Ifra's Int'l Forum For Newspapers In SE Europe
Ifra organises an international forum for newspapers in South-East Europe
For the second time, Ifra invites
decision-makers from South-East Europe to its international
newspaper forum from 19 to 21 September 2007 in the Best
Western Hotel “M” in Belgrade, Serbia.
Themed “From Newsprint to Newspaper”, topics of this conference – translated simultaneously into English and Serbian – will be:
– Latest Developments in Prepress and Printing,
– Convergent Publishing,
– Effective Advertising and Distribution,
– Optimising Production and Internal Organisation.
Ifra’s programme includes visits to publishing houses and newspaper installations from the region's “big players”. The conference offers the chance to meet international specialists and colleagues for networking opportunities and exchanging ideas.
The conference programme in detail
Wednesday, 19 September
2007 (afternoon/evening):
Opening address and visit to
APM with presentation:
“Newspaper Production and Modern
Mailroom Logistics
in Belgrade”
Natasa Vuckovic
Lesendric, General Director,
APM Print d.o.o.,
Belgrade
Followed by welcome reception.
Thursday, 20
September 2007:
Welcome by the moderator (Manfred Werfel,
Director Research and Deputy CEO, Ifra) and by main sponsor
Agfa (Rainer Kirschke, Regional Manager Central
Europe).
“Newspapers in South-East Europe – Future
Prospects”
Mario Milosevic, Director of Print Projekti
d.o.o. consulting,
Tiskara Zagreb d.o.o.,
Croatia
Session 1 (morning): “Developments in Prepress
and Printing”
“Prepress Production – Planning and
Cost Reduction”
Slaven Milos, Technical Manager
and
Drazenko Linic, Prepress Manager, Novi List,
Croatia
“Retrofitting and Upgrading Existing
Equipment”
Alexander Honsel, Director of Zehnder Print
AG, Switzerland
“Working Hand-in-Hand with Suppliers
to Improve Print
Quality”
N. N.
Session 2
(afternoon): “Efficiency in Newspaper
Production”
“Running Waste Reduction
Projects”
Moritz Schwarz, Consultant,
iMedia/Ifra
“Regionalisation of Newspaper
Production”
Marjan Jurleka, CEO, Vecernji List d.d.,
Croatia
“Technological Solutions for Changing Market
Conditions”
Marijan Beljan, Board Member, M.C. Glas
Slavonije d.d.,
Croatia
“Printing According to
ISO-Standards – Project ‘Champion’:
Quality
Improvement, Quality Standard”
Mario Milosevic,
Director of Print Projekti d.o.o. consulting,
Tiskara
Zagreb d.o.o., Croatia
Visit of Borba & Novosti with
presentation:
”Newspaper Publishing and Printing in
Belgrade”
N. N., Vecernje Novosti, and Branislav
Filipesko, Technical
Director and Development Manager,
GDP Stamparija
Borba
Joint dinner.
Friday, 21
September 2007:
Session 3 (morning): “Crossmedia
Publishing and Editorial
Workflow”
“Successful
Cross-media Publishing”
Ralf Geisenhanslüke, Deputy
Editor in Chief, Verlag E. Holterdorf,
Germany
“Optimised Editorial Workflow”
Dalibor
Pinjuh, Managing Editor, Vecernji list d.d., Croatia,
and
Zdenka Starcevic, Sales Director, NetCom d.o.o.,
Croatia.
Session 4 (morning): “Advertising and
Distribution”
“Inserts and Supplements for Editional
Revenue”
N. N.
“Cooperating Successfully with
Customers”
Bela Papp, Managing Director, Ringier
Publishing, Hungary
“Serbia’s First Free
Sheet”
Jelena Drakulic, 24 sata, Belgrade, Serbia
(tbc)
“Distribution Organisation of Single Copy
Sales”
Pierre Wruck, Information Research Specialist,
Ifra
Summary of the conference, followed by concluding lunch.
About Ifra
Ifra (www.ifra.com) is the world's
leading organisation for newspaper and media publishing with
ten locations worldwide. As a registered association since
1961, Ifra acts as the platform for decision-makers from the
newspaper industry. A Board, comprising publishers as well
as central, regional and specialised committees drawn from
Ifra member companies, steers the work of the association.
Research and standardisation, international conferences,
seminars, study tours, training events and consulting are
components of the service Ifra offers primarily to its more
than 3000 members in nearly 80 countries. Additionally, Ifra
publishes the trade magazine newspaper techniques monthly in
five languages (English, French, German, Russian and Spanish
and quarterly in Chinese). Ifra also presents the world's
most important trade exhibition for newspaper companies and
their partners: IfraExpo 2007 will be held from 8 to 11
October in Vienna
(www.ifraexpo.com).
ENDS