Editors’ Seminar, London, 2006

Editors Seminar, 6 and 7 April 2006, London

Thursday, 6 April

  • Welcome address by Ralph Büchi, EBP President
  • Relaunch of Handelsblatt – Herrmann-Josef Knipper, Editor, Handelsblatt
  • Financial News business model – John Benson, Director, Financial News
  • »Wake up call for business press« – Lionel Barber, Editor, the Financial Times, followed by a round table discussion on the development challenges of our business – moderator Lionel Barber
  • Freedom of speech – Leif Beck Fallesen, Editor-in-Chief, Břrsen
  • Round table discussion on freedom of speech in the light of recent events – moderator Christian Rainer
  • Libel claims: avoiding them when you can and dealing with them when you don’t – Tim Bratton, Head of Legal Affairs, Financial Times

Friday, 7 April

  • Creating market niches: women in management – Ann Goovaerts, Editor, Trends
  • Business TV channel – Barbara Stelzner, Head of News, CNBC Europe
  • Relaunch of die Presse – Michael Fleischhacker, Editor-in-Chief, die Presse
  • News and the communities: business newspapers in the Web 2.0 World – David Worlock, Chairman, EPS Ltd.