The Digital Content & Media Summit on September 23-25 will feature keynotes from the CEOs of EMAP and WGSN and a leading industry analyst at Enders Analysis, along with presentations from media pioneers who are changing the world of digital content.

The Digital Content & Media Summit will be the premier event for digital media and publishing executives held at One Wimpole Street in London. The three-day conference will provide a global perspective on the 10 most pressing digital content and media challenges and trends. Topics will include new ways to charge for digital content, turning free users into paying customers, developing compelling mobile products, expanding media brands internationally, successful collaborative advertising, and more.

The conference will feature keynote presentations from the following industry leaders:

Natasha Christie-Miller, CEO, EMAP
As CEO of a traditional print B2B publisher with long established brands such as Architects Journal and Retail Week, Ms. Christie-Miller will explain how EMAP is transitioning to digital subscriptions and building a growth-driven business. Ms. Christie-Miller will also illustrate how EMAP has increased overall revenue and also introduce EMAP’s latest product developments.

Benedict Evans, Analyst, Enders Analysis
Enders Analysis provides a subscription research service covering the media, entertainment, mobile and fixed telecommunications industries in Europe with a focus on new technologies. Mr. Evans covers mobile platforms, digital media and electronic publishing as analyst for Enders Analysis. At the conference, Mr. Evans will discuss the revolutionary trends in media and examine how mobile and social are rapidly changing the media landscape.

Julie Harris, CEO, WGSN & Planet Retail
An extremely successful global data business, WGSN is driven by premium corporate subscriptions. Many publishers aspire to achieve that business model and Ms. Harris will draw on share WGSN’s strategy of growing the business in Asia and provide relevant lessons.

Other speakers scheduled to present include:
• Adrian Barrick, Chief Content Officer, UBM
• Tim Brooks, CEO BMJ Group
• Ben Heald, CEO, Sift
• Richard Londesborough, CEO, Business Monitor International
• Tony Macklin, Director of Product Development, Immediate Media
• Audra Martin, VP, Advertising & operations, The Economist
• Alex Martinez, CEO, Sigaria
• Colin Morrison, Non-Exec Director, Centaur, Travel Weekly
• Peter Phippen, Deputy Chairman, Immediate Media
• Andy Rice, MD Sport & Music, Future
• Julian Turner, CEO, Electric Word
• Martin Belson, MD Enterprise, Dennis Publishing

The Digital Content & Media Summit will also feature SIIA’s Previews Program, which showcases the next generation of digital content innovators. Several companies selected for the Previews Program will present throughout the conference.

Carolyn Morgan has launched, acquired, grown & sold specialist media businesses in print, web and events. She launched the Specialist Media Show in 2010 and grew a community of ambitious publishers keen to grow their digital activity. SIIA acquired the Specialist Media Show in 2013 and Carolyn is now Programme Director for SIIA UK. Follow Carolyn on twitter at @siiauk.