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

media_partner

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

community_partner

Media Partner· 1

Press Gazette – The Future of Media

media_partner

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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Sponsorship Packages

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ROI Benchmarks

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