The 2013 Programme Steering Committee took place in September deliberate on the future of publishing and media. Please see below for the 2013 Committee for the conference programme at Publishing & Media Expo.
Alistair Dabbs, Bento Media
Barry McIlheney, CEO, Professional Publishers Association
Chris Kilbee, MD, UBM Built Environment
Dominic Jacquesson, Independent Digital Consultant
Duncan Tickell, Commercial Director, Immediate
Hamish Dickie, Publishing Director, Riviera Maritime Media
James Evelegh, Editor & Publisher, InPublishing
James Tye, CEO, Dennis
Jeremy Leslie, Creative director and founder of Magculture Magculture
Jim Bilton, WD, Wessenden Marketing
Jonny Kaldor, CEO, Kaldor
Julia Hutchison, COO, Content Marketing Assocation. Now Head of content marketing at Fresh Media Group
Kam Star, MD, Playgen
Lee Baker, CEO, Association of Online Publishers
Luke Bilton, Head of Content, UBM Live
Marc Hartog, Group Publishing Director, Personal Technology Group, Incisive
Mick Moore, Art Director, Incisive
Mike Goldsmith, Editor in chief, iPad & Tablets - Future Publishing
Neil Thackray, Founder and MD, The Media Briefing
Nicola Rowe, Director of circulation & member services, PPA
Patrick Fuller, CEO, Content Marketing Association
Paul Alexandrou, Executive Creative Director, Story worldwide
Peter Houston, Advanstar
Rebekah Billingsley, Publisher, Mobile Devices , Immediate
Sean Briggs, Head of Media systems, Hearst magazines
Steve Price, CEO, Digital Inovation Solutions
Tim Brooks, CEO, The BMJ Group
Tony Evans, Corporate development director, CrimTan
Among the topics causing many a beetled brow among these publishing heavyweights were:
• The integration of print and online publishing strategies
• The convergence of content platforms
• The proliferation of media ownership amongst non-traditional media brands
• Whether the digital world is sidelining design
• The search for new and meaningful business models
• The balance between consumer and B2B strategies
• Cost models and the cost base of content generation
• Audience measurement
• Revenue growth through product development
• The globalisation – and balancing localisation – of brands
• Finding the best way or combination of ways to deliver content among the many options
• The discovery of the ‘truly digital’ publishing business, as opposed to traditional media with a bit of online attached
• The changing subscription picture in the face of multiple content delivery platforms
• Apps vs e-books
• Integration, re-definition and re-skilling of publishing roles – editorial, design, marketing
• The changing relationship with the audience
• Communities and trust; who now trusts the media? Is it only brands that can be trusted
• With the ease of audience tracking, do we deliver content specifically targeted to what our communities want, or give them what we want to give them?
• What, really, is content? Are we entertainers or service providers?
• How can we create an app that makes money?
• Have publishers woken up to the attractions of gaming and ‘gamification’?
Aidan Walker
Director, Publishing & Media Expo Seminar Programme
Andy Oakes, Publisher New Media Age....Geoff Hall, Publisher Print MediaManagement....Jacquie Duckworth, Commercial Director, Top Sante....Jan Smoothy, Circulation Director, Angel Business....Iain Cartlidge, Publisher Incisive Media....Lucy Kane, Publisher, Time & Leisure....Jess Burney, Subscriptions Director, BBC Worldwide...Reid Holland, Circulation & Subscriptions Director, Hacheette Filipacchi UK Ltd....Richard Sacre, IT Manager, John Brown Publishing....Sean Briggs, Group Publishing Systems Manager, The National Magazine Company....Aporva Baxi, Director, Dixonbaxi....Colin McHenry, Group Art Director, Centaur.... John Walters, Editor, Eye Magazine....Jon Butterworth, Art Editor, Camouflage....Lynda Relph-Knight, Editor, Design Week....Mark Lesbirel, Publisher, CreativeMatch....Matt Willey, Director, Studio 8....Jennifer Moseley, Director, JMM.... Anthony Ray, Director, Stingray Research....Barney Cox, Executive Editor, Haymarket Print Group....Hazel Isaacs, Business Development Director, COMAG....James Burnay, Publisher, Dennis Publishing Ltd.... James Evelegh, Publisher, InPublishing....Jeremy Mason, Director, Revenue Science....Jodi O’Connor, Content Systems Manager, Haymarket Publishing....Kevin Madden, General Manager, Dennis Publishing....Lisa Marie Mills, Account Director, Redwood Publishing....Mike Soutar, Chief Executive, Shortlist Media Ltd....Ross Sturley, Principal, Chart Lane....Stuart White, Group Production Manager, Haymarket Consumer Media...Patrick Myles, Art Director, Blueprint, Simon Dixon, Director, Dixonbaxi...Violetta Boxill, Art Director, Icon Magazine....Adam Waddell, Publisher, Top Gear, BBC....Andy Cowles, Creative Director, IPC Media, Andrew Wilson, Managing Director, Unity Print & Publishing