More than 50 speakers are lined up for the Local Media Association's Digital Summit, planned for Chicago, USA in early May.

The latest added to the rollcall are Richland source president Jay Allred, Carolyn Gearig and Alexandra Smith from WhereBy.Us, David Cohn who is co-founder and chief strategy officer of Subtext and KPRC's director of digital and enterprising content David Arkin.

Event organisers report that there will be three tracks and three in-depth workshops, so plenty to learn and enjoy.

Sponsors include Facebook journalism project, Google News Initiative, with the event held in partnership with Lion Publishers.

Venue is the Chicago O'Hare from May 11-12.