28 - 30 June 2023
Taipei
Taiwan

World News Media Congress 2023

World Media Leaders Summit, World Editors Forum, Women in News Summit

Programme

Whether you’re a CEO, editor, or manager looking for innovative solutions, our program has something to offer you.


Programme Overview

LANGUAGE: All sessions are in English, unless otherwise stated. Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Japanese Interpretation will be provided. Please check the Congress app: Event Information > About WNMC to see which sessions offer translation.

In addition, the three days include different awards, community meetups and unrivalled social and networking events.

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June 27 Tuesday

14:00

Free Guided Tours

The tour information and registration link were sent separately via email to participants who had already registered. New registrants can find the registration link on the Congress registration page.

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June 28 Wednesday

09:00

Welcome Coffee

Exhibition Area

10:00

OPENING CEREMONY

Room HGF

Welcome and Opening Addresses

Speakers
President of Henneo, President of WAN-IFRA, Spain
Chairman, United Daily News Group, Taiwan
Co-Founder & CEO, Rappler, The Philippines
The President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Awarding of the 2023 Golden Pen of Freedom

Awarding of WAN-IFRA’s top honour, in recognition of outstanding action, in writing or deed, in the cause of press freedom.

 

Speakers
Chief Editorial Officer, Organización Editorial Mexicana, Mexico
11:00

COFFEE BREAK

Exhibition Hall

11:30

OPENING PLENARY

Room HGF

Moderator
Director, Talent Sustainabilty@CW, CommonWealth Magazine, Taiwan

Leading Trends: 2023 Reuters' Digital News Report

The changing consumption patterns and the propensity of news consumers to pay for content profoundly impact the sustainability of media companies. Deeper insights from the new report to help you formulate the right strategies.

 

Speakers
rasmus nielsen
Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, UK

Keynote: The perks of an Audiences-First strategy? One million subs and sustainability

News Corp recently hit the milestone of one million paying customers for their digital properties in Australia. Michael will talk about how they accomplished this by focusing on quality journalism and, in the process transformed the organisation into an audience-centric one with a sustainable future.

 

Speakers
Executive Chairman, News Corp Australasia
12:30

NETWORKING LUNCH

Exhibition Hall

14:00

PLENARY: GENERATIVE AI - MEDIA SAVIOUR OR EXISTENTIAL THREAT?

Room HGF

Generative AI (for example, ChatGPT) has already sparked a revolution in the creative industries – and has the potential to disrupt media businesses, journalism and the information ecosystem. What are the upsides for news publishers and journalism, and where are commercial and ethical safeguards needed?

Moderator
CEO and co-founder, Decrypt Media Inc., USA
Speakers
Head of Technology Forecasting, BBC, UK
Head of IN/LAB, Schibsted, Sweden
CEO, Zetland, Denmark
Director of Strategy & Innovation, NPO, Netherlands
President and CEO, Les Echos – Le Parisien, France
15:30

COFFEE BREAK

Exhibition Hall

16:00

PLENARY: ONE-ON-ONE WITH JOSEPH KAHN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Room HGF

For many, the New York Times is the benchmark for journalistic excellence. What happens in its newsroom shapes editorial strategies around the world. Kahn has been in the top editor’s chair for almost a year. What changes has he introduced? What’s ahead, and what challenges keep him awake at night?

Moderator
Global Editor, Media News Strategy, Reuters, UK
Keynote
Joe Kahn NYT
Executive Editor, The New York Times, USA
16:45

PLENARY: THE GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGES OF TAIWAN AND ITS NEIGHBOURS

Room HGF

We are in Taipei at a time of extreme tension between Taiwan and China. Their deteriorating relationship impacts not only the region but global geopolitics and economies. This panel will explore the history, balance of power and impact on the region, the rest of Asia and beyond.

Moderator
Asia Editor, Financial Times, Hong Kong
Speakers
Professor, Department of Political Economy, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Former Editor-in-Chief, South China Morning Post
Distinguished Research Fellow and Founding Director of the Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
17:30

EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY

Room HGF

WAN-IFRA Women in News will announce the three recipients of its 2023 Editorial Leadership Awards. The annual WAN-IFRA Women in News Editorial Leadership Award selects one outstanding woman editor from each of the three regions the programme operates in: the Arab region, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. It is a career achievement award that acknowledges the exemplary contribution of an editor to her newsroom, and under her leadership, her media organisation’s contribution to society. The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award recognises excellence in media leadership, and an unwavering commitment to equality and press freedom.
Candidates are selected by the Editorial Leadership Award Selection Committee, which comprises members of the WIN Steering Committee and previous Laureates.

17:50

DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD AWARDS CEREMONY

Room HGF

WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Worldwide is the news media industry’s truly global digital media competition. With this award, we recognise news publishers who have delivered unique and original digital media projects.

The winners of our regional digital media awards in Africa, Asia, Europe, Americas (North & Latin America) and South Asia will determine the 2023 World winners.

18:15

WELCOME RECEPTION

Exhibition Hall

Opportunities to meet, mingle and make lasting contacts from around the world. During the evening you can enjoy the best of Taiwanese cuisine and the famous performance “Lian Jin-Feng“.

“Lian Jin-Feng” is a feast of singing, acting, narration, and dancing. The story tells of a poor girl named Lian Jin-feng who jumped into the wild sea to fish for sea cucumbers. One day she came upon a huge clam in the sea bottom. She struggled with the huge clam and was finally able to pick out of it a beautiful pearl. This opera was created by Maestro Mei Lan-fang, with a dance called An Exploration of the Sea and some of the most enchanting Mei-styled songs which lead the audience onto a fantastic journey of the wild sea. The role of Lian Jin-Feng is played by Kung Yueh-Tzu, one of the most promising young dan role performers in Taiwan, and co-performed by Yu Chi-Jou, a talented wu-dan role performer, in the scene called Pricking the Clam.

June 29 Thursday

09:00

BREAKFAST SESSION: GROWING NEW AND ENGAGED AUDIENCES

Room E

FT Strategies, the consultancy from the Financial Times, works with organisations globally to build valuable relationships with their customers and grow their businesses. A key component of this is audience diversity (or reaching new audiences) and in this session, FT Strategies will share the methodologies and learnings from their work in this area, including how the Financial Times approaches this.

Speakers
Director, Head of EMEA, FT Strategies, United Kingdom
Manager & Deputy Head of APAC, FT Strategies
Hosted by:
10:00

TEN CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO NEWS PUBLISHER SUSTAINABILITY

Room E

Google and FT Strategies have partnered to create a news sustainability diagnostic tool. They will present and discuss 10 insights using data from the tool.

Speakers
Head of News Ecosystem Relations and Development, Google APAC, Australia
Principal and Head of APAC, FT Strategies
Executive Chairman, News Corp Australasia
Digital Editor, Malaysiakini, Malaysia
Co-Founder and CEO, Daily Maverick, South Africa
Hosted by:
10:00

LEARNINGS FROM DIGITAL INNOVATORS AND DISRUPTORS

Room GF

It has been almost two decades since pure digital players first emerged and took on the media establishment. This session will explore how over time, some digital natives have grown up and made their mark in the media ecosystem.

Moderator
Former Head News and Current Affairs, ABS-CBN, Philippines

IDN Times, Leveraging Tech & Community

Founded in 2014, IDN Times has grown dramatically in a short span. Seeing a gap in news reporting for millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia and people who reside in the far reaches of the vast Indonesian archipelago, the digital publisher has honed its strategy to deliver content that resonates with this group of young readers. Today, it has over 80 million loyal readers and has been profitable since 2018. Winston will share the thinking behind his strategy, how it was executed, and the lessons learnt along the way.

 

Speakers
Founder & CEO, IDN Media, Indonesia

Vox’s Digital Journey

Vox has learnt many precious lessons since its pioneering days as a digital native. Swati will talk about Vox’s purpose today, the media landscape that it is operating in, and why there is a constant need for reinvention. She will share the Vox team’s approach to their audience.

 

Speakers
Publisher and Editor in Chief, Vox, USA

The News Lens: Engaging a Young Audience to Drive Growth and Profitability

TNL Media Group, founded in 2013 by Harvard alumni Joey Chung and Mario Yang, was featured as a Harvard Business Review case study. With its foundations in Taiwan, TNL has attracted over 15 million millennial readers across East Asia. The start-up grew from a single website to one with numerous verticals and in the process, attracted investments from several marque investors, including Steve Chen, Co-Founder of YouTube.

 

Speakers
Co-Founder and CEO, TNL Mediagene, Taiwan
10:00

JOURNALISM AUDIENCES WANT

Room H

A shift to being more-audience focused is changing newsrooms and how they go about their journalism. Hear from a mix of change agents listening to what audiences want and how this affects reach and impact.

This session will include ideas on Engaging Gen Z and Millennials, User Needs, New Formats, AI, Innovation and Social Engagement.

Moderator
CEO, Ringier Media International, Switzerland

News 2.0: Getting to Know Gen Z

How this new type of news organisation is creating content to help Gen Z be better informed on the issues they care about. It’s also creating revenue streams to pay for serious journalism, and through newsletters and research* on “the generation changing everything”, helping people get to know Gen Z.

 

Speakers
Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, The News Movement, UK/US

New formats to reach news "outsiders"

What has emerged from the inclusion lab, set up by Schibsted and the Tinius Trust to explore futures at the intersection of journalism, technology and democracy? They have been listening to Gen Z and have ideas on what future news experiences could be like – from new formats, journalism and platforms that cater for this audience.

 

Speakers
Head of IN/LAB, Schibsted, Sweden

How Vogue Taiwan engages audiences on and off platform through understanding user needs

How Vogue Taiwan considers the different needs of users on different platforms, including messaging app LINE, Instagram, Facebook, Search, and how the Aud Dev, editorial and video team plan big moments like cover reveals.

Speakers
APAC Director of Audience Development, Social Media and Analytics for Vogue, Condé Nast, Taiwan
11:30

COFFEE BREAK

Exhibition Hall

12:00

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS FOR THE NEWS BUSINESS (PART ONE)

Room GF

News media industry leaders share their transformation journey to profitability, the strategies and ideas that are working, and those that are not.

Moderator
Media Advisor, Australia / Member of WAN-IFRA Expert Panel

Nikkei, Transformation Driven by Innovation

With over 10 million digital subscribers using its various products, Nikkei is, without a doubt, the most successful Asian news organisation in amassing digital subscriptions. Daisuke, who led Nikkei’s acquisition of the Financial Times in 2015, will share Nikkei’s 10-year journey of innovation, digital and global transformation, and their learnings following the FT acquisition.

 

Speakers
Daisuke Arakawa
Managing Director at NIKKEI, Director at Financial Times, Japan
Co-Founder & CEO, Handshakes, Singapore
Managing Executive Officer, Nikkei, Japan

Daring to be different in Latin America and succeeding

Clarín has the distinction of reaching the highest-paid digital subscription in Latin America. In developing markets, getting digital subscribers has been a big challenge. The strategies and the success of Clarín provide valuable learnings.

 

Speakers
Chief Operating Officer, Clarin, Argentina

How Ringier Media Brands Drive Growth and Resilience through Strategic Repositioning and Conversion Funnel Optimization

Ringier media brands achieve growth by intentionally repositioning themselves using the 5R framework and consistently monitoring the conversion funnel. Blick, Ringier’s Swiss reach portal, has prioritized initiatives such as encouraging user engagement, offering digital subscriptions, and improving commerce capabilities to establish a thriving and sustainable media enterprise.

 

Speakers
Head Global Media & CEO, Ringier Media, Switzerland
12:00

PREPARING FOR CRISIS X: OVERCOMING CHALLENGES OF SCEPTICAL PUBLICS

Room H

Scientists warn of significant future challenges – from future pandemics to extreme climate events, food security risks, to growing inequalities. When divided society questions and distrusts journalistic and scientific methods, can next-level journalism promote and enhance credibility on future issues of concern?

This session will include Trust, Storytelling, Fact-Checking, Collaboration, Press Freedom, Science in the Newsroom, Climate Change, Formats, Method and Engagement and Disaster Preparedness.

Moderator
courtney radsch
Scholar, Journalist and Advocate, USA
Speakers
Founding Director of the Journalism Protection Initiative, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, USA
Editor-in-chief, Bhekisisa, South Africa
Editor in Chief, Globe and Mail, Canada
Director of Journalist Programmes, Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism, UK
12:00

YouTube NEWS SHORTS WORKSHOP

Room E

How to optimize your news experience, tell your stories, and reach new audiences on YouTube Shorts. We’ll discuss vertical video case studies and short content inspiration for news organizations.

Speakers
Manager, YouTube Large Partnerships, Greater China
Head of Responsibility, YouTube Asia Pacific, Singapore
Hosted by:
13:00

NETWORKING LUNCH

Exhibition Hall

13:00

WOMEN IN NEWS (LUNCHEON) SUMMIT

Room A

This working lunch will celebrate the success of outstanding women newsroom leaders. It will also flag those committed to equality by making it a business and moral imperative. We will look at the progress and the challenge ahead.

Speakers
APAC Associations and Industry Engagement Lead, Google, Singapore
Director for Southeast Asia, Women in News, Myanmar
Director of Journalist Programmes, Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism, UK
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14:30

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS FOR THE NEWS BUSINESS (PART TWO)

Room GF

The New York Times’ experiments with Cooking, Wirecutter and The Athletic have shown that there is a growing demand and willingness to pay for a connected portfolio of complementary and premium products. How does this strategy play out in different media markets? What are the learnings from Denmark to Indonesia and Taiwan?

Moderator
Media Advisor, Australia / Member of WAN-IFRA Expert Panel

Driving Double-Digit Growth in a Competitive Market

Denmark’s leading news media company has achieved double-digit growth after years of stagnation. Stig will share the experiments and learnings from their digital subscriptions journey, creating B2B offerings and scaling up to convert the distribution business into a profit centre.

 

Speakers
CEO, JP/Politiken Media Group, Denmark

Transforming the Legacy Media Company to a Digital First Enterprise

Kompas, the esteemed newspaper founded in 1965, had grown to become the largest media company in Indonesia. With success grounded in the reputation and trust of its printed product, its position needs to be translated into the digital ecosystem if KG Media is to create a sustainable model for the future. What are the strategies, and how can value be created and captured? Andy will share KG Media’s plans.

 

Speakers
CEO, KG Media, Indonesia

Pivoting to younger readers to ensure long-term sustainability

How NWT leveraged its brand to transform from being a legacy print media which is rapidly losing subscribers to one that is on a path to sustainability by dramatically increasing the number of younger subscribers and becoming the region’s number one digital news brand for people under 45.

 

Speakers
Deputy head of media, NWT Media, Sweden

Times of India - betting on Gen X

While media companies are heavily investing in acquiring younger readers, they may be overlooking a crucial demographic. Our societal structures have undergone a transformation over the last few decades making GenX, the wealthiest age group, an attractive consumption cohort.

In this context, Mr. Mohit Jain, Executive Director and Board member of the Times of India Group (BCCL), will explain the reasons behind this transformation and thus, a significant opportunity for Print.

 

Speakers
Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., India

Bonnier News, creating value for long term sustainability

Bonnier News is the Nordic region’s leading media group with over 200 titles and brands in 11 countries and 2.2 million subscribers. The organisation has achieved this through an unrelenting focus on first class content and journalism, strong brands and attractive products. The speaker will share their strategies and learnings about how they increase reach and relevance to continue to develop a successful, sustainable and scalable business to become a leader in the European news media market.

 

Speakers
Pia_Rehnquist
Editorial Director, Bonnier News Local, Sweden
14:30

NEWSROOM TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINING CHANGE

Room H

Changing how your newsroom and business work is a continuous, all-consuming and often painful process. This session goes beyond the transformation from print to digital – to include initiatives to keep a culture of innovation alive in the face of rapid and continuous technological change. Different and extreme case studies from very different types of organisations.

This session will feature issues of Newsroom Transformation, Integration, Change Management, User Needs, Leadership, Local Journalism and Audience Focus.

Moderator
Strategic advisor and author, Member of WAN-IFRA Expert Panel, UK

Daily Maverick's radical transformation

Transformation is not just about moving from print to digital: this deep dive will explain the all-encompassing change process that Daily Maverick introduced and how it has grown from a startup into a serious, award-winning media house, with its members’ needs at the heart of its editorial focus and processes.

 

Speakers
Co-Founder and CEO, Daily Maverick, South Africa

McClatchy's journey from bankruptcy to stability

The group made quality local journalism the centrepiece of its business strategy. It is now layering in AI, technology, new tools and constant experimentation to drive strong audience and subscriber growth.

 

Speakers
Chief News Officer, McClatchy, USA

Driving digital integration at Nation Media Group

East Africa’s biggest legacy media group has been on a journey to reposition itself as the leading digital content creator in the region. The change process has involved a move to an integrated, audience-led newsroom, bringing together print, broadcast and digital operations.

 

Speakers
Group Managing Editor, Nation Media Group, Kenya
14:30

TECH DISRUPTION: EMPOWERING MEDIA THROUGH STARTUP INNOVATIONS

Room E


United Innovation X Startups Open Mic

United Innovation, empowered by United Daily News Group, is the first and still only one accelerator established by media group in Taiwan. In this section, we have invited 10 outstanding startups to deliver short speeches, sharing their innovative solutions and successful case studies for the media and advertising industries. The list of startups will cover various fields, including AR/VR, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and virtual-physical integration, putting all these innovations to transform the traditional media industry’s business models, communication methods, and user experiences.

Kindly register here if you wish to attend this session.

Speakers
CEO, Funique VR Studio Co. Ltd., Taiwan
CEO, TianYen Co. Ltd., Taiwan
CEO/Founder, Ark Wisdom Co. Ltd., Taiwan
President, DIGI SPACE Co. Ltd., Taiwan
Founder, Toii Ltd., Taiwan
Commercial Director, Light Generation Co. Ltd., Taiwan
International Business Consultant, ChoozMo Inc., Taiwan
CEO, Alion IT Co., Ltd., Taiwan
Director of Market Insight, Young Square Createch Ltd., Taiwan
Founder, La Vida Tec Co., Ltd., Taiwan
Hosted by:
16:00

COFFEE BREAK

Exhibition Hall

16:30

PLENARY: ONE-ON-ONE WITH RICHARD GINGRAS

Room GF

Moderator
Pia_Rehnquist
Editorial Director, Bonnier News Local, Sweden
Keynote
Vice President of News, Google Inc., USA
16:15

HOW TO BETTER SERVE AUDIENCES NEEDS

Room E

A demonstration how different publishers apply user needs models to their content strategies. Audiences needs – or specific ways of telling a story – effectively connect your newsrooms, data and product strategy, make your content more engaging, relatable and actionable.

Speakers
CEO, Ringier Media International, Switzerland
19:30

GALA DINNER

Taipei Grand Hotel

Join us for a lovely evening where we can enjoy each other’s company and experience the best Taiwanese cuisine as well as getting a glimpse into the culture thanks to the Nibun Chorus.

The Nibun Chorus was established in 2017 and is affiliated to the Kaohsiung Nibun Association. “Nibun” is derived from the Bunun language meaning “tooth”. The members of the chorus are from Kaohsiung Liou-Guei, Bao-Lai and Tao-Yuan districts who love to sing. Nibun Chorus is devoted to collecting and preserving local characteristics, by arranging cultural music such as indigenous, Hakka, Taiwanese new immigrants’ and Hokkien songs. Nibun Chorus has performed in many countries and had won the golden diploma in the category of “Folklore with accompaniment” in the “World Choir Games 2018” in South Africa.

We will meet at the beautiful Taipei Grand Hotel, a 14-story palace-like building, facing Keelung River, nestled against Yangming Mountain and overlooking Songshan in the east and Danshui in the west. Since 1952, the Grand Hotel has been standing midway up Yuanshan, a towering building with red columns, gilded tiles and a magnificent classic presence, a must-visit great gem of Chinese culture.

Taipei Grand Hotel

© Grand Hotel

 

June 30 Friday

09:00

BREAKFAST SESSION: INNOVATION IN THE NEWSROOM: REUTERS, AI, AND GLOBAL COVERAGE

Room E

Reuters leadership dives deep into the latest trends in media, the unmatched breadth of Reuters coverage in Asia, as well as what AI and disruptive technology means for news media with over 170 years of history like Reuters.

  • Senior Reuters editors will provide insight into how the agency is covering the seminal stories around the region as we enhance our local coverage while providing global context. From geopolitics and economics to climate change and business, our multimedia teams strive every day to serve our clients with a variety of stories in a variety of formats for different audiences and platforms. Asia & Australasia News Editor Soyoung Kim and our Taipei bureau chief Ben Blanchard and head of visuals Angie Teo will share their experiences of reporting, editing and storytelling in the region.
  • As we continue to modernize our storytelling and service to clients, there is one phrase on everybody’s lips: AI. Global Editor for Media News Strategy Jane Barrett will explain how Reuters is approaching AI both in the newsroom and in our products, making our content easier to use.
  • The editors will be joined by Ling Sze Gan, Director of Media Sales, Asia, to speak about other developments in Reuters digital strategy from formats to delivery systems to ensure that we serve our clients and audiences as the world keeps changing.
Speakers
Global Editor, Media News Strategy, Reuters, UK
News Editor for North Asia, Southeast Asia & Australasia, Reuters, South Korea
Head of Media Sales - Asia Pacific, Reuters Media Agency, Singapore
North Asia Chief Producer, Reuters, Taiwan
Taiwan Bureau Chief, Reuters, Taiwan
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10:00

MEDIA TECH AND THE FUTURE OF NEWS

Room GF

This session will discuss how AI and Web 3.0 technologies will shape the news industry of the future.

Moderator
Founder & CEO, Web3 Builder, Terminal 3, Hong Kong

Towards a safer digital experience for users

Originator Profile (OP) technology, a collaborative effort among more than ten media and tech organisations in Japan, will help internet users easily identify quality news articles and safe advertisements that are third-party verified, thus preventing the distribution of fake news content and ad fraud.

 

Speakers
Senior Managing Director & Managing Editor, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan

"Internet Z:” How Web3 tools and AI Are Building a More Profitable Media Business

Through the lens of Gen Z, our speakers run us through why Web3 tools such as Wallets, NFTs and DAOs, when coupled with Artificial Intelligence, are helping media companies find new customers – and new pathways to profitability.

 

Speakers
Founder & CEO, Web3 Builder, Terminal 3, Hong Kong
CEO and co-founder, Decrypt Media Inc., USA
Regional Director, Asia & the Pacific, International Fund for Public Interest Media, Singapore
10:00

FACTS, LIES, HATE AND ELECTIONS

Room H

Journalism can be challenging (and damaging) in an age of disinformation, oppression and anger, particularly around elections. Are new approaches needed, some that involve all of society? Lessons from the Philippines, Brazil and Kenya and how journalists in countries like South Africa are trying to stay focused and safe. How do you assess and manage the long-term harm and moral injury that journalists face?

This session will feature issues of Press Freedom, Misinformation, Disinformation, Social Media, Democracy, Political Reporting, AI, Civil Society, Online Harassment, Safety of Journalists, Mental Health and Moral Injury.

Moderator
News Editor for North Asia, Southeast Asia & Australasia, Reuters, South Korea
Speakers
Editor in Chief, Globe and Mail, Canada
News Editor for Afghanistan and Pakistan AFP, Afghanistan
Co-Founder, Rappler, Philippines
Nwabisa Makungu
Editor, Sowetan, South Africa
With
11:30

COFFEE BREAK

Exhibition Hall

12:00

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) IN MEDIA COMPANIES

Room GF

ESG, a framework to assess an organisation’s business practices and performance on various sustainability and ethical issues, has become a hot discussion point in boardrooms. Investors and shareholders are looking at the ESG scorecards. This session will look at how Media companies are addressing the different aspects of ESG, including the move to carbon neutrality, diversity, equity and inclusion.

Moderator
Former Head News and Current Affairs, ABS-CBN, Philippines

Leading the Sustainability Movement in Taiwan

United Daily News (UDN) is among the leaders in the sustainability movement in the news media industry in Taiwan. The presentation will take the audience through the three key pillars of UDN’s efforts. One is the establishment of the “Vision Project Foundation” which encourages involvement from all sectors of society to promote sustainable practices. Secondly, through the “Sunshine Movement” feature where UDN reports on various environmental, educational, and social justice issues from a perspective of sustainability, oversight, and care. Finally, UDN takes action by promoting the installation of solar panels, resource recycling, water and electricity conservation, as well as participating in food bank programs, employee donations, and by providing materials to disadvantaged families. UDN also raises funds to help Taiwan rural students purchase books and improve lunch quality.

 

Speakers
Chief Sustainability Officer, UDN, Taiwan

Putting climate at the heart of newsroom decision making

ESG goals are more than a box ticking, governance exercise. They need to be backed up with strategic and operational plans, especially on climate change. As organisations decide how they are going to both report on climate change and ensure they are themselves acting in the most sustainable ways possible to achieve that coverage, where do you even start? Now is a critical time for news leaders to understand how they build decision making processes and workflows that consider climate into all of their operations.

 

Speakers
Founder and CEO, Fathm, UK

ESG Principles - a practical pathway to implementation

Annamarie Jamieson will talk about how to bring ESG principles to life in an authentic, practical way. She will touch on diversity –  be it gender, ethnicity, beliefs, abilities, experiences and how it can bring a new lens through which businesses can learn, connect and grow.

 

Speakers
People & Culture Director, Stuff, New Zealand
12:00

RETURNS ON EQUITY: THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF GENDER JOURNALISM

Room H

Media organisations should reflect the world around them, in their content and in their newsrooms. But that’s not the only reason to invest in gender journalism.
Closing the gender news consumption gap improves your organisation’s bottom line. So, how do you do it?

This session will offer a range of strategies to reach the vast, largely untapped market of news consumers: women. It will show how to support the people who create this journalism and how to broaden coverage to ensure you stay relevant to your audience. Lastly, it will discuss the real-life impact of some of the best gender journalism around the world.

Moderator
Indochina Bureau Chief, The Straits Times, Singapore
Speakers
Chief Content Officer, Star Media Group Berhad, Malaysia
Journalist, freelance, India
Managing Editor, "As Equals" at CNN, Netherlands
Editor of "Impact", Les Glorieuses, France
With
13:00

NETWORKING LUNCH

Exhibition Hall

14:00

CLOSING SESSION

Room GF

Moderator
CEO, WAN-IFRA
14:15

CLOSING PLENARY: INNOVATION IN NEWS MEDIA

Room GF

An energising end to the Congress: The annual report prepared by Juan Senor and team for WAN-IFRA will provide valuable insights, case studies and tangible ideas to take home.

Speakers
President, Innovation Media Consulting Group, UK
Strategic advisor and author, Member of WAN-IFRA Expert Panel, UK
15:00

Delta Tech Tour

Delta Electronics - Green Building Demonstration Base

Come to Delta and start an innovative, energy-saving journey.

Delta, founded in 1971, is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products. The Delta Tech tour gives you the opportunity to visit the “Delta Smart WELL Office” as well as the 8K Theater.

By incorporating “human-oriented” architectural concepts into its energy-efficient green building design and focusing on health and comfort, Delta has created a convenient and intuitive office space by dividing it into different areas. According to the varying requirements of the different areas, a corresponding automation management and control solution is provided. This solution includes features such as facial recognition access control systems and Indoor Air Quality Monitors.

The 8K theater offers stunning images in 8K resolution and can play 4K and FHD content. Allowing enterprises to display video materials on core concepts, products, and technologies, Delta’s 8K projector finds broad application in commercial, exhibition and media fields, such as broadcasting Olympic events, with customers worldwide.

Bus shuttle will be provided:
15:15 Nangang Exhibition Centre to Delta Headquarters
17:00 Delta Headquartes to Grand Hyatt Hotel

15:00

Free Guided Tours

The tour information and registration link were sent separately via email to participants who had already registered. New registrants can find the registration link on the Congress registration page.

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