TABPI CO-SPONSORING B2B SESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA

CLEVELAND – TABPI is pleased to announce our partnership with the Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa to co-sponsor the b2b stream of its upcoming Business of Magazines Annual Conference ’07. The event is scheduled for the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa from November 6-7. It will culminate in the Pica Awards Gala Function on the evening of the 7th.

While geared toward all magazines, the second day of the conference will feature a full-day track focused exclusively on b2b publications, moderated by TABPI President Paul J. Heney. Also speaking will be former TABPI Young Leaders Scholarship winner Natalia Thompson, Managing Editor of Travel News Weekly and Southern African Tourism Update for Johannesburg’s Now Media.

The conference will include an array of local and international speakers, and b2b editors and publishers from across the globe are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Registration is now open for the conference. For details on the program, please visit the MPASA website’s conference area at: http://www.mpasa.org.za/ArticleDetail.aspx?Id=67.

And on a personal note, I look forward to meeting with any of you at the MPASA event next month. I think it will provide a great opportunity for us to focus on how to maintain excellence in b2b journalism, and to keep it moving forward into the digital age.

Some of the content will focus on South African magazines, but the breadth of international and local speakers will certainly make this a great opportunity for b2b people across the globe!