The Newspaper Works announces 2015 Future Forum
The Newspaper Works has announced The Hilton, Sydney, as the venue for the 2015 Future Forum, as well as its Advertising & Marketing Awards and Newspaper of the Year gala evenings, to be held on September 10 and 11, 2015.
The announcement:
The Newspaper Works has announced The Hilton, Sydney, as the venue for the 2015 Future Forum, as well as its Advertising & Marketing Awards and Newspaper of the Year gala evenings, to be held on September 10 and 11, 2015.
The Newspaper Works’ Future Forum features three workshops, full-day plenary and separate gala events for the industry’s Advertising & Marketing Awards and The Newspaper of the Year.
The annual conference convenes newspaper executives from across Asia-Pacific and more than 600 delegates attended this year’s series of events.
In 2015, the Plenary and Newspaper of the Year dinner will be held on Friday, 11 September.
“Our delegate research showed strong support for expansion of the event. More than 90 per cent of 2014 attendees rated the Future Forum Plenary as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ and the Newspaper of the Year dinner was even more popular,” The Newspaper Works CEO Mark Hollands said.
“The Hilton is a top-class venue – one of the very best that Sydney has to offer. We are taking the event up another notch next year. The stylish Zeta Bar will host the Advertising & Marketing Awards on the Thursday evening while the Newspaper of the Year Awards will take place in the Hilton’s Grand Ballroom on the Friday night, featuring spectacular entertainment to make it a memorable night for everyone.
“It will be a fantastic opportunity for partners to attend, enjoy the entertainment and maybe stay over in the heart of Sydney for the weekend.”
Sydney remains the most popular city for the event to be held, according to the 2014 delegate research.
Speakers in 2014 included the Minister for Communications, The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, chief executives of the major Australian newspaper publishers, and senior executives from The New York Times, Axel Springer and Singapore Press Holdings.
In 2015, the Future Forum’s one-day workshops and plenary will remain free to attend.
The event’s Platinum Supporter, Norske Skog, has also confirmed its continuing sponsorship of the event.
“Norske Skog is an outstanding supporter of the work of The Newspaper Works and the industry as a whole. They were delighted with the results this year, and it is great to have them back on board again for 2015,” Hollands said.
Source: The Newspaper Works media release
