Three-day Wan-Ifra to be attended by newspaper CEOs
Wan-Ifra India 2011 Conference & Expo is to commence in Chennai from 6 to 8 September 2011.
22 Aug 2011 | By Samir Lukka
The three-day expo is expected to have 65 leading exhibitors to the newspaper printing and publishing industry participating in the expo and will be represented with vendors from India and abroad on press, pre-press, post-press, publishing systems and digital media domains.
The list of exhibitors include ABB, EAE, Goss, KBA, Manroland, Manugraph, TPH, TKS, Wifag, Krause, TechNova, 4Cplus, Adobe, Binuscan, Quark, QuadTech, Scoopshot, PPI Media, etc.
The expo will feature Media Port, a programme of lectures to complement the expo visit. Modelled on the successful Media Port concept of IFRA Expo in Europe, the Media Port in WAN-IFRA India 2011 Expo will have five quick learning workshops, focussing on current business and publishing trends in print and digital media.
The following workshops are planned at the Media Port –
Sep 6: Semi commercial printing
Sep 7: Print quality & materials management and digital media publishing
Sep 8: Multimedia journalism and simulated press training
The simulated press training facility available at WAN-IFRA’s Research & Material Testing Centre in Chennai will also be demonstrated in the expo.
Wan-Ifra India 2011 Conference will accompany the expo all the three days and it will be held at the Chennai Convention Centre. The conference will have three parallel programmes – printing summit, newsroom summit and cross-media advertising summit. The keynote speaker of the conference will be Christoph Riess, CEO of Wan-Ifra. Jacob Mathew, president of Wan-Ifra will give the presidential address at the inaugural session on Sep 6.
Magdoom Mohamed, the managing director of South Asia of Wan-Ifra said: "The industry is looking forward to the expo as it happens after the recessionary condition has eased out and the number of exhibitors and the delegates’ registration is very encouraging. We expect more than 500 delegates at the conference and more than 2000 quality visitors to the expo. We are confident the event will be successful to all the stakeholders."
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The list of exhibitors include ABB, EAE, Goss, KBA, Manroland, Manugraph, TPH, TKS, Wifag, Krause, TechNova, 4Cplus, Adobe, Binuscan, Quark, QuadTech, Scoopshot, PPI Media, etc.
The expo will feature Media Port, a programme of lectures to complement the expo visit. Modelled on the successful Media Port concept of IFRA Expo in Europe, the Media Port in WAN-IFRA India 2011 Expo will have five quick learning workshops, focussing on current business and publishing trends in print and digital media.
The following workshops are planned at the Media Port –
Sep 6: Semi commercial printing
Sep 7: Print quality & materials management and digital media publishing
Sep 8: Multimedia journalism and simulated press training
The simulated press training facility available at WAN-IFRA’s Research & Material Testing Centre in Chennai will also be demonstrated in the expo.
Wan-Ifra India 2011 Conference will accompany the expo all the three days and it will be held at the Chennai Convention Centre. The conference will have three parallel programmes – printing summit, newsroom summit and cross-media advertising summit. The keynote speaker of the conference will be Christoph Riess, CEO of Wan-Ifra. Jacob Mathew, president of Wan-Ifra will give the presidential address at the inaugural session on Sep 6.
Magdoom Mohamed, the managing director of South Asia of Wan-Ifra said: "The industry is looking forward to the expo as it happens after the recessionary condition has eased out and the number of exhibitors and the delegates’ registration is very encouraging. We expect more than 500 delegates at the conference and more than 2000 quality visitors to the expo. We are confident the event will be successful to all the stakeholders."
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