Name: Future of News Europe
Start: 2026-09-22T10:00:00-04:00
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Join Reuters for this exclusive, invitation-only event, tailored for leadership from across Europe's broadcast media and news publishers. 

The Future of News from Reuters News Agency, comes to Warsaw for the first time. This event brings together senior media executives, editors, news creators and industry experts for keynote talks, panel discussions and networking.

Together, we will explore the key themes and challenges reshaping journalism. From audience behaviour and trust to AI adoption and geopolitical influence across the globe.

Key Themes:

- Trends reshaping journalism in 2026: From shifting audience behaviours and platform-driven consumption to the evolving role of trust and impartiality.

- Trust, verification and misinformation: How newsrooms are responding to deepfakes, synthetic media and rapidly evolving false narratives through greater rigour and cross-border collaboration.

- Engaging younger audiences and the creator economy: Understanding how younger audiences are discovering and engaging with news. Exploring how creator-led, social-first storytelling is reshaping engagement.

- Technology and transformation in news media: exploring how organisations are adapting systems, processes and strategies to support growth, efficiency and innovation.

- Geopolitics and the European news agenda: Examining how security, migration, energy, economic pressures and regional elections are shaping coverage priorities across Central and Eastern Europe.

Future of News Europe Agenda

09:30–10:00AM

Check in and Breakfast Networking

10:00–10:10

Future of News Opening Address

10:10–10:30

Keynote Interview with Kasia Kieli, President and Managing Director, Warner Bros. Discovery Poland

10:30–11:00

Keynote Presentation: The Forces Reshaping News: What Media Leaders Need to Know

• Mitali Mukherjee, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

11:00–11:40

Panel: Winning Younger Audiences: The Future of News Engagement

• Moderator: Mitali Mukherjee, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

• Liesbeth Nizet, Head of Future Audience Monetization, Mediahuis

• Pierre Caulliez, Creator Exchange Program Lead, WAN-IFRA

• Stsiapan Putsila, Founder, NEXTA

• Tom Platt, Global Editor, Reuters

11:40–12:00

Coffee Break

12:00–12:40

Panel: From Archive to Asset: Creating New Revenue Streams from Content Libraries

• Moderator: Anna Cotton, Senior Marketing Director, Reuters

• Mikolaj Chrzan, Board Member, Wyborcza

• Carl Spitzer, Finance Director, ITN

• Zoe Walters, Senior Director, Marketplace and Commercial strategy, Reuters

12:40–13:50

Lunch and Networking

14:00–14:40

Panel: The Future of Trust: Verification, AI and the Next Battle for Audience Confidence

• Moderator: Stephanie Burnett, Head of Reuters Fact Check

• Olga Robinson, Assistant Editor, BBC Verify

• Philippe Jäckel, Director Content Technology & Change bei, RTL News

• George Sargent, Global Visual Verification & Newsgathering Editor, Reuters

• Beata Biel, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of TVN24.pl and Editorial Lead Responsible for TVN24+

14:40–15:20

Panel: Building to Scale: How News Leaders Are Modernising Technology & Operations

• Moderator: Mahesh Ramachandran, Chief Technology Officer, Reuters

• Marcin Dzienniak, Chief Operating Officer, Board Member at Ringier Axel Springer Poland

• Chris Clemo, Director of Innovation, DMG Media (Daily Mail)

• Ole Reissmann, Head of AI, SPIEGEL-Gruppe

• Juhani Saarinen, Data & AI Editor, Helsingin Sanomat

15:20–15:40

Coffee Break

15:40–16:20

Panel: What Will Lead the News in 2027: Geopolitics, Elections, and the New European News Agenda

• Moderator: Joanna Webster, Global Editor Agency News Strategy, Reuters

• Sandra Petersmann, Head of Geopolitics, Deutsche Welle

• Bartosz Węglarczyk, Editor-in-Chief, Onet.pl

• Márton Gergely, Editor-in-Chief, HVG

• Andrea Gerli, Foriegn News Editor, RaiNews24

• Rachel Armstrong, Europe Editor, Reuters

16:20-16:30

Future of News Closing Remarks

16:45-19:00

Networking Reception

Speakers

Mahesh Ramachandran

CTO, Reuters

Jo Webster

Global Editor, Agency News Strategy, Reuters

Mitali Muhkerjee

Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Anna Cotton

Senior Director, Agency Marketing, Reuters

Stefan Putsila

CEO and Founder, NEXTA

Pierre Caulliez

Founder, Yoof and Leads WAN IFRA's Creator Exchange Program

Liesbeth Nizet

Head of Future Audiences Monetisation, Mediahuis

Stephanie Burnett

Head of Reuters Fact Check

Márton Gergely

Editor-in-Chief, HVG

George Sargent

Global Visual Verification & Newsgathering Editor, Reuters

Zoe Walters

Senior Director, Marketplace & Commercial Strategy, Reuters

Sandra Petersmann

Head of Geopolitics, Deutsche Welle

Marcin Dzienniak

COO, Ringier Axel Springer Poland

Philippe Jäckel

Senior Director, Content Technology & Services, RTL Deutschland

Carl Spitzer

Finance Director,

Corporate Development, ITN

Bartosz Węglarczyk

Editor-in-chief, Onet

Tom Platt

Global Video Editor, Reuters

Olga Robinson

Assistant Editor, BBC Verify

Rachel Armstrong

Europe Editor, Reuters

Andrea Gerli

Foreign News Editor, Rai News 24

Chris Clemo

Director of Innovation

DMG Media

Ole Reissmann

AI Director

SPIEGEL-Gruppe

Kasia Kieli

President and Managing Director

Warner Bros. Discovery Poland

Mikołaj Chrzan

Board Member

Wyborcza & Gazeta.pl