Publish Asia 2015, the annual Asian newspaper conference from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), and the Asian Media Awards 2015, are set to take place in Bangkok, Thailand on 28 to 30 of April. Over 400 newspaper executives from Asia Pacific and the Middle East are expected to attend the three-day event said the organizers.

“Following the outstanding success of the World Newspaper Congress, which was held in Bangkok in 2013, Publish Asia’s main industry partners unanimously voted for Thailand as their preferred venue for Publish Asia 2015. Going back to Bangkok was therefore an easy decision to take for WAN-IFRA.” said Pichai Chuensuksawadi, chairman of WAN-IFRA’s Asian Pacific Committee.

For its 16th edition, Publish Asia will focus on case studies showing how media companies across the globe are defining and implementing innovative strategies to consolidate their print operations while building up sound foundations to secure digital growth.

Publish Asia 2015 will cover the management, advertising and editorial aspects of the newspaper and news publishing business and will include: the Newsroom Summit, held in cooperation with the World Editors Forum for a presentation on how to tackle the problems and challenges facing Editors, Managing Editors, News Editors, Chief Reporters and all those who are involved in leading and managing newsrooms in a multiple media environment.

Among the other events is the the Advertising Summit, that aims to cover the latest trends that are currently transforming the relationship between media companies, advertisers and agencies. And the Printing Summit, that will present recent innovations in newspaper production that can contribute to reduce costs or generate new revenue streams from print.

WAN-IFRA is the world’s association of newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries.