14th PDLN Conference
Changing Times
Vienna May 29th - 31st 2022
Title Photo: APA / HANS KLAUS TECHT
VÖZ
conference host
www.voez.at
VÖZ - the Austrian Newspaper Association represents the interests of daily newspapers, weekly newspapers and magazines. VÖZ offers the Press Documentation User System (PDN) as a license modell for creating and publishing internal and external press reviews, paper and digital press reviews.
APA-DeFacto
conference host
www.apa-defacto.at
APA-DeFacto is Austria's leading provider of media intelligence services. It is a subsidiary of Austria Press Agency (APA) and owned by 12 newspapers and the national broadcasting corporation (ORF).
NINESTARS
conference sponsor
Ninestars is a global content tech company founded in 1999. It helps global organizations unlock incredible value from digital content transformation. From building accessible digital archives to creating near real-time curated data streams from diverse sources, Ninestars' capabilities have helped accelerate digital pursuits of 250+ customers worldwide. As a content tech company, Ninestars brings the right balance of human and artificial intelligence into its services, be it automated workflows for scale or facilitating data analysis for precision. See our website (www.ninestarsglobal.com) for details.
The Location
Conference Hotel and Venue
ATTENTION! We had to change the hotel
Our recommended hotel now is the FLEMINGS Josefstädter Straße 10-12, 1080 Vienna
The Flemings Selection Hotel Wien-City is situated in the “Josefstadt” district, right in the city centre of the Danube metropolis. Vienna’s famous landmarks, Stephansplatz, the Hofburg and the State Opera, are close to the hotel, which gives satisfaction with its exceptional service, exclusive comfort and a unique design concept. The finest cuisine in a stress-free atmosphere is the philosophy of the hotel‘s restaurant.
PLEASE USE THE RESERVATION FORM TO BOOK YOUR ROOM
Dinner – Sunday
Heuriger Schübel-Auer
Kahlenberger Strasse 22, 1190 Vienna – Nußdorf
'Heuriger' means 'this year’s' and implies 'this year’s wine'. The Viennese tradition of going to a Heuriger goes back to the middle ages when winegrowers would sell their youngest wines directly in the vineyard. Schübel-Auer with one of the oldest guest gardens at the foot of Nussberg mountain is one of the most beautiful traditional Viennese ‘Heuriger’. The original building was built in 1642 and has been run as a wine tavern since 1711, now in the tenth generation of the family.
Ludwig van Beethoven moved into the house two doors down in 1817. There have been numerous sightings of his ghost in the tavern, and there are stories about the great composer sneaking in through a secret tunnel at night to have a nip or two. We cannot corroborate any of these local myths, but you are free to investigate on your own.
PDLN Conference Dinner – Monday
Vestibül im Burgtheater
Universitätsring 2, 1010 ViennaVienna’s Burgtheater, known to the city’s inhabitants simply as the “Burg”, furnishes the splendid setting for the Vestibül restaurant.The theatre’s vestibule, from which the restaurant takes its name, consists of the imperial coach entrance and the adjacent marble hall.
The “imperial” rooms of the building – including the entrance on the Volksgarten side of the theatre (now the Vestibül restaurant) – were reserved for Their Majesties. The Vestibül was the private coach entrance for Emperor Francis Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) when they attended performances at the K. K. Hofburgtheater (Imperial and Royal Court Theatre). A stairway led from the marble hall directly to the theatre’s imperial loge. The restaurant’s interior design has been completely preserved in its original state and is protected as a historic monument.
Sunday 29th May Programme
Informal tour 5pm and dinner – All delegates welcome
PDLN board meeting
16.00 - 17.00
Flemings Conference Room SILVER
Vintage Tramway Tour
(publishers, MMOs, external guests are welcome)
17.00 (please be on time)
Enjoy Vienna's beauty seen from a historic tramway
We meet in front of the Hotel for a guided tramway tour leaving at 5pm and ending at the dinner venue (so please don't bring your luggage). If you can't make it to the hotel at 5pm, you have the opportunity to join us later on for the dinner.
The tramway tour will go around the famous 'Ring Strasse' passing some of Vienna's most famous sites and will finally lead us into one of Vienna's historic wine villages.
Heuriger Schübel-Auer
(publishers, MMOs, external guests are welcome)
18.30
Kahlenberger Strasse 22, 1190 Vienna – Nußdorf
Schübel-Auer with one of the oldest guest gardens at the foot of Nussberg mountain is one of the most beautiful traditional Viennese ‘Heuriger’ in Vienna.
We will have a traditional Viennese 'Heurigen' buffet with a choice of typical Austrian dishes, house made wine, drinks and - of course - desserts.
Monday 30th May Programme
PDLN general assembly, member presentations and guest speakers. PDLN only
Arrival and Registration
Arrival of delegates and welcome reception
9.00 - 9.30 Flemings Selection Vienna City Conferece Aera
Conference opening and Welcome
Ruediger Baumberger
President PDLN
(for members only)
9.30 (Flemings Conference Room 1+2)
Ruediger will open the conference and welcome delegates.
PDLN General Assembly
(for members only)
9.35 - 10.30 (Flemings Conference Room 1+2)
Board report, approval of budget and accounts, approval of new members, election of officers, and other formal business. Members will receive an agenda prior to the meeting.
Coffee break
10.30 - 11.00 (Foyer and Terrace)
Time for networking and to relax on the terrace
PDLN member presentations & guest speakers
(for members only)
11.00 - 12.45 (Flemings Conference Room1+2)
Presentations from members on developments in their country of wider interest to colleagues. Sharing experience and learnings is central to the value of PDLN.
Lunch
12.45 - 14.00 (Flemings Restaurant)
PDLN member presentations & guest speakers
(for members only)
14.00 - 15.30 (Flemings Conference Room 1+2)
Presentations from PDLN members on developments in their country of wider interest to colleagues. Sharing experience and learnings is central to the value of PDLN.
Coffee break
publishers, MMOs, external guests are welcome15.30 - 16.00 (Foyer and Terrace)
Time for networking and to relax on the terrace
Panel Session -
Press Platforms, and Licensing Opportunities
publishers, MMOs, external guests are welcome
16.00 - 17.30 (Flemings Conference Room 1+2)
Speakers to include:
Pim Stouten - new CMO - Dutch Publishers
Isabella Splendore - FIEG - Italian Publishers
Oliver Schmidt - Corint Media - German Publishers
Short walk
publishers, MMOs, external guests are welcome
18.00
We meet at the hotel lobby for a short walk (appx 10 minutes) to the venue of the PDLN Conference dinner.
PDLN Conference Dinner
(publishers, MMOs, external guests are welcome)
Vestibül im Burgtheater
Universitätsring 2, 1010 Vienna18.30 - 23.00
smart casual dress please
The theatre’s vestibule, from which the restaurant takes its name, consists of the imperial coach entrance and the adjacent marble hall. The Vestibül was the private coach entrance for Emperor Francis Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) when they attended performances at the K. K. Hofburgtheater (Imperial and Royal Court Theatre).
Dr. Clemens Pig
CEO - APA Austria Press Agency
President - EANA
Tuesday 31st May Programme
Open to PDLN members and guests. This area is constantly being edited - keep checking for updates
Session 1: New perspectives for publishers
Alexandru Giboi - Secretary General EANA
The European Alliance of News Agencies
Jean-Marie Cavada - Président DVP
Société des Droits Voisins de la Presse
09.00 - 10.30 (Flemings Conference Room 1+2)
Find out from our experts about the effects of new legal frameworks and recent technological developments on the business of media and media monitoring companies. Our speakers provide answers to questions such as the new services, structures, and collaborations that we might see in the coming years, and how media companies will deal with disruptive technologies and future innovations.
Coffee break
10.30 - 11.00 (Foyer and Terrace)
Time for networking and to relax on the terrace
Session 2: The market for media monitoring
Michael Mallinger- SVP Content Onclusive
Thomas Vejlemand - President FIBEP and CEO Infomedia
11.00 - 12.30 (Flemings Conference Room 1+2)
Our MMO experts will tell us about how changing technical and legal frameworks affect business of media and media monitoring companies, and the implications and opportunities for publishers and licensing bodies. Oncusive are one of the largest global providers, and FIBEP are the global trade body for media monitoring companies
Lunch
12.30 - 13.30 (Flemings Restaurant)
Session 3: AI, new technologies and media; - a scientific outlook
Andreas Stöckl - University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Gopal Krishnan - Chairman Ninestars, India
13.30 - 15.00 (Flemings Conference Room 1+2)
Find out from our experts about new opportunities from technological developments on the business of media and media monitoring companies. Our speakers provide answers to questions such as the new services, structures, and collaborations that we might see in the coming years, and how we can best take advantage of disruptive technologies and future innovations.
Coffee
15.00 (Foyer and Terrace)
Conference close
16.00
Conference Speakers
Keep checking here for updates!
Alexandru Giboi
Secretary General of EANA - The European Alliance of News Agencies
Alexandru Giboi is the Secretary General of EANA. Elected by the General Assembly of the organisation in September 2018, then reelected in October 2021, Alexandru Giboi had previously been the General Director and President of the Directors' Council of AGERPRES, the Romanian National News Agency. Born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1983, he was a member of the EANA Board between 2015 and 2018. Also, he was Secretary General of ABNA-SE - the Association of Balkan News Agencies between 2014 and 2018, and also acting President of the same organisation for one year between 2013 and 2014. Before working in the media sector, Alexandru Giboi worked as a press relations consultant. Alexandru is focused on the future of media, finding ways to promote inclusive media growth and is keen on promoting the role of independent media and trustworthy information for the evolution of democratic societies.
Jean-Marie Cavada
President of iDFRights - Institute of Digital Fundamental Rights
President of the OGC des Droits voisins de la presse (DVP)
Former founding president of France 5, RFO, then President of Radio-France.
Former Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009
During his first mandate, he was chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. During his second term, he was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Legal Affairs. He chaired the Media Intergroup in the European Parliament. From 2014, he was vice-chair of the Legal Affairs Committee. He was very involved in the Copyright Directive and the Whistleblowers Directive. Jean Marie Cavada has also been very active in the drafting of the European RGPD.
Michael Mallinger
SVP Onclusive
Michael is the content expert of our global leadership team, which he joined in January 2022. Previously, he was responsible for Kantar Media's German business. With a master's degree in journalism, Michael has 30 years of leadership experience in content production and marketing in media and PR, as well as rights trading, and has held positions including Managing Editor of a German news agency, Vice President Strategic Communication at the Bertelsmann Foundation, Editorial Director at TV Network ProSiebenSat.1, and CEO of a European media intelligence provider. At Onclusive, he is responsible for the large teams that produce our editorial services. In addition, the rights acquisition, copyright, vendor management and content ingestion departments report to him.
We regret that Manuel Moerbach has been unable to travel
Prof. Dr. Andreas Stöckl
Head of the Digital Media Department
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Andreas Stöckl is head of the Digital Media Department at the School of Informatics, Communications and Media at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria.
After studying mathematics at the University of Linz, he was first an assistant at the Institute of Mathematics before becoming a professor at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. He has published several books and scientific articles on data science topics and, since 1996, has also established several startup companies, like Cyberhouse GmbH, Contexity AG, and 506 Data & Performance GmbH (506.ai).
Pim Stouten
Dutch rights owners
Dutch media are taking a careful and structured approach to enforcing and licensing the press publishers’ right. There is broad consensus between media groups and other major players on how the new right should be managed and taken to market.
Pim Stouten has been directly involved in managing this initiative and will describe the range of challenges addressed in creating and maintaining that collective approach.
Pim is a former LexisNexis executive and consults as J Gate.
Isabella Splendore
FIEG - Promopress
FIEG Promopress are the Italian publisher association and their licensing body respectively.
Isabella Splendore is a lawyer, specialized in Information Law and new technologies, she is the Head of the Legal and International Area of FIEG, which represents the publishing companies of newspapers and magazines and press agencies, including online. The FIEG represents over 90 per cent of the press information industry in Italy.
Since 2012, she has been Responsible for the activities of the Repertorio Promopress, for the management of copyright in press reviews, and for the enforcement actions against online copyright violations and digital piracy. She also coordinates publishing policies at national and international level and represents Italian publishers at European institutions and international associations.
In 2011 she was selected as the Italian representative to the Eisenhower Fellowships Multi Nation Program: an exclusive seven-week program for professional development and leadership, funded by the Eisenhower Fellowships (EF), a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Philadelphia, then chaired by General Colin L. Powell. During the Fellowship, she was a guest of the main industrial, academic, political and institutional US organizations, deepening the themes of multimedia convergence and the evolution of rights in the digital era.
Thomas Vejlemand
President FIBEP
CEO Infomedia
ThomasVejlemand is CEO of Infomedia, a Nordic Media Intelligence company withoperations in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia and Chairman of Opoint, an Infomedia owned software company for global web crawling. Thomas was elected as the President of FIBEP in November 2021, the international industry organization for Media Intelligence companies.
Thomas hasmore than 20 years of CEO-experience from digital agencies and tech-companiesin the Nordics and entered Infomedia in 2015. Thomas transitioned Infomedia into a new era of media intelligence through market investments, acquisitions and created a new performance culture as driver for digital transformation and close to customer programs.
Thomas is an active board member and investor in tech-start-up companies.
Oliver Schmidt
Head of Content Strategy, Corint Media
Oliver Schmidt is Head of Content Strategy at German CMO Corint Media. With a background in journalism, corporate communications and digital, he follows the movements of the major digital platforms at Corint Media. With a dedication to data and a passion for publishing, he tries to make visible what Google & Co. want to keep in the shadows.
Gopal
Founder-Chairman of Ninestars & Madras Global (acquired by Deloitte 2021)
Gopal is a visionary, entrepreneur and investor in the digital tech space. Over the last three decades, he has founded successful companies, invested in promising startups, and built global partnerships.
Ninestars, founded in 1999, is a content tech firm helping global organizations digitize, distribute, and monetize content. From creating The New York Times’ archives to powering 30+ global media monitoring firms deliver time-critical media content, Ninestars today is a leader in content digitization. Gopal founded Ad2pro in 2006 to address the creative tech and services requirements of world’s leading brands and media companies. In 2017, he co-founded Madras Global, which was recently acquired by Deloitte Digital.
Gopal is driven by the potential of digital transformation at scale for businesses across industries. He is an active participant in forums relevant to content tech and has also been a speaker and panelist as a thought leader. He is also a Member of Business Board - World Innovation and Change Management Institute.
Conference Registration & Hotel Reservation
Conference Registration –
A simple email is all you need
The conference fee is euro 300, which includes both Sunday and Monday dinners and lunch on Monday and Tuesday. In person and online attandance carry the same (low) fee.
To register please email secretarygeneral@pdln.info giving your full details, including billing address. Invoices will be raised in May. Cancellations after April pay the full fee.
PDLN reserves the right to refuse admission to organisations that do not support its objectives. Non members should note that the Monday daytime sessions are exclusively for PDLN members. The Monday and Sunday dinners are open to all attendees.
Hotel Reservation
Please use this room reservation form to book your room at the Flemings hotel. Send the form to conference.vie@flemings-hotels.com
We have reserved a contingent of 50 rooms at the Flemings Selection Hotel
- Single Use: Euro 130,- per room/night, breakfast included
- Double Use Euro 150,- per room/night, breakfast included
Above mentioned rates are per room and night, incl. all taxes, incl. WIFI in the entire hotel, free use of gym and sauna.
In case you wish to extend your stay, these special rates also apply for additional two days before as well as after the event.
About PDLN
PDLN Limited
President Ruediger Baumberger, APA DeFacto
Vice President Javier Diaz de Olarte, CEDRO
Secretary General Andrew Hughes secretarygeneral@pdln.info
PDLN Limited, 5 Wilkinson St, London SW8 1DD, UK
PDLN aims to protect and promote the interest of publishers in media monitoring services. Its members seek to encourage the development of simple, efficient market solutions to the supply and use of press information internationally. PDLN works to share best practice in licensing and supply and to create forums for content owners and users to come together to solve the challenges of improving these services. The Press Database and Licensing Network (PDLN) is an association representing organisations owned or controlled by publishers who license or supply newspaper, magazine and website material for media monitoring, press cutting and press review services. PDLN was founded in 2008 and has grown rapidly. It now has 30 members in 22 countries, including the Asian rim, Africa, America and Europe
Meet our sponsor – Ninestars
Ninestars
A global content tech company
Ninestars is a global content tech company founded in 1999. It helps global organizations unlock incredible value from digital content transformation. From building accessible digital archives to creating near real-time curated data streams from diverse sources, Ninestars' capabilities have helped accelerate digital pursuits of 250+ customers worldwide. As a content tech company, Ninestars brings the right balance of human and artificial intelligence into its services, be it automated workflows for scale or facilitating data analysis for precision. See our website (www.ninestarsglobal.com) for details.
PDLN Conferences 2008-2019
A brief review of all PDLN conferences since 2008
All pictures in this section © R. Baumberger (APA), except April 2008 ©PMG and 2012 ©NLI
2008
April
Berlin
PDLN
Pre-Conference
2008
November
Brussels
PDLN funding and
1st PDLN Conference
2009
May
Paris
2nd PDLN Conference
2009
November
Vienna
3rd PDLN Conference
'Strength through Alliance'
2010
Copenhagen
4th PDLN Conference
'Joining Hands Across Europe'
2011
Lisbon
5th PDLN Conference
'Building Bridges for
Development'
2012
Dublin
6th PDLN Conference
'From Print
to Web'
2013
Stockholm
7th PDLN Conference
'The Rise of paywalls and Media Monitoring'
2014
Madrid
8th PDLN Conference
'Newspapers and social media'
2015
Zurich
