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Agenda

D2C Summit will run over the course of 2 weeks.

Week 1 Tuesday 15 June, Wednesday 16 June & Thursday 17 June

DateTime (BST/ET/PDT)Session and speaker details
15 June12:00 - 12:45 pm BST
7:00 - 7:45 am ET
4:00 - 4:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

BILD - From Europe’s biggest newsstand newspaper to one of the leading paid content publishers worldwide

Carolin Hulshoff Pol, Managing Director BILD Group, Axel Springer, Germany with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

15 June1:00 - 1:45 pm BST
8:00 - 8:45 am ET
5:00 - 5:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

The impact of the Covid pandemic on subscriptions … and what’s to happen next

Matt Lindsay, President, Mather Economics, USA, and Abi Spooner, Customer Strategy Officer, Dennis, UK with John Schlaefli, Chief Revenue Officer, FIPP

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15 June2:00 - 2:45 pm BST
9:00 - 9:45 am ET
6:00 - 6:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Diversify do not switch: How you can build customer revenues without impacting your ad business


Catherine Levene, President, Meredith National Media Group, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

15 June3:00- 3:45 pm BST
10:00 - 10:45 am ET
7:00 - 7:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Beware of shiny object syndrome

Nikolay Malyarov, CEO International and Chief Content Officer, PressReader International, Ireland with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

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15 June4:00 - 4:45 pm BST
11:00 - 11:45 am ET
8:00 - 8:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Building a subscription business within a social platform

David Lorsch, Chief Revenue Officer, Strava, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

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15 June5:00 - 5:45 pm BST
12:00 - 12:45 pm ET
9:00 - 9:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Launch of FIPP and CeleraOne Digital Subscription Snapshot for Q2, 2021

James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP, and York Walterscheid, Managing Director, CeleraOne, Germany

16 June12:00 - 12:45 pm BST
7:00 - 7:45 am ET
4:00 - 4:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

How Schibsted and Aftenposten took subscriptions to another level

Bård Skaar Viken, Chief Commercial Officer, Aftenposten, VP Consumer Business, Schibsted News Media, Norway, with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

16 June1:00 - 1:45 pm BST
8:00 - 8:45 am ET
5:00 - 5:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

How WSJ uses live journalism to acquire, engage and retain subscribers

Kim Last, Head of Live Journalism and Special Content, The Wall Street Journal, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

16 June2:00 - 2:45 pm BST
9:00 - 9:45 am ET
6:00 - 6:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Match, model and reach audiences at scale without 3rd party data

Lauren Kroll, Customer Success Manager, Permutive, USA and Jonathan Penn, SVP Revenue, Livingly Media, USA with John Schlaefli, Chief Revenue Officer, FIPP

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16 June3:00 - 3:45 pm BST
10:00 - 10:45 am ET
7:00 - 7:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Lessons from the Field: A decade worth of thoughtful successes and ridiculous failures in digital transformation

Neil Hoyne, Chief Measurement Strategist, Google, Senior Fellow, Wharton, and Author, Penguin Random House, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

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16 June4:00 - 4:45 pm BST
11:00 - 11:45 am ET
8:00 - 8:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Boosting retention and fighting churn: strategies from 300+ news publishers

Michael Silberman, SVP Strategy, Piano with John Schlaefli, Chief Revenue Officer, FIPP

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16 June5:00 - 5:45 pm BST
12:00 - 12:45 pm ET
9:00 - 9:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

How profit and purpose are combining to create the new 21st Century iconic D2C companies

Ira Ehrenpreis, Founder and Managing Partner, DBL Partners; Board of Directors, Tesla; Investor, SpaceX, Farmer’s Business Network, R-Zero, Apeel, Planet and more, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

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17 June12:00 - 12:45 pm BST
7:00 - 7:45 am ET
4:00 - 4:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

How the Covid pandemic accelerated consumer behavioural change, and what this means for media

Stuart Forrest, MD, Commerce, Audience Development and Business Intelligence, Immediate Media Co., UK with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

17 June1:00 - 1:45 pm BST
8:00 - 8:45 am ET
5:00 - 5:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

A member is worth a thousand visitors: A proven method for making more money online


Rob Ristagno, CEO, Sterling Woods Group, USA with
with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

17 June2:00 - 2:45 pm BST
9:00 - 9:45 am ET
6:00 - 6:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

How do you keep customers from churning after the streaming spike in the pandemic?

Daniel Hess, Head of Media and Entertainment Strategy, Zuora, Switzerland and Nick Cherrier, Senior Strategist - Subscribed Strategy Group, Zuora, Switzerland with John Schlaefli, Chief Revenue Officer, FIPP

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17 June3:00 - 3:45 pm BST
10:00 - 10:45 am ET
7:00 - 7:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Native e-commerce and quality media -- a strong alliance

Allan Reventhell, Product Owner, Tipser, Sweden, and Johanna Molander, Business Manager New Business, Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

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17 June4:00 - 4:45 pm BST
11:00 - 11:45 am ET
8:00 - 8:45 am PT
Building a membership bundle to fully achieve your forever promise
Tommy O’Hare, SVP Business Development and Licensing, Outside, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

17 June5:00 - 5:45 pm BST
12:00 - 12:45 pm ET
9:00 - 9:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

OPEN ACCESS

The quantitative side of customer centricity

Peter Fader, Professor of Marketing, Wharton, The University of Pennsylvania, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

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Week 2 Monday 21, Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 June

In the second week, the schedule will be the same as in the first week but on the 24th of June, we will start and end slightly earlier as we may have a small, physical audience attending the last day in our studio in Henley.
DateTime (BST/ET/PDT)Session and speaker details
21 June12:00 - 12:45 pm BST
7:00 - 7:45 am ET
4:00 - 4:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Engaging and monetising media audiences through learning: how to tap education as a revenue model

Francisco López Navarrete, Founder and CEO, Mindway Education, Spain with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

21 June1:00 - 1:45 pm BST
8:00 - 8:45 am ET
5:00 - 5:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

How Africa’s largest news website went about developing its subscription play

TinaShe Makwande, Subscriptions Business Expert, and Gareth Lloyd, Head of Research and Analytics, News24.com, South Africa with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

21 June2:00 - 2:45 pm BST
9:00 - 9:45 am ET
6:00 - 6:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Managing identities in the post-cookie era

Jokke Nurminen, CEO, Syno International, Lithuania and Malin Backlund, Analyst, Bonnier News, Sweden

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21 June3:00 - 3:45 pm BST
10:00 - 10:45 am ET
7:00 - 7:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

How Babbel wins with its subscription based language learning service

Julie Hansen, Chief Revenue Officer and US CEO, Babbel, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

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21 June4:00 - 4:45 pm BST
11:00 - 11:45 am ET
8:00 - 8:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Small is beautiful - niching down your subscription to grow faster


Bryan Welch, CEO, Mindful.org, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

21 June5:00 - 5:45 pm BST
12:00 - 12:45 pm ET
9:00 - 9:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Lessons from the launch and growth phase of Disney+


Molly Brady, SVP Growth Marketing, Disney Streaming Services, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

22 June12:00 - 12:45 pm BST
7:00 - 7:45 am ET
4:00 - 4:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

How BILD built its tech stack to maximise content monetisation

Daniel Mussinghoff, Director Premium, BILD+, Germany, and York Walterscheid, Co-Managing Director, CeleraOne, Germany

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22 June1:00 - 1:45 pm BST
8:00 - 8:45 am ET
5:00 - 5:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Subscription lessons from Bloomberg Media

Lindsay Horrigan, Global Head of Subscriptions and Consumer Marketing, Bloomberg Media, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

22 June2:00 - 2:45 pm BST
9:00 - 9:45 am ET
6:00 - 6:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

How Insider puts editorial at the heart of subscription growth business

Olivia Oran, Head of Subscription Strategy and Growth, Editorial, Insider, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

22 June3:00 - 3:45 pm BST
10:00 - 10:45 am ET
7:00 - 7:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

How subscriptions are transforming the world of hospitality

Lennert de Jong, Chief Commercial Officer, citizenM, The Netherlands with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

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22 June4:00 - 4:45 pm BST
11:00 - 11:45 am ET
8:00 - 8:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

How The Atlantic got its subscriptions mojo

Nicholas Thompson, CEO, The Atlantic, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

22 June5:00 - 5:45 pm BST
12:00 - 12:45 pm ET
9:00 - 9:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Building group subscriptions for a consumer news brand

Michael Brito, SVP Group Subscriptions, The Economist, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

23 June12:00 - 12:45 pm BST
7:00 - 7:45 am ET
4:00 - 4:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Building the Shutterstock subscriptions business model
Ben Giles, Director of Media for the UK and DACH, and Candice Murray, VP of Editorial, Shutterstock with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

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23 June1:00 - 1:45 pm BST
8:00 - 8:45 am ET
5:00 - 5:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Revenue through content: How successful newspapers use content to create value with customers

Alan Hunter, Head of Digital, Times and The Sunday Times, UK, Geoff Marsh, Digital Editorial Director, Reach, UK, and Rich Fairbairn, Founder, Glide, UK

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23 June2:00 - 2:45 pm BST
9:00 - 9:45 am ET
6:00 - 6:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Building and engaging communities the Fandom way

Stephanie Fried, Chief Marketing Officer, Fandom, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

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23 June3:00 - 3:45 pm BST
10:00 - 10:45 am ET
7:00 - 7:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

The Rise of usership: A conversation with the CEO and Co-founder of Zuora

Tien Tzuo, CEO and Co-founder, Zuora, and Author of Subscribed, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

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23 June4:00 - 45 pm BST
11:00 - 11:45 am ET
8:00 - 8:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

How Vogue is developing memberships to serve business and consumer audiences

Kate Bird, Executive Director of Consumer Revenue, Condé Nast with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

23 June5:00 - 5:45 BST
12:00 - 12:45 pm ET
9:00 - 9:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Intrapreneurship: Building a D2C experiment inside a large, global company

David Cobban, Founder UNBRKBLE, and former Nike executive, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

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24 June11:00 - 11:45 pm BST
6:00 - 6:45 am ET
3:00 - 3:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Engagement economics - how publishers can best leverage engagement to drive business

Jonny Kaldor, Co-founder and CEO, Pugpig, Alex Lockett, Co-founder, In Digital, and Sam Jordan, EVP, Manifesto Growth Consultants

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24 June12:00 - 12:45 pm BST
7:00 - 7:45 am ET
4:00 - 4:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Reinventing your organisation as a member-driven movement


Ariel Zirulnick, Fund Director, The Membership Puzzle Project, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

24 June1:00 - 1:45 pm BST
8:00 - 8:45 am ET
5:00 - 5:45 am PT
OPEN ACCESS

Building the right tech stack for your subscriptions business


Scott Howland, Global Account Director, Zephr, UK with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

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24 June2:00 - 2:45 pm BST
9:00 - 9:45 am ET
6:00 - 6:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

Get to know your future consumers … welcome to the Gen A cohort


Chloe Combi, Writer, Speaker, Consultant and Futurist, UK with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

24 June3:00 - 3:45 pm BST
10:00 - 10:45 am ET
7:00 - 7:45 am PT
DELEGATES ONLY

View from the Top: The rise and future growth plans of Hearst UK’s D2C business


Reid Holland, Chief Consumer Revenue Officer, Hearst Europe, UK with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP

New Recordings On-Demand

On-Demand only. Available to attendees.
DateTime (BST/ET/PDT)Session and speaker details
On-Demand Only
DELEGATES ONLY

How Africa’s largest news website went about developing its subscription play

TinaShe Makwande, Subscriptions Business Expert, and Gareth Lloyd, Head of Research and Analytics, News24.com, South Africa with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP
On-Demand Only
DELEGATES ONLY

Reinventing your organisation as a member-driven movement

Ariel Zirulnick, Fund Director, The Membership Puzzle Project, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA
On-Demand Only
DELEGATES ONLY

A member is worth a thousand visitors: A proven method for making more money online

Rob Ristagno, CEO, Sterling Woods Group, USA with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP
On-Demand Only
DELEGATES ONLY

A roadmap for effective digital subscription marketing

Carola York, VP Publishing, Jellyfish, UK with James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP
On-Demand Only
DELEGATES ONLY

The Importance of Storytelling in the D2C World

Daniel Sieberg, Co-founder, GoodTrust, USA with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA
On-Demand Only
DELEGATES ONLY

Small is beautiful - niching down your subscription to grow faster

Bryan Welch, CEO, Mindful.org with Robbie Baxter, author, speaker, trainer and advisor, Peninsula Strategies, USA

From the Archive On-Demand

On-Demand only. Available to attendees from the week commencing 8 June 2021
DateTime (BST/ET/PDT)Session and speaker details
Congress 2020On-Demand, from the archive
DELEGATES ONLY

Lessons from the transformation of Weight Watchers

Anna Hill, SVP, WW, UK
Congress 2020On-Demand, from the archive
DELEGATES ONLY

Building a Forever Transaction with your readers, using the same principles as Netflix, LinkedIn and other Silicon Valley giants

Robbie Baxter, Consultant, Author and Trainer, Peninsula Strategies, USA
Congress 2020On-Demand, from the archive
DELEGATES ONLY

You need not be big to win at subscriptions

Jan Moberg, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, and Svein-Erik Hole, Head of Digital, TU Media, Norway
Congress 2020On-Demand, from the archive
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Subscribers as friends - lessons from ZEIT’s membership model

Wencke Karla Tzanakakis, Head, and Lennart Schneider, Project Manager, Friends of DIE ZEIT, Germany
Congress 2020On-Demand, from the archive
DELEGATES ONLY

The search for diversified revenues

Markus Grindel, Managing Director, Global Brand Licensing, Condé Nast, USA
Congress 2020On-Demand, from the archive
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What next for events?

Adrian Newton, Events Director, New Scientist, UK
Amy Thompson, VP of the Fitness Group, Pocket Outdoor Media, USA
Mike Hay, President, Ringier Trade Media, Hong Kong
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