2010 Newsroom Summit focuses on innovation

The event, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and Newsplex, will host newspaper companies from around the world for the two-day discussion on building the next generation of newsrooms.

Featured speakers include:

• Andreas Wiele, member of the board and president of Axel Springer's Bild Group, Europe's largest newspaper publisher.

• Raju Narisetti, managing editor of the Washington Post in the United States, who will participate in a panel discussion on paid-for online content.

• Martim Figueiredo, publisher and editor-in-chief of "i" in Portugal, a new newspaper that reformulates what newspapers are all about in the multimedia era.

• Adrian Jeakings, CEO of Archant Norfolk in the United Kingdom, who will talk about publishing multiple titles and media from a single newsroom.

• Marc Walder, director of Ringier publications in Switzerland, who will speak about the multi-title newsroom strategy of the Blick newspaper group.

• Rainer Esser, managing director of Die Zeit in Germany, which is increasing circulation in a very competitive market.

• George Brock, professor and head of journalism at City University London, who will talk about the "finger food" content needed for smartphone publishing.

• Gerd Kamp, head of the Deutsche Presse Agentur Newslab in Germany, who will talk about location based service and geo-tagging.

• Grzegorz Piechota, special projects editor for the Agora Group in Poland, who will present new techniques for investigative story-telling.

The event will be preceded by a one-day workshop on editorial management and reorganisation, and by a guided tour of the Telegraph Media Group newsroom.

For more information, go to www.ifra.com/newsroomsummit.