2011 Conference Programme – Day One

Tuesday 17th May


08:30 – 09:10: Registration, tea and coffee
09:10 –  09:15: Chairman’s Welcome and Opening Remarks

David R Worlock, Advisor on Digital Strategies , and Co-Chair of Outsell’s Executive Programme, Outsell Leadership Councils
09:15 – 10:00: Opening Keynote: Information industry outlook 2011: Looking for revenue in all the right places

  • Sizing the global information industry
  • Pinpointing key growth sectors, and those which are declining
  • Identifying transformative and disruptive changes that will shape the information industry going forward

Kate Worlock, Director/Lead Analyst, Education & Social Media, Outsell

10:00 – 10:30: From strategy to execution – accelerating growth in the new economic climate

  • In 2009 David Craig Chief Strategy Officer of the newly formed Thomson Reuters business, described  the driving forces which would shape growth opportunities
  • Two years on, many things have of course changed and David stepped into running one of the new growth areas, Governance, Risk and Compliance
  • Now is a good time to look back and see if what we thought was going to drive new growth was correct, and use a real life example of the Governance, Risk and Compliance business of Thomson Reuters

David Craig, President, Governance, Risk & Compliance Business, Thomson Reuters
10:30 – 11:00: Morning networking break (Riverside room)

11:00 – 11:30: The device wars: Effectively responding to new channels and devices

  • Be market ready – how to get to the market before your competitors
  • Choosing the right strategy for monetizing your content
  • Multi-Platform publishing: which devices for you and your customers

Richard Stephenson, CEO, YUDU Media
11:30 – 12:00: Interview with Julian Sambles, Digital Operations Director, The Telegraph
12:00 – 12:30: Empowering the digital classroom

  • Leveraging digital techniques to take learning to a new level
  • How education is leading the way for publishing – what can we learn?
  • What next for education – how far can digital learning go?

Robin Ball, Content Manager, Global Grid for Learning, Cambridge University Press
12:30 – 12:45: Extended Q&A

An Opportunity to Ask Further Questions to the Morning’s Speakers
12:45 – 13.45: Networking lunch (Riverside room)
13:45 – 14:15: When content and technology collide

  • Publishing isn’t about publications, it’s about information, and that means embracing information technology
  • With apologies to Albert Einstein, content without technology is lame, technology without content is blind
  • Science was one of the first areas of publishing to go online, but even there the technology revolution has only just begun

Timo Hannay, Managing Director, Digital Science, Macmillan Publishers

14:15 – 14:45: Connecting B2B subscription content with the end user’s workflow: XpertHR Liveflo

  • Making content more valuable by connecting it with the user’s workflow
  • Building a workflow solution around regulatory compliance
  • Understanding the advantages and limitations of web-based workflow for the customer and for the publisher
  • Managing an application while managing content

David Shepherd, Group Editor, XpertHR, Reed Business Information
14.45 – 15.00: Flexible Workflows for the Digital Age

  • DTP neutrality
  • Content sharing and repurposing
  • Flexibility to meet dynamic challenges
  • Embrace all forms of content
  • Its not just systems but people and skills

David Worsfold, Group Editorial Services Director, Incisive Media

15:00 – 15:30: Afternoon networking break (Riverside room)

15:30 – 16:10: Panel session: Digital trends for 2011/2012

As the landscape continues to evolve:

  • What new models will  we see as content consumption continues to evolve in light of the uptake of new devices such as the iPad?  How can you be innovative and provide products and services that support evolving user needs?
  • Where should publishers invest money NOW to be ahead of the curve in a few years?
  • Who is leading the way?

Chaired by: David R Worlock, Advisor on Digital Strategies , and Co-Chair of Outsell’s Executive Programme, Outsell Leadership Councils

Panellists:

Gehan Talwatte, CEO, Ascend

Matthew Cockerill, Managing Director, BioMedCentral

Rob Grimshaw, Managing Director, FT.com

Julian Sambles, Digital Operations Director, The Telegraph
16.10 – 16.20: Chairman’s closing remarks and end of conference – Day One
16:20 – 18:00: Networking drinks reception


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