INMA has named first confirmed speakers for its World Congress, being held at the end of May.
The focus is on strategy and trends from the world's top news media companies, with keynotes, panels, interviews and seminars.
The conference - in Washington DC from May 29-June 5 - will hear case studies and the personal stories of success from some of the most influential names and companies in the news media industry worldwide.
Among those already confirmed are Espen Egil Hansen (chief executive and editor-in-chief of Aftenposten, Norway); Tasmia Ismail (general manager of Die Burger, Media 24, South Africa); Stephen Dunbar-Johnson (international president, The New York Times, USA); Lucy Küng, author of Going Digital: A Roadmap for Organizational Transformation, UK; Basant Rathore (senior vice president for brand and strategy, Jagran Prakashan, India); Gerold Riedmann (chief executive of Russmedia Digital, Austria); Danica Stanciu (vice president of Politico Pro, USA); and Maribel Perez Wadsworth (president, USA Today Network, USA).
Pictured: Stephen Dunbar-Johnson and Maribel Perez Wadsworth