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Schibsteds CEO Kjell Aamot to give keynote at Beyond the Printed Word 2008
Tuesday 09. September 2008 - IFRAs 16th World Digital Publishing Conference on 20 and 21 November 2008 in Budapest, Hungary: Cashing in on Digital Success
There’s no better way to learn about success, growth, and managing innovation in the news publishing industry than to ask those who have succeeded. Kjell Aamot, CEO of Schibsted ASA, the leading Scandinavian media group, will give the keynote address at the IFRA 16th World Digital Publishing Conference Beyond the Printed Word that will take place in Budapest on 20 and 21 November 2008 (www.ifra.com/beyond).
Schibsted, the Scandinavian media giant is represented in 22 countries and owns Norway’s largest newspapers, Verdens Gang (VG) and Aftenposten, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Europes leading online newspaper and a pioneer in the fields of IPTV and online payment services.
Following the main focus of the conference “Cashing in on Digital Success”, Kjell Aamot will show how Schibsted is going to fulfill the ambition to increase the revenues by seven per cent each year and how crucial innovation is in a rapidly developing market. “Becoming the most attractive media group in Europe means that we have to change just as radically as the market in which we operate” said Kjell Aamot.
The conference programme will bring together some of the worlds best minds to analyse how online, mobile, video, hyperlocal and social networks go hand in hand and can contribute to the industrys success.
The conference venue is the Novotel Budapest Congress. All presentations will be translated into English, German, French and Spanish. The early bird rate is available until 15 September 2008.