In light of the turbulent macroeconomic environment and the ever-evolving media landscape, publishers are faced with unprecedented challenges in business sustainability, content migration and reader engagement. What transformations are taking place in the publishing world in view of the digital era? Is there a silver lining for the industry amid the financial meltdown?

The inaugural "SOPA Media Summit 2009" – "The Future of Publishing – New Platforms, New Technologies, New Models" is a landmark conference bringing together international and Asian media leaders and principal stakeholders to appraise the challenges and growth opportunities, re-define new business strategies and models, uncover new commercial values to emerge strongly from the economic crisis and unlock partnership opportunities in China and across the region.

The two-day summit comprises:

DAY 1 – Full day conference >>

DAY 2 – Meetings with local government officials                and visits to media companies >>
  

Plenary I – Keynote Presentation: "Optimizing Growth in Publishing: Global Views" Rhona Murphy Publisher & Managing Director Newsweek International

Asia CEOs and Media Leaders
Thomas Crampton Summit Moderator APAC Director, 360 Digital Influence Ogilvy PR	Angela Mackay Executive Director, Head of APAC Financial Times	Victor Visot CEO, Greater China, SEA & Australia Lagardère Active	Wenny Wang CEO Business Weekly Group
Christina Lee Asia Managing Director BusinessWeek Deputy Chairman SOPA	Robin Hu Deputy Chairman SPH Magazines Senior EVP, Chinese Newspapers & News -paper Services, SPH	Glenn J. Hansen President & CEO BPA Worldwide	Li Shuanke Publisher & Editor Chinese National Geography
Melvyn Goh CEO & Group Publisher M Media Group	Li Peiyu Editor-in-Chief China Business Journal	Doug Stotland Director of Strategy & Monetization, Greater APAC Microsoft Advertising	Anurag Batra Chairman & Editor-in-Chief exchange4media
Fei-Peng Ho CEO, Cite Publishing Group President Taiwan Digital Publishing Forum	Charles Sampson CEO Saatchi & Saatchi Beijing	Wolfgang Kohl General Manager Gruner + Jahr (Beijing) Advertising Co. Ltd.	William Bao Bean Partner Softbank China & India Holdings

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Join us in Beijing in November to discuss with veteran media leaders on how to reap benefits from innovative media management and how the very boundaries of publishing are being redefined.