Digital Innovators’ USA Tour 2017
The Digital Innovators’ Tour, taking place 7-12 May 2017, is the strategy tour for senior executives in publishing from around the world. It gives you unparalleled insights into new developments and access to forward thinking leaders in media and related fields. Intimate discussions with leaders from American organisations and with your peers from around the world will broaden your thinking, give you concrete ideas for your business and enrich your network.
Here are key benefits of participating:
- Meet and establish personal contacts with entrepreneurs, founders, thought leaders and senior management from companies and organizations that are taking on the digital challenges of tomorrow
- Network and establish personal connections with your international peers, sharing strategies, approaches and a relaxed yet productive time
- Gain exposure to new ways of thinking about your media business – business models, innovation, culture and organization, cutting edge technologies and their impact, new revenue opportunities and lines of business
- Get time away from day-to-day responsibilities to think strategically about your media business while surrounded by new ideas, stimuli, thinkers and movers
- Focus fully on meetings and networking in a conducive environment, with logistics taken care of
Visiting New York and Washington D.C. in one tour assures an exciting mix of top-notch publishers who are innovators in their field – some of them with a traditional background, others born in the digital and social media age -, of technology companies that heavily influence our media world, of interesting startups and of other cutting edge organizations. These are the companies who are confirmed on the programme so far:
Other companies we may meet with include Washington Post (owned by Jeff Bezos of Amazon), National Geographic (Newscorp), Vox Media, Politico, CNN, Pew Internet, Google News and other new media companies, startups, venture capital firms and academic institutions.