According to Magdoom Mohamed, managing director for WAN-IFRA South Asia, this year the Expo will feature "the latest trends and practices in the newspaper printing and publishing industry. All major exhibitors will represent the technology for the entire newspaper production workflow and trends."

Right from: editorial and content management, advertising and archiving systems, electronic media and telecommunications, digital imaging and photography, pre-press, CTP, colour management and quality control, newsprint, ink and other consumables, presses, press equipment, press ancillaries, mailroom and distribution, inserting, labeling, stitching, wrapping and logistics, the visitors will have the opportunity to learn from and meet the various vendors.

Mohamed added: "Alongside the Expo, we will be hosting the nineteenth annual conference, featuring three parallel summits: Printing Summit, Newsroom Summit and Cross Media Advertising Summit. On 8 September, we have arranged for a guided two and a half hour tour to the new printing plant of The Daily Thanthi, for the confirmed delegates at the conference. The tour will leave from the conference venue at 3.30 pm and will return at 7 pm."

WAN-IFRA India has introduced a new concept called Media Port as a part of the Expo this year. "Media Port is a dedicated location for quick learning workshops, modelled on the same lines as in our IFRA Expo in Europe . It will have schedules of workshop everyday on various print business, print production and new media topics. The entry and attending the workshops in
the Media Port is absolutely free for visitors," said Mohamed.

Divided into five sessions across three days the topics for the sessions are semi-commercial printing, print quality and materials management, digital media, multimedia journalism and press simulator.

"For three days, the industry’s top technology and service providers will showcase their latest product and service developments and offerings, providing publishers a vital resource for keeping up with the industry challenges," concluded Mohamed.

Jacob Mathew who is the executive editor and publisher of Malayala Manorama is the president of WAN-IFRA, the first Indian to do so. Mathew will address the conference delegates at the inaugural session on Sep 6.