What drives Daily Telegraph, El Pais, Le Monde and New York Times to Krakow?

80+ delegates from 35 different European newsmedia companies have already registered to the INMA/OPA Europe Conference in Krakow, Poland (Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2010).

Among those who took advantage of the first deadline for early bird rates and registered to the conference are editors and managers of the leading European newsmedia such as the Daily Telegraph, Corriere della Serra, Der Spiegel, El Pais, Helsingin Sanomat, Irish Times, Le Monde, Mecom, New York Times, Ouest-France, Schibsted, or Styria.

In total organisers of the Krakow event expect more than 200 newsmedia executives from all over Europe to gather this year at the main annual conference of the International Newsmedia Marketing Association and the Online Publishers Association in Europe.

The programme of the conference includes topical seminars on local newsmedia, research, sports journalism and marketing, and plenary sessions on innovations in news content, advertising, promotion as well as new mobile devices like tablets. (Check the latest version of the programme at the conference site.)

Confirmed speakers include David Montgomery, CEO of Mecom Group (UK), Shailesh Gupta of Dainik Jagran (India), Bernard Asselin of the Montreal Gazette (Canada), Espen Hansen of Schibsted’s VG (Norway), Massimo Russo of Gruppo l’Espresso (Italy), Chris Pennock of Johnston Press (UK) and Florian Nehm of Axel Springer (Germany).

Krakow, the host city of the conference, is itself a reason to come. Recognised throughout the world as an authentic and charming historical city, it is one of Europe’s official cultural capitals. It has a great location between the West and the East, and travel has become easy with affordable direct flights. (Learn more at this site.)

Check who’s already registered to the event (the list updated as of July 25th):

• Belden Associates (USA)
• ComQuotidiens (F)
• Corelio (B)
• De Gelderlander (NL)
• De Persgroep Publishing (B)
• DNA (F)
• Edytor (PL)
• Ekstra Bladet (DK)
• Gijbels Groep (B)
• Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso (I)
• Helsingin Sanomat (FI)
• Il Sole 24 Ore (I)
• The Irish Times (IE)
• Kurrier (A)
• Le Monde Interactif (F)
• Le Temps (F)
• MatchWork (UK)
• Mecom (UK)
• Media Convergence (NL)
• Media Regionalne (PL)
• Mediasite (N)
• New York Times Syndicate (US)
• Ouest-France (F)
• PBI (PL)
• Prisacom (E)
• RCS Digital (I)
• RCS Media Group (I)
• Schibsted (N)
• Styria Media (A)
• Spiegel QC (D)
• Telegraph Media Group (UK)
• Verlag Dierichs (D)
• WDM Belgium (B)
• Xtreme Nordic (N)

Join them by registering here. The next early bird deadline is September 15.

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