WAN-IFRA Indian ofﬁ ce, based in Chennai and Asian ofﬁ ce, based in Singapore help to bring services such as trainings, events, consulting and publications closer to members in the region. EVENT ACTIVITIES WAN-IFRA SOUTH ASIA COMMITTEE 1. CEO Conference Meant for senior management executives, the event aims to cover topics that are current and Chairman relevant to Asian publishers. The conference will have expert speakers and case studies on best Kasturi Balaji practices from all over the world. Director, Kasturi & Sons, India

2. Circulation Conference Co-Chairman Magdoom Mohamed Meant for head of sales, circulation and marketing and their staff, this conference will focus Managing Director, on how newspapers can increase their reach and streamline their distribution processes both WAN-IFRA India, India in print (subscription and single copy sales) and online. Lakshmipathy Adimoolam Dinamalar, India 3. Production Conference Meant for technical and production directors, prepress and plant managers, who are tasked S. Balasubramanian Adityan with managing the publishing and printing operations. Executive Director, Malar Publications, India

4. CTO Conference Pawan Agarwal Meant for IT heads and systems managers, this conference aims to discuss the challenges of Director, Dainik Bhaskar, India CTOs of newspaper companies and to explore the trends and developments in the IT systems for news publishing companies. Ashish Bagga CEO, Living Media India, 5. Learning Workshops India One day learning workshops on speciﬁ c topics will offer additional reasons to travel to Chennai. R D Bhatnagar Workshop topics include: CTO, Diligent Media Corp, • Transforming Print Journalist into Multimedia Journalist India • INCQC Tutorial Devendra V Darda CEO, Lokmat Newspapers, 6. Expo India Vendors of services and equipment to the media industry will show case the latest in Sandeep Gupta technological and services offerings. Executive President, Jagran Prakashan, India 7. Plant Visit Sanat Hazra Visit to ‘The Hindu’ printing plant in Chennai, India will be a unique opportunity to see the new Director – Technical Production, press and mailroom installation. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd, India

George Jacob 8. Asia Media Awards Gala Dinner Director, Malayala The Gala Awards Dinner will be an opportunity to unwind. The winners of the prestigious Asia Manorama, India Media Awards that identiﬁ es the best across Asia Paciﬁ c in Print, Design, Infographics and Special Sections, Photojournalism, Online Media and Cross Media will be presented at the gala M.V. Shreyams Kumar Director - Marketing & Electronic dinner during Publish Asia. Media, The Mathrubhumi, India

Cyriac Mathew COO, Mid Day Multimedia, India

T. Gautham Pai Executive Director, Manipal Media Network, India

Abhijit Pawar Publisher, Sakaal Paper, India

Dipankar Das Purkayastha Managing Director & CEO, ABP, India

Venkatram Reddy, Chairman, Deccan Chronicle, India

Sharad Saxena Executive Director, Operations & HR, HT Media, India Pk Sj Wij d CEO CONFERENCE

Day 1: 23 September

The CEO Conference is conceived for senior management executives and covers business issues that are current and relevant to Asian publishers. Keynote: Driving Value Creation in Newspaper Publishing Session 1: Media Outlook • Newspapers crisis in developed countries, lessons for Asian Publishers • Media outlook – what is the future of print? Perspectives from an advertising CEO Session 2: Innovating in Economic Downturn • Thinking Out of the Box. Value creation through partnerships • Innovating to Survive Day 2: 24 September Session 3: Increasing Revenue in Challenging Times • Managing your topline • Aggressive marketing through rewarding cards and ties with local business community • Monetising Online – what really works • Classiﬁ ed Advertising Online – Threats and Opportunities • Boosting revenues through innovation in advertising sales: Case Study from Mid Day, India Session 4: Increasing Circulation Yields • Innovative business model of increasing circulation revenue • Effective pricing strategies for newspapers • Promotional strategies that work in a downturn Session 5: Audience Development • Attracting the young readers • Case Study: Designing your newspaper for circulation increase Day 3: 25 September Session 6: Optimising Production and Distribution • Newsprint prices: Trends and forecasts • Who prints the newspaper in future. How is the business model evolving? • Design of newspaper printing plant to optimise production • Mobile Publishing - Opportunity for Publishers • eReading Devices - Worldwide Trends

Conﬁ rmed speakers - Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director, Madison World, India - Edward Baral, Group Marketing Manager, Fairfax Business Media, Australia - Carlo Campos, Second Vice President, Innovation International, Spain - Bhaskar Das, Executive President, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., India - Prof. Dr. Arved Huebler, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany - Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, Bharatmatrimony.com, India - Bharat Kapadia, Board Director, Lokmat Group, India - Garbis Kesisoglu, Media Consultant, Hurriyet, Turkey - Ilkka Kuusisto, Poyry Management Consultants, Singapore - Cyriac Mathew, COO, Mid Day Multimedia Ltd., India - Cheryl Newsom, Newspaper Consultant, InXcess Pty. Ltd., Australia

O CONFERENCE - Stig Nordqvist, Group Director Emerging Digital Platforms and Business Development, WAN-IFRA, Germany - Henrik Palsson, Vice VP & Head of Consumer Lab APAC, Ericsson, Sweden E CIRCULATION CONFERENCE

Day 1: 23 September

Keynote: Driving Value Creation in Newspaper Publishing

Session 1: Improving Newspaper Circulation Management • Why has circulation now become a major issue for publishers? Outsourcing circulation? • Dynamics of single copy sales: Does it work in a predominently subscription markets? • Streamlining distribution management – An Update from system vendors

Day 2: 24 September Session 2: Monetising News Publishers Cross Media Reach • Boosting online reach: Tips and tricks about metrics and web analytics. Innovations in cross media audience measurement • Revolution in online circulation model: from free to pay for? Panel discussion Session 3: Managing Distribution • Distribution. Learning from FMCG industry • Reaching the younger audience Session 4: Increasing Circulation Yields • Innovative business model for increasing circulation revenue • Effective pricing strategies for newspapers • Promotional strategies that work in a downturn Session 5: Audience Development • Attracting the young readers • Case Study: Designing your newspaper for circulation increase

Day 3: 25 September Session 6: Optimising Production and Distribution • Newsprint Prices: Trends and forecasts • Who prints the newspaper in future. How is the business model evolving? • Design of newspaper printing plant to optimise production • Mobile Publishing - Opportunity for Publishers • eReading Devices - Worldwide Trends

Conﬁ rmed speakers - Edward Baral, Group Marketing Manager, Fairfax Business Media, Australia - Prof. Dr. Arved Huebler, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany - Dr. Arvind Kalia, National Head - Marketing, Rajasthan Patrika, India - Bharat Kapadia, Board of Director, Lokmat, India - Ilkka Kuusisto, Poyry Management Consultants, Singapore - Stig Nordqvist, Group Director Emerging Digital Platforms and Business Development, WAN-IFRA, Germany - Henrik Palsson, Vice President & Head of Consumer Lab APAC, Ericcsson, Sweden - Cyril Pereira, Newspaper Consultant, Telesis Consulting, Hong Kong - Alok Sanwal, Head, iNext, India - Jacek Utko, Bonnier Business Sp. z o.o., Poland

RCULATION CONFERENCE RCULATION - Manfred Werfel, Group Director Production and Deputy CEO, WAN-IFRA, Germany

I And more to come PRODUCTION CONFERENCE

Day 1: 23 September

This is the highly look forward to conference of WAN-IFRA India and meant for Technical and Production Directors, Prepress and Plant Managers, who are tasked with managing publishing and printing operations. Keynote: Driving Value Creation in Newspaper Publishing

Session 1: Effi cient Workfl ow for Cost Savings • Aligning business strategies to technology • Better workfl ow for reducing costs in newspaper production • Improving production effi ciency • Cost savings adopting effi cient workfl ow methods – case study presentation • Ink savings through use of software – Case study

Day 2: 24 September Session 2: Print Quality • INCQC as the measure of quality in newspaper production. What is new and the advantages for newspapers participating in the club • Monitoring print quality on the press • Automatic image enhancement Session 3: Innovations in Production • The BOS model. A case study • Cost saver applications for pressroom – An update from vendors Session 4: Optimising Printing Operations • Latest developments in press and mailroom. • New press vs Retroﬁ t • Printing presses – An update from press manufacturers • Stabilising the operations with a new press

Day 3: 25 September Session 5: Optimising Production and Distribution • Newsprint prices: Trends and forecasts • Who prints the newspaper in future. How is the business model evolving? • Design of newspaper printing plant to optimise production • Mobile Publishing - Opportunity for Publishers • eReading Devices - Worldwide Trends

Confi rmed Speakers: - R.D. Bhatnagar. CTO. DNA, India - James Haisman, Director of Sales Asia Pacifi c, Q.I. Press Control, Australia - Prof. Dr. Arved Huebler, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany - Jibu James, Senior Manager, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, India - Ilkka Kuusisto, Poyry Management Consultants, Singapore - Stig Nordqvist, Group Director Emerging Digital Platforms and Business Development, WAN-IFRA, Germany - Henrik Palsson, Vice President & Head of Consumer Lab APAC, Ericcsson, Sweden - Ronnie Poon, Vice President – Prepress & Commercial, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore - Terrence Schaefer, Sales Manager, Asia Pacifi c, QuadTech Inc., USA

ODUCTION CONFERENCE - Anandaramakrishnan Srinivasan, Research Engineer, WAN-IFRA, India - Roland Thees, Research Manager, WAN-IFRA, Germany R CTO CONFERENCE

Day 1: 23 September

This conference addresses the long-felt need for a forum to discuss the challenges of CTOs of newspaper companies and will explore the trends and developments in IT systems for news publishing companies. Keynote: Driving Value Creation in Newspaper Publishing

Day 2: 24 September Session 2: Developments in Prepress • Optimising the workﬂ ow from publishing to production • Changing role of CTOs in publishing companies, What are the challenges • Setting up the right IT workﬂ ow Session 3: Trends in Publishing Systems • Open Source - The way for the future • SaaS - How does it work? Is it suitable for newspaper publishing? • Publishing systems for modern media houses • Handling video and high volume data in newspaper web sites • Publishing systems update - Presentations from various vendors • How to plan for a new publishing system - A case study

Day 3: 25 September Session 4: Optimising Production and Distribution • Newsprint prices: Trends and forecasts • Who prints the newspaper in future. How is the business model evolving? • Design of newspaper printing plant to optimise production • Mobile publishing - Opportunity for publishers • eReading Devices - Worldwide Trends

Conﬁ rmed Speakers: - R.D. Bhatnagar. CTO. DNA, India - David Bicknell, CIO, HT Media Ltd, India - Tridib Bordoloi, Head-Engineering, Press Trust of India, India - Prof. Dr. Arved Huebler, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany - Jibu James, Senior Manager, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., India - Ilkka Kuusisto, Poyry Management Consultants, Singapore - Stig Nordqvist, Group Director Emerging Digital Platforms and Business Development, WAN-IFRA, Germany - Henrik Palsson, Vice President & Head of Consumer Lab APAC, Ericcsson, Sweden - Renjit Paul, Senior Engineer, Malayala Manorama, India - Ronnie Poon, Vice President – Prepress & Commercial, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore - Rajesh Rajan, General Manager – IT Strategy & Development, ABP Pvt. Ltd., India

O CONFERENCE - R. Ramasubramanian, General Manager – Electronics, Kasturi & Sons, Ltd., India - A.S.Viswanathan, Global Head - Mobility Business, Siemens, India

T Manfred Werfel Group Director of Newspaper Production & Deputy CEO WAN IFRA Germany LEARNING WORKSHOPS

Pre Conference Learning Workshops held on 22 September EXPO SHOWCASE from 10am – 5pm at Le Royal Meriden Hotel will give attendees IFRA Expo India 2009 happening in parallel to the conference an opportunity to explore in-depth some of the industry’s will give the opportunity to meet and discuss different offerings hottest topics for their relevant areas or competence. from the following suppliers. There will be dedicated timing for delegates to visit the expo. TRANSFORMING PRINT JOURNALIST INTO Participating Exhibitors: • 4Cplus • Nova Grafi k Pvt. Ltd. MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST • ABB • OneVision Software AG • Adobe India • Percept Printing Solutions Ltd. This workshop will show how easy multimedia implementation • Atex • Pongrass Publishing can be. Participants will see equipment lists and costs and • Baldwin India • Pressline India Pvt. Ltd. training curriculum from newsrooms. Participants will have • Bosch Rexroth • Prime UV hands-on lessons creating their very own multimedia stories • CCI Europe • Q.I.Press Controls India Pvt. Ltd. and realise how thoughtful and exciting this new form of • Comyan GmbH • QuadTech., Inc. • Ferag AG • Quark India Pvt. Ltd. storytelling is! • Fujifi lm India Ltd. • Reprographic Systems & • Goss International Supplies Who should attend: • J. Mahabeer & Co. Ltd. • S.L.Kulkarni Cyril Graphic Pvt. Ltd. Editors, Sub-Editors, Online Editors, IT Directors, Newsroom • K.K. Printing Machines Mfg. Co • Shakti Udyog Executives, New Media Executives, Management Executives, • Kohli Graphics Systems • Shree Refrigerators • Memory Repro Systems • Summit Information Newsroom Management teams and those leading newsrooms • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Technologies Ltd. or multimedia/convergence projects in the editorial department. • Muller Martini • Technicon • Naph Graphics • The Printers House Pvt. Ltd. • Newstech (India) Pvt. Ltd. And more to come… INCQC TUTORIAL The International Newspaper Color Quality Club (INCQC) VENUE Publish Asia Conference and IFRA Expo India 2009 that IFRA has organised since 1994 has earned a major Chennai Trade & Convention Centre international reputation and is now the quality benchmark for Mount Poonamallee Road the international newspaper printing industry. The promotional Nandambakkam effectiveness of certifi ed INCQC membership is very powerful Chennai 600 089, India for both the newspaper as well as its sales. Tel: +91.44.2231 6033 Fax: +91.44.2231 3555 The tutorial will familiarise the participants with all the rules OFFICIAL HOTEL of printing for INCQC and give an in-depth insight into quality Le Royal Meridien management methods and measuring techniques. GST Road, Chennai 600 016 Phone: +91.44.2231 4343 Fax: +91.44.2231 4344 Who should attend: Preferential room rates are available to all attendees on a fi rst- Production Directors, Production Managers, Printing Plant come fi rst-serve basis: Managers, Prepress Managers and all persons responsible for Single Occupancy: INR 5,250 nett Double Occupancy: INR 6,250 nett printing quality. For more information visit www.publishasia.com

EVENT SCHEDULE Publish Asia Conference Expo Learning Workshops Plant Tour 23 Sep: 10:00am – 5:30pm 23 Sep: 11:00am – 6:00pm 22 Sep: 10:00am – 5:00pm 25 Sep: 3:00pm – 7:00pm 24 Sep: 9:30am – 5:30pm 24 Sep: 10:00am – 6:00pm Welcome Cocktail 25 Sep: 9:30am – 1:00pm 25 Sep: 10:00am – 4:00pm 23 Sep: 6:00pm – 7:30pm Note: For registration details including fee, please refer to the enclosed registration form.