We are excited to announce that Sonny Kwon, CEO of PUBLISH, Inc., will be giving a presentation at ‘Publish Asia 2019’ in Singapore on May 8.

Publish Asia is an annual three-day conference for the Asian newspaper industry hosted by WAN-IFRA (The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers).

WAN-IFRA is the largest newspaper association in the world, with members including Bloomberg L.P., Guardian News & Media, The Financial Times Ltd, and The New York Times Company.

The event, which discusses business models and best practices in the newspaper industry, has been held every year since the early 2000s in various Asian cities including Bali, Bangalore, Bangkok, Chennai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Macao, and Manilla. This year, the event will be held in Singapore from May 7 to 9 and is expected to attract over 300 publishing executives from 25 different countries.

During the event, Sonny will give a main stage presentation on “securing financial and editorial independence through tokenization” during the session “New Businesses, New Opportunities.” The presentation, which takes place from 11 AM on Wednesday, May 8, discusses how newspaper business can implement a cryptographic token and reward system to gamify news, increase reader engagement, and secure financial and editorial independence in an increasingly competitive media landscape.

The presentation is followed by a live demonstration of PUBLISHsoft, our blockchain-based content management system for newspaper businesses. For more information, see the Publish Asia 2019 conference programme.