The Future of Media Technology Conference

Dominic Ponsford will be in conversation with The Economist President Luke Bradley-Jones

Arc XP president Matthew Monahan will unveil a new blueprint for how, along with the Washington Post, they are helping to reinvent journalism for the modern age. Discussion to include agentic workflows, RAG-enabled products, multimodal personalization, and revenue tools.

Session to cover lead gen and reader intelligence services, how best to collect reader data and monetise it, and how to use reader data to create content which readers will keep coming back for.

The conference room will close for 45 minutes for an interactive networking coffee session in the exhibition area.

Publishers everywhere are rethinking the role of paywalls in their digital growth strategy. At Alma Media, that meant embracing AI-powered technology to move beyond static rules and unlock new opportunities. Johanna Suhonen, VP of Content Business, will share the strategy behind this shift and the impact to date.

AI represents both an existential threat and an existential opportunity for publishers. O'Reilly's Julie Baron and Miso's Lucky Gunasekara share insights learned along O'Reilly's journey through two software transformations.

Panel to discuss reaching new audiences through video, own platform or 3rd parties, video monetisation strategies, and the challenge organising the newsroom.

Sheena Peirse, incoming CEO of Mediahuis Ireland, will outline the company's transformation from a print-focused mode to achieving over 100,000 paying digital subscribers in a market of just 5 million people.

Panel to touch on brand safety, viewability, tackling fraud and curating inventory to maximise advertiser engagement and direct-sold ad revenue around publisher content.

With referral traffic declining and AI-driven platforms surfacing answers directly, the path to growth for publisher websites is in question. Panel to discuss new ways for publishers to build community, loyalty and interaction.

With 200,000 online subscribers, news publisher Delfi Meedia reaches 21% of the population in Estonia. Chief AI officer Ivar Krustok will explain how the publisher is using AI to transform the way they use audience data and super-charge editorial operations.

Leading publishers will share the latest insights and strategies from the AI frontline. How are they protecting their content from unwanted scraping and using AI technology in house to drive efficiency and find new revenue.

As AI reshapes discovery and content creation, publishers face twin threats: declining visibility and easy replication. This talk presents FT Strategies' toolkit, which helps publishers and media owners score their content across discoverability, defensibility and user value.

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