October 19, 2017 | The Westin Sydney
2017-08-23 08:00:00 2017-08-23 18:00:00 Australia/Sydney Mumbrella Publish The Westin Sydney Paul Dovas paul@dovasdigital.com.auIn its fourth year, Mumbrella’s Publish conference explores the major issues impacting the publishing industry. This year the event will extend its focus to cover content marketing. The forum is an opportunity for industry professionals to prepare for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, share insights and network with the leading minds in publishing. The 2016 conference saw up to 300 people hearing from a stellar lineup of top local and international talent across the industry.
If you have a great idea for Mumbrella’s Publish conference, or want to get involved, then please submit your ideas below. You can nominate yourself or someone else as a speaker, or suggest a session. You can also tell us what not to do if you so desire. We’d love you to get involved and help build a brilliant conference in 2017.
Call for session/speaker proposals are open until Thursday July 27, 2017.
HAVE YOUR SAY
President, Slate Magazine
President, Slate Magazine
Keith Hernandez is President of The Slate Group, where he oversees revenue, marketing and custom creative operations. Formerly, he served as VP of brand strategy at BuzzFeed, where he led revenue and brand strategy efforts in North America and Australia. Hernandez established BuzzFeed’s global sales operations in Canada and the United Kingdom, and extended its international footprint in Australia, Asia, and Latin America. A veteran of Microsoft, Vevo, Blip Networks, and the Onion, Hernandez is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) with a BA in creative writing. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and daughter.
As the world’s first mass popularity online magazine Slate celebrates its 20th anniversary, President Keith Hernandez travels from New York to share with the Publish audience the story of the brand, his insights into the rise of off-platform distribution, his advice on how mid-size publishers need to make a choice on which networks they publish, and how Slate’s big bet on podcasting is panning out.
Five years ago, freelance journalist Sarah Wilson experimented with quitting sugar for her column in Fairfax Media’s Sunday Life.
Since then, the former Cosmopolitan editor has seen I Quit Sugar become a publishing brand in its own right with a website, series of best-selling books, ebooks and a health program completed by more than a million people.
In this inspiring on-stage interview, Wilson will share what she has learned about the modern publishing world, building her own brand, content marketing and monetising content.
Founder, I Quit Sugar
Founder, I Quit Sugar
Five years ago, freelance journalist Sarah Wilson experimented with quitting sugar for her column in Fairfax Media’s Sunday Life.
Since then, the former Cosmopolitan editor has seen I Quit Sugar become a publishing brand in its own right with a website, series of best-selling books, ebooks and a health program completed by more than a million people.
In this inspiring on-stage interview, Wilson will share what she has learned about the modern publishing world, building her own brand, content marketing and monetising content.
The Australian, CEO
The Australian, CEO
Nicholas Gray has been CEO of The Australian since 2013 where he leads the commercial development of the masthead and has been responsible for top and bottom line improvements fuelled by digital subscription growth, an expanded focus on digital products, business and lifestyle coverage improvements and successful marketing campaigns including The Australian‘s 50th, The Australian Business Review and Influential Australians. He was also the Publisher of Business Spectator since 2011.
Before joining News Corp Australia Nicholas was CFO / Strategy Director and then National Sales Director at ninemsn. Prior to this, Nicholas worked on corporate strategy at Lion Nathan and was an investment banker at Citigroup in London and Tokyo and Macquarie in Sydney.
Nicholas is a non-executive director of the UNSW Foundation Limited and previously held non-executive director positions at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), iSelect and 3P Learning (Mathletics). Nicholas graduated from UNSW in 1997 with a BCom / LLB.
Twitter: @NicholasGray
Hear from the CEO of News Corp’s national broadsheet The Australian on how it’s dealing with the shift to digital, its financial performance post the GFC and how it is convincing customers to subscribe.
Podcasts are the latest trend to hit publishers – but how can it help a masthead make money?
Mamamia, Managing Director
Mamamia, Managing Director
Kylie started her career at Network TEN in 1997, after completing an ARTS Degree at Monash University- with a double major in Psychology and Film &Television. Kylie quickly progressed through the sales operation with experience across a number of the company’s key markets rising to the role of National Sales Director and later spearheading the launch TEN’s premium creative solutions division – GENERATE.
In July 2014 Kylie left Network Ten after 17 years, and joined the Mamamia Women’s Network as the National Sales Director. She was promoted to Managing Director within 18 months, and manages the business for the co-founders and owners, Mia Freedman and Jason Lavigne.
Mumbrella’s Publish brings together the best practitioners in the print and digital publishing industries. Get your branding in front of key decision makers across the industry, with packages that include thought leadership, education, awareness and lead generation. Speak with us about ways we can create a bespoke sponsorship that works for you and fulfils your marketing objectives.
Sponsorship EnquiriesAn absolute must for the Publishing industry, a great event for everyone in the industry to learn and network with businesses relevant to their own and to see and hear what's new and now in their market.
Cutting edge, inspirational and stimulating food for thought.
Engaging and a good insight into the current media world and trends.
Thursday October 19, 2017
The Westin Sydney
1 Martin Pl, Sydney NSW 2000
