Panpa says the venue is bristling with facilities that will satisfy even the most battle-hardened delegate or exhibitor, the Centre was named World’s Best Congress Centre 2004 by the International Association of Congress Centres.
Panpa President, Ken Steinke, described the facilities as outstanding and expressed his gratitude to the Conference Centre, Advance Cairns and Tourism Tropical North Queensland “for their strong support and sponsorship” of the Conference.
“I feel very confident that delegates who attend our conference sessions and exhibitors at Panexpo will appreciate the very high standard of the facilities at the Cairns Convention Centre,” he added.
Geographically, Cairns is the most central location possible for all Panpa members from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Guam and a much closer site for speakers from the USA, the UK and Europe.
The Centre is within walking distance of a wide selection of hotels and apartments – in fact delegates will have a choice of more than 4000 rooms in the city.
There is a Great Hall, seven different meeting rooms and in excess of 1400 square metres of floor space for Panexpo, the associated exhibition, almost 50 per cent more than last year, so there will plenty of room to accommodate our exciting new program line-up.
Panpa says its decision to stage the very popular annual event in Cairns recognises the demands of Newspaper and Associate Members for Panpa to provide the best facilities available in the market and of the need to constantly revise and improve the conference.
The City of Cairns boasts a beautiful coast alongside the Great Barrier Reef and is within reach of some of the world’s best rainforest areas. Top-class restaurants abound and the weather allows for some spectacular al fresco wining and dining.
The Newspaper of the Year, Newspaper Marketing Awards, Newspaper Awards for technical Excellence, Hegarty Prize and Marketer of the Year winners will also be announced at the conference.
Speaker line up promises high level event
Speakers for Panpa 2005 will arrive in Cairns from around Australia, New Zealand, the Asia/Pacific region, Paris, London, Dallas and many other world capitals to take part in the newspaper industry’s most exciting annual event.
This year promises to be one of the best events ever, with an experienced line-up of editorial, marketing and technical experts ready to share their experiences, knowledge and visions for the future – and some extra special Plenary Day and Editor’s Dinner guests who are sure to add extra sparkle to an already impressive line-up.
Panpa’s Plenary Day special guest speaker will be Labor Party foreign affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, who will deliver a hard-hitting presentation titled “Foreign Affairs, Newspapers and the War On Terror”.
Highlights
* Harold Mitchel AO, describes as the most powerful man in Australian advertising.
* The newly-sponsored Qantas Future of Newspapers Address will be delivered by Juan Senor, UK Director, Innovation International Mdia Consulting Group. He will present a multi-media gloabal report on the future of newspapers.
* The Editor’s Dinner will be addressed by one of Australia’s most successful and influential businessmen, Qantas chairman Geoff Dixon.
* The Norske Skog Newspaper of The Year Awards will be hosted by talented journalist and television presenter Lisa Wilkinson. And the awards will be presented Hollywood Oscar style at the Cairns Convention Centre’s magnificent auditorium.
* Bruce Burke, of Corrs Sydney, has plenty of experience in the world of newspapers and defamation. He shares his knowledge with us.
Other highlights include:
– The Year In Review: Dramatic audio-visual presentation of the biggest events of the past year. Presented by Tony Gillies, editor-in-chief of AAP and chairman of Panpa’s Editorial Advisory Group.
– State of The Industry Address: Panpa President Ken Steinke rounds up the year and pinpoints the highs and lows of the industry – and previews what is in store for the year ahead.
Technical sessions
* Panpa Specs Launch: A year in the making, the highly anticipated new Panpa Specs will be launched at the conference. These specs will provide vital industry benchmarks for the region.
* Crucial Study results: Johan Leide from Sweden will talk about high-frequency screening, having carried out seven difference screening
methods and benchmarked them compared to traditional screening methods.
* Business Continuity: Factory Mutual Global Insurance Company emphasis the benefits of a disaster recovery/business continuity program. Includes case studies, panel discussions and examples of useable systems.
Editorial and Marketing
* Combined For Impact: Following last year’s ground-breaking combined editorial/marketing sessions, we will again combine vital sessions, while some single-interest topics will be left to the individual disciplines.
* How Newspapers Can Win The Privacy Debate: Professor Mark Pearson presents a straight-shooting easy-to-digest battle plan to fight the creeping use of privacy laws to gag the press. International study.
* How A Launch Can Change A Market: New Zealand’s Herald on Sunday launched
last October; we discuss the lead-up, what was required and what has changed
since day one.
* Readership vs Circulation: What is the best method of measurement? Full price sales vs discount copies: What’s in it for publishers and are we all really playing the game.
* Initiatives, campaigns and promotions that have helped drive circulation.
* The relationships between the marketing and editorial departments in overseas newspapers.
* New technologies. The wide use of email and SMS presents new opportunities for newspapers to tap into an interactive market – how can we best capitalise on new technologies to ensure we can beat other media.
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