Agenda 2020

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

09:00 | Welcome

09:10 - 10:25 | Keynotes: Innovation Strategy / Industry Transformation

• 09:10

  • 09:10

    Building a multi-million dollar digital media business from the ground up

    • 
      Philippe von Borries, Founder, Refinery29, USA

• 09:35

  • 09:35

    Lessons from Hollywood: Competing for consumer attention in an age fuelled by boundless data

    • 
      Amy Jo Smith, President and CEO, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, USA

• 10:00

  • 10:00

    Innovation World Report 2020/2021: Of every innovation possibility, this is the one that dictates success in all others

    • 
      John Wilpers, Senior Director USA, Innovation Media Consulting Group, USA

10:25 - 10:50 | Networking Coffee

10:50 - 12:05 | Trends / New Business

• 10:50

  • Atrium Stage

    10:50

    On the horizon – these are the media and entertainment trends set to shape your business through to 2023

    • 
      Ennèl van Eeden, Global Entertainment and Media Leader, Partner, PwC, Netherlands
    • 
      Werner Ballhaus, PwC, Germany

  • Specialist Stage

    10:50

    Transformation from head to toe: Turning a 88 year old business into a digital company

    • 
      Peter F. Schmid, CEO, Visable, Germany

  • DIScovery stage

    10:50

    Need for speed: How Blick delivers stories at an unrivalled pace

    • 
      Marcus Dauck, Head Publishing Technologies & Services, Ringier AG, Switzerland

• 11:15

  • Atrium Stage

    11:15

    Artificial intelligence and innovation in news and leadership

    • 
      Anita Zielina, Director of News Innovation and Leadership, Craig Newmark J-School at CUNY, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    11:15

    You don't have to be big to win at the digital subscriptions game

    • 
      Svein-Erik Hole, Editor, TU Media, Norway
    • 
      Jan Moberg, CEO & Publisher, TU Media, Norway

  • DIScovery stage

    11:15

    Get ready for a life beyond reliance on third-party cookie tracking

    • 
      Howard Paine, Sales Director DACH, Permutive, UK

• 11:40

  • Atrium Stage

    11:40

    From BuzzFeed to Medium – a perspective on what's on the horizon for publishers and platforms alike

    • 
      Scott Lamb, VP Publisher Growth and Strategy, Medium, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    11:40

    How Zetland developed a successful reader-financed audio product for long-form content

    • 
      Tav Klitgaard, Head of Product, Zetland, Denmark
    • 
      Lea Korsgaard, Editor in Chief, Zetland, Denmark

  • DIScovery stage

    11:40

    How to make newsletters add directly to the bottom line of your subscription business

    • 
      Michaël Jarjour, Head of Publisher Relations, Revue, Netherlands

12:10 - 13:00 | Transformation / GDPR Deep-dive

• 12:10 - 12:35

  • Atrium Stage

    12:10 - 12:35

    How the world's most innovative companies intentionally evolve

    • 
      Tom Triumph, Author and Innovation Consultant, USA

  • DIScovery stage

    12:10 - 12:35

    How InStyle uses e-commerce to create their award-winning business model

    • 
      Axel Wolrath, Founder and CSO, Tipser, Sweden

• 12:10 - 13:00

  • Specialist Stage

    12:10 - 13:00

    The Consent Trap: Strategies to escape the GDPR consent threat

    • 
      Oliver von Wersch, Founder and CEO, vonwerschpartner Digital Strategies, Germany

• 12:35 - 13:00

  • Atrium Stage

    12:35 - 13:00

    Transforming National Geographic across international markets

    • 
      Yulia Boyle, SVP International Media Partnerships and Image Collection, National Geographic Partners, USA

  • DIScovery stage

    12:35 - 13:00

    Media Literacy: The role of journalism in media literacy and the paid content opportunities too many publishers are missing out on

    • 
      Nikolay Malyarov, PressReader, Canada

13:00 - 14:00 | Networking Lunch

14:00 - 14:25 | Platforms / AI and storytelling

• 14:00

  • Atrium Stage

    14:00

    Business development at Twitch – monetisation lessons from the world's largest streaming platform for gamers and enthusiasts

    • 
      Burkhard Leimbrock, Commercial Director Europe, Twitch, Finland

  • Specialist Stage

    14:00

    Human or robot? How AI shapes content strategies for media and brands

    • 
      Rebekah Billingsley, Cedar Communications, UK

  • DIScovery stage

    14:00

    Digital Transformation in Subscriber Management & Billing – Is there another way?

    • 
      Ana Lobb, MPP Global, UK

14:25 - 14:50 | Platforms / AI and hate speech

• 14:25

  • Atrium Stage

    14:25

    How The Washington Post's TikTok whizz engages millions of youthful fans for the venerable news brand

    • 
      Dave Jorgenson, Producer and Writer – Creative Video, The Washington Post, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    14:25

    Using AI and data to combat hate speech online

    • 
      Timothy Quinn, Co-Founder, Hatebase, Canada

  • DIScovery stage

    14:25

    How 5G & Wi-Fi 6 will drive the next evolution in digital video – and what that means for publishers

    • 
      Aron Elbase, Sales Manager, Wibbitz, France

14:55 - 15:20 | Transformation / Influencers

• 14:55

  • Atrium Stage

    14:55

    Why and how marketing & communication should change to successfully engage Gen Z

    • 
      Stefan Häckel, CEO DACH, VICE Media, Germany

  • Specialist Stage

    14:55

    Social media growth hacking – lessons from China's key opinion leaders (KOLs)

    • 
      Doris Ke, Founder, Business of Women, China

  • DIScovery stage

    14:55

    Know what the world is watching: The future of digital video

    • 
      Bill Challenger, Tubular Labs, UK

15:20 - 15:45 | New Revenue / Insight

• 15:20

  • Atrium Stage

    15:20

    How international podcast licensing can help SME publishers build new revenue streams

    • 
      Declan Moore, Head of International, Wondery, UK

  • Specialist Stage

    15:20

    Making sense of blockchain: Mapping a path towards mass adoption for blockchain and crypto currency

    • 
      Melanie Mohr, Founder, womprotocol.io; CEO, yeay.com, Germany

15:45 - 16:15 | Networking Coffee

16:15 - 17:05 | Online Trust / Deep-dive / Insight

• 16:15-16:40

  • Atrium Stage

    16:15-16:40

    Fake futures: What Reuters have learnt about deep fakes and what you need to know about it, right now

    • 
      Hazel Baker, Reuters, UK

• 16:15 - 17:05

  • Specialist Stage

    16:15 - 17:05

    Start with change: Fix your workflow, then your software

    • 
      Kilian Schalk, Founder, PurpleGray Consulting, USA

• 16:15 - 16:40

  • DIScovery stage

    16:15 - 16:40

    Artificial Intelligence as Editor-in-Chief

    • 
      Johannes Knierzinger, Newsadoo, Austria

• 16:40 - 17:05

  • Atrium Stage

    16:40 - 17:05

    From East to West: What is cutting-edge in the world's largest Internet market?

    • 
      Tom Xiong, Serial entrepreneur; Founder, Digitally China Podcast; CEO, Move Shanghai, China

  • DIScovery stage

    16:40 - 17:05

    The new generation of digital publishing -- increase your reach and sales with our ePaper solution

    • 
      Manuel Kössler, i-Magazine AG / Yumpu.com, Austria

17:10 - 18:00 | Innovation

• 17:10

  • Atrium Stage

    17:10

    Meredith Innovation Group: the ins and outs of innovation and product development at America's publishing giant

    • 
      Corbin de Rubertis, Head of Innovation, Meredith Corporation, USA

• 17:35

  • Atrium Stage

    17:35

    Building new media brands and products across multiple, inter-connected channels

    • 
      Erica Anderson, Vox Media, USA

18:00 | Wrap of Day 1 & Networking Drinks

08:00 - 09:00 | Networking Coffee & Meetings

09:00 | Welcome

09:05 - 09:30 | Transformation

• 09:05

  • 09:05

    How Vogel Communications became an agent for change: From B2B publisher to a full-service agency

    • 
      Matthias Bauer, Vogel Communications Group, Germany

09:30 - 09:55 | Fireside Chat

• 09:30

  • 09:30

    Luxury brands and the acceleration to digital

    • 
      Almar Latour, Publisher for Barron's Group and EVP, Dow Jones, USA

09:55 - 10:20 | Podcasting and video / Engaging Fans

• 09:55

  • Atrium Stage

    09:55

    Paris Match at 70: How successes with podcasts and video helped make it a year to celebrate

    • 
      Marion Mertens, Chief Digital Editor, Paris Match, France

  • Specialist Stage

    09:55

    Inside Onefootball: engaging and monetising the world's Gen Y and Z football fans

    • 
      Patrick Fischer, Chief Business Officer, Onefootball, Germany

10:20 - 10:45 | Video / Engaging Fans

• 10:20

  • Atrium Stage

    10:20

    Video the Axel Springer way

    • 
      Stefan Betzold, Axel Springer Digital News Media Germany

  • Specialist Stage

    10:20

    From Drivetribe to Foodtribe: Why Jeremy Clarkson & Co believe in building vertical destinations for passionate fans

    • 
      Jonathan Morris, CEO, DriveTribe & FoodTribe, UK

10:45 - 11:10 | Networking Coffee

11:10 - 11:35 | Influencers / New Business

• 11:10

  • Atrium Stage

    11:10

    The Power of Influence: How digital publishers have found success partnering with influencers

    • 
      Evan Luzzatto, President, NSL Media Inc., Chairman of Socialyte, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    11:10

    From launching an independent financial news service ... to bringing news in English from China to the world

    • 
      Hu Shuli, Publisher, Caixin, China

11:35 - 12:00 | Streaming / Insight

• 11:35

  • Atrium Stage

    11:35

    Streaming Keynote: Storytelling, user experience and revenue models – lessons from the battle for streaming supremacy

    • 
      Soumya Sriraman, President, Britbox, USA

  • Specialist Stage

    11:35

    How robust research helps CultureTrip to spawn innovative new campaigns across digital channels

    • 
      Jennifer Dunleavy, Global Strategy Lead, Culture Trip, UK

12:00 - 12:45 | Light Networking Lunch

12:45 - 13:35 | Advertising / Deep-dive / Subscriptions

• 12:45 - 13:10

  • Atrium Stage

    12:45 - 13:10

    Can publisher collaboration stop the platform juggernaut from eating the advertising world?

    • 
      Philipp Schmidt, Chief Transformation Officer & MD of Media Solutions, Prisma Media, France

• 12:45 - 13:35

  • Specialist Stage

    12:45 - 13:35

    Google Algorithms vs. Google Penalties Explained

    • 
      Kaspar Szymanski, Founder, SearchBrothers.com, Ireland

• 13:10 - 13:35

  • Atrium Stage

    13:10 - 13:35

    Global subscription update – winners, losers and latest developments

    • 
      James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP, UK

13:40 - 14:25 | Closing Conversation

• 13:40

  • Atrium Stage

    13:40

    MediaVoices Podcast Live at DIS

    • 
      Erica Anderson, Vox Media, USA
    • 
      Peter Houston, Co-Host, Media Voices Podcast; Founder, Flipping Pages Media, UK
    • 
      Esther Kezia Thorpe, Co-Host, Media Voices Podcast; B2B Content Marketing Manager, Dennis, UK
    • 
      Chris Sutcliffe, Co-Host, Media Voices Podcast; Freelance media journalist and consultant, UK

14:30 | Wrap of Day 2 & Goodbye until 2021