Some of the world's most successful and influential magazine leaders have been confirmed as speakers at the 35th FIPP World Magazine Congress in New York on 22-24 May.

The conference, hosted by Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City, will provide a forum for attendees to discuss and shape the issues of the worldwide magazine publishing industry.

Under the conference theme, 'Magazines Make Things Happen', an impressive lineup of keynote presenters and speakers from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America, will share their publishing experiences from around the world. All of the world's major magazine markets will be represented.

Commenting on the line-up, FIPP president and CEO, Donald Kummerfeld, said: "This is an exciting and stimulating line-up of some of the most impressive leaders in the business. I am thoroughly looking forward to the event in May which promises to be the industry highlight of the year."

Keynote speakers include:

• Robert Civita, President & Editor, Editora Abril S.A.  He is the Monday Luncheon Keynote.
• Yukoh Kawamura, Chairman and CEO Nikkei Business Publications Inc.  He will address cross-border publishing in Asia from a Japanese perspective.
• Jack Kliger, President and CEO, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.  He will talk about the industry-wide coalition currently underway to assure that magazines are top of advertisers' minds (and budgets).
• William Lauder, President and CEO, Estee Lauder Companies.  He will explore the role magazines have played in building their brands and the possibilities for further collaboration.
• Don Logan, Chairman, Media and Communications Group, Time Warner.  He will explain why magazines will continue to be an important, technologically efficient way to reach consumers.
• John Maeda, Allen Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).He will reveal creative, new digital paths that publishers might follow in the near future.
• Renetta McCann, CEO, The Americas, Starcom Worldwide.  She will share how magazines can leverage their unique position with the consumer.
• Harold (Terry) McGraw III, Chairman, President and CEO, The McGraw-Hill Companies.  He will address the opportunities and responsibilities of multi-platform content providers in the dynamic digital world.
• Jonathan Newhouse, Chairman, The Condé Nast Publications Inc./International.  He will challenge some assumptions and beliefs which underlie the idea that branding is the road to international magazine success.

General Session Panels and Breakout Sessions include:

• Global Expansion of Print…Realising Growth Potential-Asia
  Michael Brennan, President, Reader's Digest Latin America, Asia-Pacific (moderator); Svida Alisjahbana, Publishing Director, Femina Group; Devashish Sarkar, CEO, Worldwide Media Ltd.; Hugo Shong, President/Asica-China, IDG
• Global Expansion of Print…Realising Growth Potential-Europe, Africa and Latin America
  Michael Brennan, President, Reader's Digest Latin America, Asia-Pacific (moderator); John Reuter, CEO, Grupo Editorial Expansion; Derk Sauer, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Independent Media; Patricia Scholtemeyer, CEO, Media 24 Magazines; and Neslihan Tokcan, General Manager, Dogan Burda Rizzoli Magazine Publishing
• Global Youth Lifestyle…What's the Next Big Thing?
  Aurora S. Mangubat, Group Publisher, Summit Media; Atoosa Rubenstein, Editor-in-Chief, Seventeen; and Lisa Smorsarski, Editor, Bliss
• Keeping It Relevant in a 24/7 World…Perspectives on Global Journalism
  Norm Pearlstine, Editor-in-Chief, Time Inc. (moderator) Claudio Gurmindo, Deputy Editor, Noticias; Alain Genestar, Editor-in-Chief, Paris Match; Andreas Petzold, Editor-in-Chief, Stern; and Mark Whitaker, Editor, Newsweek
• Magazines and the Changing Retail Experience
  Peter Kreisky, Chairman, Kreisky Media Consultancy (moderator); Ian Locks, Chief Executive, Periodical Publishers Association; Jean-Louis Nachury, CEO, Hachette Distribution Services; and Roberto Sicardi, Operations Director, Mondadori
• Magazines Making Things Happen…Now and in the Future
  Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Vice Chairman, President & CEO, Grupo Televisa S.A.; Torsten J. Klein, President - Magazine Division International, Gruner + Jahr AG & Co KG; Steve Murphy, President and CEO, Rodale, Inc. and Rob van den Bergh, Chairman and CEO, VNU
• Making Cross-Media Partnerships Work
  Michael Clinton, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Group Publishing Director, Hearst Magazines (moderator); Susan Lyne, CEO, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia; Eduardo Michelsen, CEO, Editorial Televisa; and Aroon Purie, Chairman and Chief Executive, Living Media India Limited
• Making Things Happen in a Digital World
  Ned Desmond, Executive Director, Time Inc. Interactive (moderator);  Hans Hamer, Publishing Director, Auto Bild and Managing Director, AS Auto Verlag; and Kerry Mitchell, Publisher, Rogers Media
• The New Brand Extensions of B2B
  Gordon Hughes, President, American Business Media (moderator); Santosh Goenka, Founder & President, Diagonal; Christopher Lund, President, Grupo Lund de Editoras Associadas; Hugh Roome, President, Scholastic International; and Claus Wuestenhagen, CEO, Vogel Business Medien GmBh& Co
• The Power of the Cover
  Peter-Matthias Gaede, Editor, GEO; Mike Soutar, Editorial Director, IPC; Valerie Toranian, Editor-in-Chief, Elle; and Kate White, Editor-in-Chief, Cosmopolitan

Additional programme information and online registration is available at www.magazine.org/NYC2005FIPP

Sponsors

Stora Enso; Editorial Televisa; R.R. Donnelley; UPM-Kymmene; DHL Global Mail, QuadGraphics, Audit Bureau of Circulations; and AdMedia Partners.  Publishing Partners include: The Conde Nast Publications Inc.; Forbes; Gruner + Jahr; Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc.; Hearst Magazines;  Meredith Corporation; National Geographic Society; Primedia; Playboy Enterprises; Rodale Inc.; The Reader's Digest Association; and Time Inc.