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JOIN US AT KUALA LUMPUR
23-24 April
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SESSION 1: Opening Plenary - Successful Strategies For A Shifting Media Landscape
Alvin liu President, Economic Daily News, United Daily News Group, Taiwan
Umair Wolid Co-Founder,Newswire,Sri Lanka
SESSION 2: The Editors Roundtable: Changing The Playing Field
Ashwad Ismail Head and Editor-in-Chief,Astro AWANI,Malaysia
SESSION 3: Reframing the Climate Narrative
Shereen Daver Programme Director, climateXchange, United Kingdom
SESSION 4: Audience Engagement Strategies as Alternatives to Social Media Platforms
Laura Crimmons Head of Growth Management (Media) & Head of Audience Development (Media) at Ringier, Switzerland
Sam Koslowski Co-founder, The Daily Aus, Australia
SESSION 5: AI Showcase: Best Case Studies from the WAN-IFRA AI Catalyst Programme
United Daily News Group, Taiwan
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines
Star Media Group, Malaysia
SESSION 6: Is Advertising Dead ?
Mark Challinor International Media Advisor, News Media UK
Marcelo Benez Chief Commercial Officer, Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil
SESSION 7: Intersection of Tech and Innovation in Storytelling
Nguyen Hoang Nhat Deputy Head, Digital News Department, Nhan Dan Newspaper, Vietnam
SESSION 8: Fresh Ideas for Revenue Diversification
Christian Haneborg Chief Commercial Officer, Schibsted Marketing Services,Norway
Lacey Ewin Lead, Digital Commercial Strategy and Solutions, Mediacorp, Singapore
Jonathan Knight Head of Games, The New York Times, USA
SESSION 9: Effective Use of Data in Newsrooms
Jeremy Clifford Digital Consultant, Member of WAN-IFRA Expert Panel, UK
Kevin Seng Head of Technology, Star Media Group, Malaysia
SESSION 10: Advertising Trends: What to look out for throughout 2025
Mark Challinor International Media Advisor, News Media UK, UK
Sue-Anne Lim CEO, Universal McCann (UM) Malaysia
SESSION 11: AI Strategies for News Organisations
Janie Octia Learning Editor for Asia, Reuters, Singapore
Nicholas Sagau Tony Ngimat Chief Operating Officer at REV Media Group
SESSION 12: User Needs in Journalism - Model 2.0
Rutger Verhoeven CMO and Co-founder, smartocto, The Netherlands
SESSION 13: Digital News Consumption Trends and News Avoidance: Reuters Institute Presents the Digital News Report for Asia
Amy Ross Arguedas Research Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, UK
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Janet Wee
Sponsorship & Exhibition
janet.wee@wan-ifra.org
Kah Whye Lee
Director, Asia
kahwhye.lee@wan-ifra.org
Wilson Leong
General Enquiries / Registration
wilson.leong@wan-ifra.org
