Français Aymeric Bauguin, General Manager HDS Digital, has joined the programme of the 2nd International E-reading Conference that will take place in Paris on 1 and 2 October next.

Created in 2006, HDS Digital, a subsidiary of Hachette Distribution Services, distributes magazines and books in digital format, with a downloading service on several platforms, incuding iPhone.

Mr. Bauguin's presentation will examine e-reader strategies for books and magazines and provide a case study of the HDS Digital Kiosk.

The event, organised by The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), will identify and examine the latest developments on the e-reader market and explore the strategies of the leading players in the press sector.

WAN-IFRA has invested in e-reading research and testing, and participated in the development of e-reading technologies, since 2003.

Senior publishing executives from16 countries are already registered for the event. There is still time to register: full details can be found at www.ifra.com/ereading_europe.

Others presentations include:

  Bookeen, the French e-reader developer focused on optimising and providing content for book reading on their Cybook devices, by Laurent Picard, cofounder of Bookeen;

  The MePaper project, an R&D venture in collaboration with four Dutch newspapers, by Jan Bierhoff, Associated Professor Infonomics and New Media, Zuyd University, The Netherlands;

  NRC Handelsblad, the first Dutch newspaper on electronic paper, by Charles Lansu, Marketing Manager, NRC Handelsblad, Netherlands;

  Les Echos E-paper experience, by Olivier Delteil, Business Developement Manager, Digital edition, Groupe Les Echos, France;

  Latest biz buzz and tech rumours in e-reading, by Stig Nordqvist, Group Director Emerging Digital Platforms and Business Development, WAN-IFRA, Germany;

  The New York Times Reader 2.0: a newspaper reading experience for multiple platforms, by Gary Cosimini, Business Development Director, Creative Solutions Business Unit, Adobe Systems Inc, USA;

  Evaluation of newspaper editions on E-reading devices: Key findings and perspectives, by Martin Kohls, Innovation Manager, DPA-infocom GmbH, Germany.

And much more! Full programme and registration details can be found at www.ifra.com/ereading_europe.

WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore, India, Spain, France and Sweden, is the global organisation of the world¹s newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. The organisation was created by the merger of the World Association of Newspapers and IFRA, the research and service organisation for the news publishing industry.

Please address all queries to:
  Larry Kilman, Director of Communications and Public Relations, WAN-IFRA, 7 rue Geoffroy St Hilaire, 75005 Paris France. phone: +33 1 47 42 85 00. fax: +33 1 47 42 49 48. mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. e-mail:larry.kilman@wan-ifra.org.
  Sandrine Proton, Event Manager, WAN-IFRA SWE, 66, Cours Charlemagne, 69002 Lyon, France, Tél : + 33 4 72 77 05 95 ­ Fax : +33 4 88 67 98 23. Email : sandrine.proton@wan-ifra.org.