Agenda 2019

08:00 - 09:15 | Registration, Networking Coffee & Meetings

09:15 - 09:30 | Audience call & welcome

09:30 - 11:10 | Big picture

• 09:30 - 09:55

  • 09:30 - 09:55

    Reinventing media

    • 
      Stephanie Caspar, Axel Springer, Germany

• 09:55 - 10:20

  • 09:55 - 10:20

    Conversation: Strategies for success in today's media landscape

    • 
      Scott Havens, Bloomberg Media, USA
    • 
      James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP, UK

• 10:20 - 10:45

  • 10:20 - 10:45

    How M&A rewards media innovation

    • 
      Reed Phillips, Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips; Oaklins International, USA

• 10:45 - 11:10

  • 10:45 - 11:10

    Innovations from around the world… that'll help business survive AND thrive

    • 
      Andrew Rolf, Innovation Media Group, UK
    • 
      John Wilpers, Senior Director USA, Innovation Media Consulting Group, USA

11:10 - 11:30 | Networking coffee break

11:30 - 12:10 | Exploring revenue streams / Audience Engagement / DIScovery Stage

• 11:30 - 11:50

  • Atrium Stage

    11:30 - 11:50

    How to fix broken ad models by reinventing content and putting readers first

    • 
      Jessica Rovello, Arkadium, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    11:30 - 11:50

    Clarkson, Hammond and May’s DriveTribe: Community engineering and the verticalization of social

    • 
      Jim Murray Jones, DriveTribe, UK

  • DIScovery stage

    11:30 - 11:50

    From occasional visitors to loyal subscribers: The paradigm shift in managing the customer journey

    • 
      Ognjen Zelenbabić, Content Insights

• 11:50 - 12:10

  • Atrium Stage

    11:50 - 12:10

    R&D for product innovation and building new revenue streams

    • 
      Vince Errico, Trusted Media Brands, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    11:50 - 12:10

    Telling better stories across the open web

    • 
      Bella Hurrell, BBC News, UK

  • DIScovery stage

    11:50 - 12:10

    How Micropayments drive User Acquisition and Subscriber Conversion

    • 
      Cosmin Ene, Laterpay, Switzerland

12:10 - 12:15 | 5-minute interval

12:15 - 12:55 | Innovation in journalism / Exploring revenue streams / DIScovery stage

• 12:15 - 12:35

  • Atrium Stage

    12:15 - 12:35

    How ProPublica approaches journalism in an age of disinformation, fake news and outright lies

    • 
      Robin Fields, ProPublica, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    12:15 - 12:35

    How Singapore's Heart Media taps into a wealth of crypto-currencies

    • 
      Olivier Burlot, Heart Media, Singapore

  • DIScovery stage

    12:15 - 12:35

    Breakups suck! 3 secrets to everlasting love

    • 
      Nikolay Malyarov, PressReader, Canada

• 12:35 - 12:55

  • Atrium Stage

    12:35 - 12:55

    Using new tools of the trade to overcome challenges and tell stories audiences trust

    • 
      Yaser Bishr, Al Jazeera Media Network, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    12:35 - 12:55

    Lessons in Innovation Thinking: Connecting content & commerce in South Africa

    • 
      Julia Raphaely, Associated Media Publishing (AMP), South Africa

  • DIScovery stage

    12:35 - 12:55

    Next level reader engagement with digital printing solutions

    • 
      Cathy Bittner, Canon, Germany

12:55 - 14:00 | Networking lunch break

14:00 - 14:40 | Engaging trends / Exploring revenue streams / DIScovery stage

• 14:00 - 14:20

  • Atrium Stage

    14:00 - 14:20

    How The Blick-Group innovated by tapping into the e-sports trend

    • 
      Nicolas Pernet, Blick Group, Ringier, Switzerland

  • Specialist Stage

    14:00 - 14:20

    Expanding the PEOPLE magazine revenue model with TV and OTT

    • 
      Tom Rowland, Meredith Corporation, USA

  • DIScovery stage

    14:00 - 14:20

    Embracing fragmentation in the digital news media market – An Agency Perspective

    • 
      Matt Tabaccos, Ruptly, Germany

• 14:20 - 14:40

  • Atrium Stage

    14:20 - 14:40

    Tapping into the e-health trend

    • 
      Tuuli Toivainen, A-lehdet Oy, Finland

  • Specialist Stage

    14:20 - 14:40

    Turning the magazine advertising and newsstand revenue model on its head through video innovation

    • 
      Jacqueline Loch, St Joseph Media, Canada

  • DIScovery stage

    14:20 - 14:40

    The Facebook Journalism Project

    • 
      Jesper Doub, Facebook, Germany

14:40 - 14:45 | 5-minute interval

14:45 - 15:25 | Developing trust / Exploring revenue streams / DIScovery stage

• 14:45 - 15:05

  • Atrium Stage

    14:45 - 15:05

    Team of Rivals: How the six largest media companies in Norway created an alliance fighting fake news

    • 
      Helje Solberg, Faktisk; NRK, Norway

  • Specialist Stage

    14:45 - 15:05

    6 lessons learned the hard way launching a digital video subscription business (so you don't have to make the same mistakes)

    • 
      Julie Roehm, Creativebug, USA

  • DIScovery stage

    14:45 - 15:05

    Salesforce – How you can benefit from digital innovations in many various verticals

    • 
      Markus Wittig, factory42, Germany

• 15:05 - 15:25

  • Atrium Stage

    15:05 - 15:25

    From transactions to relationships: optimizing trust and revenue through engagement

    • 
      Jennifer Brandel, Hearken, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    15:05 - 15:25

    In search of revenues: Pivoting from a media company to a new breed of business

    • 
      Nancy Spears, genConnect, USA

  • DIScovery stage

    15:05 - 15:25

    How do subscriptions actually work?

    • 
      Bas Nawijn, Piano

15:25 - 15:30 | 5-minute interval

15:30 - 16:10 | Subscriptions & membership / Innovation in journalism / DIScovery stage

• 15:30 - 15:50

  • Atrium Stage

    15:30 - 15:50

    Global digital subscriptions report

    • 
      James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP, UK

  • Specialist Stage

    15:30 - 15:50

    Give the people what they want – building audience by filling information gaps on demand

    • 
      Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media, USA

• 15:30 - 16:10

  • DIScovery stage

    15:30 - 16:10

    Digital optimisation for publishers

    • 
      Oliver Hülse, Integral Ad Science, Germany

• 15:50 - 16:10

  • Atrium Stage

    15:50 - 16:10

    From failure to success: NZZ's subscriptions journey

    • 
      Rouven Leuener, Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, Switzerland

  • Specialist Stage

    15:50 - 16:10

    Helping newsrooms manage and execute collaborative, high quality journalistic projects

    • 
      Heather Bryant, Project Facet, USA

16:10 - 16:30 | Networking coffee break

16:30 - 16:50 | Vertical business / Exploring revenue streams / DIScovery Stage

• 16:30 - 16:50

  • Atrium Stage

    16:30 - 16:50

    How Active Interest Media builds 360-degree brands

    • 
      Jonathan Dorn, Active Interest Media, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    16:30 - 16:50

    Lessons learned from changing paywall infrastructure

    • 
      Christoph Schmitz, Aller Media, Norway

  • DIScovery stage

    16:30 - 16:50

    Editorial newsletters have become key for all publishing strategies – digital subscriptions, sponsorships, and ads

    • 
      Martijn de Kuijper, Revue, Netherlands

16:50 - 17:30 | New business / Exploring revenue streams

• 16:50 - 17:10

  • 16:50 - 17:10

    How Vogue identified and launched a new newsletter-first product to target fashion's business segment

    • 
      Lauren Indvik, Condé Nast International, UK

• 16:50 - 17:30

  • Specialist Stage

    16:50 - 17:30

    Deep-dive: How smart executives use legacy data to build membership and other reader revenue streams

    • 
      Rob Ristagno, The Sterling Woods Group, USA

• 17:10 - 17:30

  • Atrium Stage

    17:10 - 17:30

    Slow down. Wise up. Why and how Tortoise Media wants to be a new kind of media

    • 
      Katie Vanneck-Smith, Tortoise Media, UK

17:30 - 17:35 | 5-minute interval

• 17:35 - 18:00

  • Atrium Stage

    17:35 - 18:00

    News in the age of algorithmic optimisation

    • 
      Nick Rockwell, The New York Times, USA

18:00 | Wrap Day 1

18:00 - 19:00 | Networking drinks & meetings

08:00 - 09:00 | Networking coffee and meetings

09:00 - 09:10 | Audience call and welcome back

09:10 - 09:35 | Trends and strategies

• 09:10 - 09:35

  • 09:10 - 09:35

    Do's and Don'ts to be successful in a disruptive world

    • 
      Markus Reithwiesner, Haufe Group, Germany

• 09:35 - 10:00

  • 09:35 - 10:00

    Fireside Chat: Digital content trends in the US – lessons from DCN's membership base | Interviewed by Mike Hewitt, MD, Adaugeo Media and DIS Moderator

    • 
      Jason Kint, Digital Content Next, USA
    • 
      Mike Hewitt, Adaugeo Media, UK

• 10:00 - 10:25

  • 10:00 - 10:25

    Opportunities and challenges for media in the world's big growth markets

    • 
      Marcus Brauchli, North Base Media, USA

• 10:25 - 11:00

  • 10:25 - 11:00

    Conversation: 'The trouble with advertising' | Interviewed by James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

    • 
      James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP, UK
    • 
      Carsten Schwecke, Media Impact, Axel Springer, Germany
    • 
      Nick Stringer, Trustworthy Accountability Group, UK

11:00 - 11:30 | Networking coffee break

11:30 - 12:10 | AI and the media

• 11:30 - 11:50

  • Atrium Stage

    11:30 - 11:50

    VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE FROM SHANGHAI: AI, innovation and the on-demand creative economy

    • 
      Ling Fan, Tezign, China

  • Specialist Stage

    11:30 - 11:50

    From data to wisdom - How media can use own assets to succeed

    • 
      Janina Mütze, civey, Germany

• 11:50 - 12:10

  • Atrium Stage

    11:50 - 12:10

    Watson and the media: Learn how AI will (and already does) propel media forward

    • 
      Thomas F. Ross, IBM, Germany

  • Specialist Stage

    11:50 - 12:10

    Building a digital B2B media company from scratch

    • 
      Joachim Eeckhout, Labiotech.eu

12:10 - 12:15 | 5-minute Interval

12:15 - 12:40 | AI Innovation in journalism / AI and the media

• 12:15 - 12:40

  • Atrium Stage

    12:15 - 12:40

    When bots become editors

    • 
      Sören Karlsson, United Robots, Sweden
    • 
      Robin Govik, MittMedia; United Robots, Sweden

  • Specialist Stage

    12:15 - 12:40

    How Alma Media, Tamedia and Schibsted employed AI to help solve problems across news comment moderation, shopping and advertising

    • 
      Mari-Sanna Paukkeri, Utopia Analytics Oy, Finland

12:40 - 13:30 | Networking lunch break

13:30 - 14:30 | Innovation in journalism / Consent management

• 13:30 - 13:50

  • 13:30 - 13:50

    Lessons from BBC Good Food's foray into the world of Voice

    • 
      Hannah Williams, BBC Good Food, UK
    • 
      Max Amordeluso, Amazon, Luxembourg

• 13:30 - 14:30

  • Specialist Stage

    13:30 - 14:30

    Deep-dive GDPR: How the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework helps tackle upcoming challenges with consent management

    • 
      Tom Halank, Axel Springer, Germany

• 13:50 - 14:10

  • Atrium Stage

    13:50 - 14:10

    Building AR journalism projects for top media brands of various sizes

    • 
      Steve Johnson, SeeBoundless, USA

14:10 - 14:50 | Reality check

• 14:10 - 14:30

  • 14:10 - 14:30

    Developing effective First Movers Advantage (FMA) Content Strategy: the risk and rewards of innovation in new platforms and formats

    • 
      Christine Beardsell, C3 @ Seven, UK

• 14:30 - 14:50

  • 14:30 - 14:50

    Media and technology: Hype versus reality

    • 
      Andy Brown, Kantar Media, UK

14:50-15:00 | Wrap