In 2008, Sweden will be the host of the WAN 2008 conference.
With this bulletin we welcome you to Göteborg, Sweden and to the official WAN Göteborg website.
If you are in South Africa for the 2007 WAN congress, make sure you visit us in the Expo area. We look forward to meet you.
We welcome you to visit www.wangoteborg2008.com
We are tremendously pleased to announce the launch of the wangoteborg2008 website one year before the actual event takes place. Innovation when it comes to net publishing and even more important net interaction is one area in which we compete. It is our intention to create a unique website where you will be able to find useful information, become inspired and most importantly interact as we move closer to the actual event. This is also where you will find the first announcements about the congress program and key note speakers as soon as they are finalised.
Please visit www.wangoteborg2008.com and you will get a preview of things you need to know about Sweden, the Swedish press and Göteborg; the Congress, Round Tables, Info Services Expo and Editor’s Forum. Not to mention useful information about the venue, accommodation, travel to Sweden, visa requirements and post-tours. Information is available in several languages.
As you enter the web site you will also find the campaign site – a creative and playful section where you will encounter thought-provoking and interesting facts, myths and truths. It is a celebration of innovation, free minds and sustainability – the selected Sweden themes for WAN 2008.
www.wangoteborg2008.com on your mobile
The web site is also accessible from your mobile. Just type www.wangoteborg2008.com on your mobile. We recommend that you to make it a bookmark.
Bulletin
To make sure you don’t miss anything – sign up for bulletin letter. During the year to come it will be sent to you by e-mail on a regular basis. This is where you will get alerts, updates and interesting articles related to the WAN Göteborg conference and to the newspaper industry.
Sweden themes
The Swedish Newspaper Publishers have selected three themes for the 2008 congress. Three themes that highlights the importance of WAN’s mission, as well as having played a major role in forming Sweden’s strong and prosperous democracy. The first is Free minds. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but we claim that Sweden’s 241 years of freedom of the press has been a true foundation for the remarkable number of new ideas, from Linné to IKEA, from Nobel to ABBA, our small country has produced.
Innovation is a key issue for media businesses, but an absolute necessity to meet the obvious threats to the environment of this planet.
And finally, Sustainability, that mirrors the Swedes’ love for nature. And maybe, just maybe, that relationship with nature has had an impact on how Swedes see the rights and responsibilities of freedom.
Breaking news: Göteborg nominated
Göteborg has been nominated European cities tourism award together with for Valencia and York. The winner will be announced in Athens on June 13-16.
Link to Göteborg.com
www.goteborg.com