WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress
The 76th World News Media Congress, themed 'Mastering Media's New Playbook', brings together news publishing industry leaders in Krakow, Poland to explore strategies for building competitive, innovative, and sustainable news organisations through summits, deep dives, exhibitions, and awards.
- Dates
- May 4 – May 6, 2025
- Location
- Krakow, Poland
- Industry
- Media, publishing
Event Sponsors
55 sponsors on record
Strategic Partner· 1
Agora
agora.pl
Platinum Sponsors· 2
Google News Initiative
newsinitiative.withgoogle.com
ORLEN
orlen.pl
Gold Sponsors· 4
Chartbeat
chartbeat.com
Kilkaya
kilkaya.com
Marfeel
marfeel.com
PZU Foundation
fundacja.pzu.pl
Sponsors· 45
AFP
afp.com
Anygraaf
anygraaf.com
Arc XP
arcxp.com
Atex
atex.com
Bcube / Bitban
bcube.bitban.com
Bridged Media
bridged.media
Bright Data
brightdata.com
Dataminr
dataminr.com
Echobox
echobox.com
EPA Images
epaimages.com
Evessio
evessio.com
Factiverse
factiverse.ai
Financial Times
professional.ft.com
FT Strategies
ftstrategies.com
Geneea
geneea.com
Glorious
gltr-ous.us
GPP
gpp.io
Labrador CMS
labradorcms.com
Membrana Media
Netzindianer
netzindianer.net
News Publish
newspublish.org
Nine Stars Global
ninestarsglobal.com
Norkon
norkon.net
NYT Licensing
nytlicensing.com
OpenAI
openai.com
Payfor Press
payfor.press
Piano
piano.io
Project Syndicate
project-syndicate.org
Prorata
prorata.ai
Protec Media
protecmedia.com
Pubble
pubble.cloud
Pugpig
pugpig.com
PushPushGo
pushpushgo.com
QuestPass
questpass.io
Ring Publishing
ringpublishing.com
Smartico
smartico.one
Smartocto
smartocto.com
Stibo DX
stibodx.com
Storifyme
storifyme.com
Story Editor
storyeditor.com.hr
TakTak Media
taktak.media
TCE Exchange
tce.exchange
The Wall Street Journal
commercialpartnerships.wsj.com
Twipe Mobile
twipemobile.com
Xalok
xalok.com
Supported by· 1
IWP
iwp.pl
Media Partner· 1
Press Gazette
pressgazette.co.uk
Destination Partner· 1
Krakow Convention Bureau
convention.krakow.pl
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Speakers
130 speakers on record
speaker· 130
Adam Majewski
CEO, QuestPass
Adriaan Basson
Editor-in-Chief, News24
Alan Hunter
Co-founder, HBM Advisory / Member of WAN-IFRA Expert Panel, HBM Advisory
Aleksander Kutela
President of the Management Board, CEO, Ringier Axel Springer Polska
Aleksandra Sobczak
Deputy editor-in-chief; Head of strategy and development in Wyborcza.pl, Gazeta Wyborcza
Aleksandra Walczak
Parliamentary Journalist, Commentator at TVN24, Head of GenZ Team at Pacyfika, TVN24
Alona Yatsana
Media Manager, Military Journalist, Founder of Kordon Media, Kordon Media
Amalie Kestler
Managing Editor in Chief, Politiken
Amanda Edmonds
VP of Partnerships, ProRata.ai
Amrit Mann
Publisher Services Manager, Ozone
Andrew Saunders
President and CEO, The Globe and Mail
Anne Koch
Ukraine Archive Project Lead, European Broadcasting Union
Annelies Jansen
Chief Business Officer, ProRata.ai
Arun Venkataraman
Global Lead of Emerging Voices and Research, Google News Initiative
Barry Adams
Founder, Polemic Digital
Bartlomiej Chmiel
CEO of Gazeta.pl; COO & Co-Founder of Yieldbird, Gazeta.pl
Bartosz Hojka
President of the Management Board, CEO, Agora Group
Bartosz Wieliński
Deputy Editor in Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza
Bolesław Breczko
Journalist, Gazeta Wyborcza
Branko Brkic
Leader, Project Kontinuum
Carlos Kubick
General Manager and Co-founder, El Líbero
Carly Steven
Director of SEO & Editorial E-commerce, Daily Mail
Catherine So
CEO, South China Morning Post
Cécile Sourd
CEO, Mediapart
Charlotte Tobitt
UK Editor, Press Gazette
Chris Janz
CEO, Capital Brief, and Member of the WAN-IFRA Expert Panel, Capital Brief
Christian Broughton
CEO, The Independent
Christian Scherbel
Founder & CEO, Smartico
Christiane Düsterfeld
Head of EU Affairs & Bid Management, dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Christine Buhagiar
Director for Development and Diversifications, AFP
Christoph Jäntsch
General Manager, Stibo DX
Christophe Israël
Editor - Consultant in AI & digital strategy, change management
Clara Soteras
SEO for News Publishers & Audience Growth Consultant
Clémence Lemaistre
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Les Echos
Dana Schluenzen
Director Product, Hamburger Morgenpost
Danuta Breguła
Managing Director Paid Products, Ringier Axel Springer Polska
David Buttle
Founder, DJB Strategies
David Caswell
Founder, StoryFlow
Dean Roper
Director of Insights & Editor-in-Chief, WAN-IFRA
Dmitry Shishkin
Independent Media Advisor
Dominika Michalak
Head of Institutional Fundraising, OKO.press
Dominika Wielowieyska
Journalist, Gazeta Wyborcza, TOK FM
Dr. Eirliani Abdul Rahman
Senior Fellow, Georgetown University
Dr. Laura Badura
Product Manager, DER SPIEGEL
Dr. Rainer Esser
CEO of DIE ZEIT, Managing Director of DvH Medien GmbH, DIE ZEIT
Elena Perotti
Executive Director, Media Policy and Public Affairs, WAN-IFRA
Elsa Court
Audience Development Manager, Kyiv Independent
Emily Withrow
VP of Product and Head of Subscriber Experiences, The New York Times
Evan Gillis
Customer Success Manager, Chartbeat
Ezra Eeman
AI Expert and Director of Strategy & Innovation, NPO
Fabian Heckenberger
Managing Editor and Senior Editor for AI, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Fergus Bell
Founder & CEO, Fathm; Executive Director, Syli, Fathm
Flavia Barbosa Ferreira
Head of Marketing Retention, Le Monde
Gian Camillo Vezzoli
Business Unit Manager - Content, Atex
Gregor Waller
Consultant, Digital Age Consulting
Guy Tasaka
Local Advertising Evangelist at Smartico, ex-NYT, Smartico
Hannah Sarney
Editorial Product Director, Financial Times
Ignacio Martínez de Albornoz
Business Development Director, Henneo
Inês Bravo
Digital Product & Experience Lead, Impresa Group
Ingi Rafn Olafsson
Director of World Printers Forum, WAN-IFRA
Irene Caselli
Senior Editor, Worldcrunch
Jaffer Zaidi
Vice President, Global News Partnerships, Google
Jakub Wiech
Lawyer, Journalist, Editor-in-Chief, Energetyka24
James Jordan
News Director for Europe and Africa, The Associated Press
Jane Barrett
Head of Reuters AI Strategy, Reuters
Jennifer Burns
Director Bright Journalism, PR & Communications, Bright Data
Jeremy Clifford
Founder, Chrysalis Leadership
Jessica Davis
Vice President, AI Product, USA TODAY Co.
Joel Simon
Founding Director of the Journalism Protection Initiative, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Josh Freeman
VP of Business Development, ProRata.ai
Joshi Herrmann
Founder, Mill Media
Juan Carlos López Calvet
Director of Data & AI, Schibsted
Juan Señor
President, Innovation Media Consulting Group
Julia Angwin
Journalist and Author; founder of Proof News, Proof News
Karen Franken
Director Strategy, Piano
Kaveh Waddell
Journalist & technologist; Co-founder, Verso
Kristen Dudish
VP of Product Design, The New York Times
Ladina Heimgartner
President WAN-IFRA, Head Ringier Media & CEO Ringier Media Switzerland, Ringier Media Switzerland
Lech Wałęsa
Nobel Laureate, Former President of Poland, and Icon of Democracy
Liesbeth Nizet
Head of Future Audiences Monetisation, Mediahuis Group
Lisa Irenius
Editor in chief and CEO, Svenska Dagbladet
Lisa MacLeod
Director, FT Strategies
Louis Dreyfus
President and CEO, Group Le Monde
Lucio Mesquita
Senior Consultant, Innovation Media Consulting Group
Lucky Gunasekara
CEO & Co-Founder, Miso.ai
Magda Bandera
Journalist, Writer, and Gender Equity Expert
Maia Mazurkiewicz
President & CEO, PZU Foundation
Manfred Kluge
Chairman, D-A-CH Omnicom Media Group & Co-Founder INITIATIVE18, Omnicom Media Group
Marcin Hajduk
Chief Product Officer, Yieldbird
Marcin Kowalczyk
Chief Digital Officer, Eurozet Group (Agora Group)
Mariah Craddick
Executive Director of Product, The Atlantic
Mariam Mammen Mathew
CEO, Manorama Online
Marion Wyss
Editor-in-Chief, The Audiencers
Mark Challinor
International Media Advisor, News Media UK
Marta Pawlowska
Digital Publishing Director, Ringier Axel Springer Polska
Martha Ramos Sosa
Chief Editorial Officer, Organización Editorial Mexicana
Martin Little
Audience Director, Reach Plc
Marty Baron
Retired Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Meera Selva
CEO, Internews Europe
Michael Brunt
Co-founder, HBM Advisory / Member of WAN-IFRA Expert Panel, HBM Advisory
Monicah Waceke Ndung'u
Chief Corporate Affairs and Partnerships Officer, Nation Media Group
Nayla Tueni
Journalist and Editor-in-Chief, An-Nahar
Nic Dawes
Executive Director, THE CITY
Nikita Roy
Founder, Newsroom Robots Lab
Oksana Brovko
CEO, Association of Independent Regional Press Publishers of Ukraine
Patty Michalski
SVP Content and Innovation, Hearst News
Paula Fray
Founder, fraycollege
Paweł Czajkowski
Legal and Public Policy Director, Agora S.A.
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Borchardt
Journalist, Advisor, Researcher, Author / Member of WAN-IFRA Expert Panel
Prof. Lucy Kueng
Strategic Advisor, Author, Speaker & Senior Research Fellow, Reuters Institute, Oxford University
Remco Steen
Manager Advertising Technology, Yield & Data, Mediahuis Netherlands
Rianne Roggema
OKR-Expert, Podcast & Event Host, Founder, Practic
Roman Imielski
First Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza
Roman Kulchynsky
Editor-in-Chief, Texty
Rosa Curling
Co-founder and Co-director, Foxglove
Rupa Jha
CEO and Co-Founder, Collective Newsroom
Ryan Y. Kellett
2025 Nieman-Berkman Klein fellow for Journalism Innovation, Harvard University
Samira Lazarovic
Cross Functional Lead/ PO CMS (CUE) / Editorial Owner ntv.de, RTL Deutschland
Styli Charalambous
Co-Founder and CEO, Daily Maverick
Tarjei Gilbrant
CEO and co-founder, Kilkaya
Tim Robinson
Editorial director and daily press division publisher, National World
Tom Rubin
Chief of Intellectual Property and Content, Open AI
Tomáš Bella
CEO, EUobserver
Upasna Gautam
Partner, Innovation and Strategy, The Texas Tribune
Veslemøy Østrem
Editor-in-Chief, Altinget Norway
Vibeke Fürst Haugen
Director General, NRK
Vincent Peyrègne
ex CEO, WAN-IFRA
Wojciech Ehrenfeld
Head of IT Services, Ring Publishing
Xenia Daum
CEO, Kleine Zeitung
Zach Seward
Editorial Director of AI Initiatives, The New York Times
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