FIPP World Media Congress
FIPP Congress 2026 is a global media industry conference bringing together 500+ senior media executives from 40+ countries for three days of insights, innovation, and networking in Madrid.
- Dates
- Oct 13 – Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Madrid, Spain
- Industry
- Media, publishing
Event Sponsors
55 sponsors on record
Sponsors· 2
Comunidad de Madrid
Madrid
Event sponsors· 4
Base MC
NewsGenie
NewsLabs
PA Media
FIPP Strategic Partner 2025· 1
UPM
Centenary Partners· 11
Advantage CS
ARI Revistas
Bridged
Erak Global Works
FT Strategies
ftstrategies.com
James G. Elliott Company Inc.
Miso
miso.ai
Pressreader
pressreader.com
Puzzler
Wright's Media
Zinio
Silver Partners· 33
AirBusiness
Atlas
atlas.how
Bolinda
Bridgeman images
Cafeyn
Chartbeat
chartbeat.com
Content Ignite
Culturs
Dalim
Darwin CX
Echobox
echobox.com
Evessio
evessio.com
Fat Tail
Full Fat Things
fullfatthings.com
Groupe Figaro
Hearst
hearst.com
HELLO
HOLA
Labrador
labradorcms.com
Lineup
Media Fund
Membrana Media
Nua Training
Prorata
prorata.ai
Pugpig
pugpig.com
Push Push Go
Ring Publishing
ringpublishing.com
Smartocto
smartocto.com
Storifyme
storifyme.com
Storycue
Tubular
tubularlabs.com
Woodwing
X-CAGO
Event organised in partnership with· 1
ARI Asociación de Revistas
Media Partner· 1
Press Gazette – The Future of Media
Design Partners· 2
Awesome
White Light Media
Sponsor figures are recorded as published, not independently guaranteed.
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Speakers
121 speakers on record
speaker· 121
Abi Spooner
Strategy Partner, ATLAS
Adam White
Founder & CEO, Front Office Sports (FOS)
Adriana Whiteley
Director, FT Strategies
Àlex Poderoso
Digital Director
Andrea Davies
Board Adviser, Time Well Spent
Andrés Rodríguez Sanchez
President & Owner, SpainMedia
Andrew Clurman
Executive Chairman, The Equine Network LLC and Active Interest media
Andrew Hughes
Secretary General, PDLN
Angie Byun
Principal, AB World
Anne Marie O'Keefe
COO, Mansueto Ventures
Annelies Jansen
Chief Business Officer, ProRata.ai
Asghar Maqsood
Group Digital and AI Director, Terrapinn
Billy Carney
Co-founder, RocaNews
Brady Brim DeForest
Co-founder, Monk
Charlotte Cijffers
Chief Digital Officer, ITP Media Group
Charlotte Rica
Performance Psychologist
Chris Duncan
CEO & Founder, Seedelta
Chris Kerwin
Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant | Partner, Nua Training
Christian Toksvig
Co-founder and CEO, Cocoa Media
Christian Van Thillo
Executive Chairman
Clare Bolton
Chief Content Officer, Law Business Research (LBR)
Claudio Feijóo
Head of Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Madrid
Colin Morrison
Founder, Flashes & Flames
Cristiano Badoch
General Manager, SpainMedia
Cristina Martín Conejero
CEO, Hearst España
Cyndi Stivers
Director of Curation, TED
Daisy Donald
Propositions Lead - Economist Pro, The Economist Group
Daniel Borrás
Head of Editorial Content, GQ Spain
David Buttle
Founder, DJB Strategies
Dmitry Shishkin
Independent Media Advisor
Dr. Rainer Esser
CEO of DIE ZEIT, Managing Director of DvH Medien GmbH, DIE ZEIT
Eileen Le Muet
VP International, Figaro Group International Sales Director, MEDIA Figaro Group
Eliseu Barreira Junior
Head of Marketing and Digital Advertising, Products, Grupo Globo
Elleyne Aldine
CEO, Culturs Global Media
Enric Pastor
Founder & Editor, MANERA Ediciones
Erik van Heeswijk
CEO and Co-founder, Smartocto
Erika Heilman
Group Publisher and Senior Vice President, Harvard Business Review
Esther Kezia Thorpe
Editorial & Events Director, Flashes & Flames and MediaVoices
Faisal Abbas
Editor-in-Chief, Arab News
Fernando Yarza
President, Henneo
Florencia Schiavon
CEO, Sifted
Gary Rathbone
Founder and Director, Sportscape Media
Goli Sheikholeslami
Chief Executive Officer, POLITICO
Gregory Cornelius
Associate Publisher, DestinAsian Media
Henry Zhang
General Manager, CNKI
Inés Lorenzo
Head of Content, Vogue España
Irene Smit
Creative Director of Flow Magazine, Happinez, Psychologie Magazine and Yoga by Happinez, Roularta Media Nederland
Isobel Moure
Researcher at the AI Disclosures Project, SSRC
Jacqueline Loch
EVP Strategy and Revenue, AZURE
James Hewes
Strategic Advisor, ATLAS
Jan Thoresen
CEO, Labrador CMS
Jean-Paul Reparon
Managing Director, AgriMedia
Jeremy Clifford
Founder, Chrysalis Leadership
Jessica Sibley
CEO, TIME
Jim Elliott
President, James G. Elliott Co., Inc
Joe Martin
Vice President, Media Licensing, HEARST Magazines
Joey Chung
Co-Founder and CEO, TNL Mediagene
Jon Reidar Hammerfjeld
Co-Founder & Head of Sales, Labrador CMS
Jonny Kaldor
Founder and CEO, Pugpig
Jordan Vita
VP Product, Storytelling, The New York Times
Jovan Protic
Managing Director, idealo internet GmbH
Juan Señor
President, Innovation Media Consulting
Justin B. Smith
Co-Founder & CEO, Semafor
Käthe Lemon
President and Co-owner, Redpoint Media Group
Katie Palisoul
UK General Manager, POLITICO
Katja Eggert
Head of Strategic Development, Immediate Media
Kerin O'Connor
CEO & Founder, Atlas
Kevin Anderson
Director of the Digital Revenue Network, WAN-IFRA London
Kylie McCoy
Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Newsweek
Lara Boro
CEO, The Economist
Laura Cushing
Director of Product, Immediate Media
Laura Williamson
Editor in Chief, The Athletic
Lettie Debenham
Senior Manager, FT Strategies
Liesbeth Nizet
Head of Future Audiences Monetization, Mediahuis
Linda Thomas Brooks
Consultant - Advisor, LTB
Liu Jing
Content Director, Chinese National Geography Magazine
Louise-Anne Raimbault
Publishing Director of Gala, Groupe Figaro
Lucky Gunasekara
CEO & Co-Founder, Miso.ai
Lucy Kueng
Professor, Advisor, NED and Author
Lulu Skantze
Publisher and Creative Director, Storytime
Maija Koski
Director, New Business & Commercial Solutions, A-lehdet
Mariam Mammen Mathew
CEO, Manorama Online
Mark Howard
Chief Operating Officer, Time
Mark Judd
President International, CDS Global
Martin Weese
Chief Digital Officer, BurdaVerlag
Mary Langan
Executive Coach, Facilitator and Trainer; Founder, Nua Training
Maureen Hoch
Editor, HBR.org and Vice President of Digital Content, Harvard Business Publishing
Megha Garibaldi
Chief Growth Officer, The Atlantic
Mel McVeigh
Digital Consultant, PPA
Melissa Rubinson
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Partnerships, BBC Studios
Michelle Myers
Global Chief Revenue Officer, Wright's Media
Milos Stanic
Senior Strategy and Sales Manager, smartocto
Minette Ferreira
Chief Executive Officer: Media, Media24 (Pty) Ltd
Monicah Ndung'u
Chief Corporate Affairs and Partnerships Officer, Nation Media Group
Natasha Christie-Miller
Chairwoman Sifted, NED PGI VCT and Just Like Us, Advisor to The Economist Group, TED Conferences
Nicola Murphy
Founder, The River Group
Paul Fletcher
Principal, Paul Fletcher & Associates
Paul Hood
Head of Publishing, Vote Office, House of Commons
Philippe van Mastrigt
Managing Director, AdvantageCS
Pooja Bagga
Group Chief Information Officer, The Guardian, UK
Raul Castillo Herrero
Country Manager in Spain, Membrana Media
Rebecca Miskin
Chief Executive Officer, DC Thomson
Reeva Misra
Founder & CEO, Walking on Earth (WONE)
Ricardo Fernandez de Molina Fernandez
Director de Negocio Digital B2B, Prisa Media
Ricky Sutton
Founder and Podcast Host, Future Media
Roberto Bodegas
Chairman of the Board, OJD España
Rosie Percy
Newsletter Strategy Director, Hearst
Sarah Thompson
Executive Managing Director, Glassroom
Selma Stern
Independent Advisor
Sharon Roessen
COO, Terrapin
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon
Chief Content Officer, HELLO! Magazine
Srinivasan Balasubramanian
Managing Director, Vikatan Group
Stefan Betzold
Chief Product Marketing Officer, Bauer Media Group
Stefanie Maier
Head of Events & Partnerships, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Stephanie Kaplan Lewis
Co-Founder & CEO, Her Campus Media
Suprio Guha Thakurta
Independent Media Advisor, Former Chief Strategy Officer, The Economist, India
Tim Bulley
International Director, Time Out Group
Tim Hudson
Director of International, Licensing & Top Gear Magazine, Immediate
Yolanda Ausín Castañeda
Managing Director, ARI, Spain
Yoshinobu Noma
President and CEO, Kodansha Ltd.
Zaida Calvete Norrel
Senior Manager, Content Partnerships and Projects, Pressreader
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