CEOs of Future, Ringier Axel Springer join Congress closing panel

The participants for closing panel are:

• Zillah Byng-Thorne, CEO, Future Publishing, UK

• Ralph Büchi, COO of the Ringier Group and CEO of Ringer Axel Springer Switzerland, Switzerland

• Mike Federle, president and chief operating officer, Forbes, USA

Their conversation forms part of several sessions where Congress speakers will share their perspectives on current, emerging and future developments.

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They include:

• Media business models: 

1. Anne-Marie Tomchak, UK editor, Mashable;
2. Andria Vidler, CEO, Centaur Media, UK; 
3. Antonella Mei-Pochtler, Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group, Austria; 
4. James Tye, Dennis Publishing, UK; 
5. Julia Jäkel, CEO, G+J, Germany; 
6. Kalli Purie, Editorial Director, The India Today Group, India; 
7. Kristin Cardwell, Director of International Strategy and Development, Refinery29, UK;
8. Lucy Küng, Reuters Institute for Journalism, Oxford University, Switzerland; 
9. Philipp Schmidt, Chief Transformation Officer, Prisma Media, France; 
10. Walter Longo, President, Abril, Brazil; 
11. Wolfgang Blau, Chief Digital Officer, Condé Nast International; and 
12. Yulia Boyle, VP: Global Media and Experiences, National Geographic Partners, USA.

• Artificial Intelligence, Voice, Augmented and Virtual Reality: 

1. Alice Zimmerman, Global Product Partnerships, Google, USA; 
2. Francesco Marconi, Manager: Strategy and Development, Associated Press, USA; 
3. Greg Cornelius, Managing Director, Modn Media, Singapore; 
4. Greg Ivanov, Lead: Daydream EMEA, Google, UK; and 
5. Martha Stone, CEO, World Newsmedia Network, USA.

• Tapping into emerging trends: 

1. Josh Macht, EVP and Group Publisher, Harvard Business Review, USA; 
2. Hans Hamer, Publishing and Managing Director: Automotive, Sports and Consumer Electronics, Axel Springer; Germany;
3. Patrick Walker, Director of Media Partnerships EMEA, Facebook, UK; and 
4. Ross Sleight, Chief Strategy Officer, Somo, UK.

Take a look at the preliminary agenda (note: to be updated this week with new sessions and speakers) here. Take a look at our speakers (note: those where we have so far received their photos and biographies) here.

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