Despite all the hype surrounding the iPad, Android and other innovations, WAN-Ifra says the core business of publishing houses – print – will play an outstanding role at its IfraExpo in Hamburg (October 4-6). About 300 exhibitors from more than 30 countries have booked some 10,500 m² exhibition floor space. Among those in the two prepress, printing and finishing halls are ABB, Agfa, Baldwin, Barenshee, Böttcher, EAE, Elettra, Ernst Marks, Ferag, Fujifilm, Goss, Grafikontrol, Kodak, KBA, Krause, manroland, Müller Martini, Nela, Océ, ppi Media, QI Press Controls, Rima System, Scholpp, Schur, Siemens, Sitech Systems, Sitma, technotrans, Tensor, Tolerans and Wifag. Four focus sessions complement the Expo, covering: – Creative mailroom (Oct 4 pm); – Latest production trends (Oct 5, am); – Green publishing (Oct 5, pm); – Excellence in printing (Oct 6, am). Confirmed speakers include: – Marco Castellaneta, CSR Delegate, Member of the Executive Board, Ringier, Switzerland; – George Donaldson, Group Continuous Improvement Manager, Newsprinters, United Kingdom; – Thomas Drensek, Operations Manager, Offset Printing Plant, Hamburg-Ahrensburg, Axel Springer, Germany; – Teruo Fujita, President, Shizuoka Shimbun Printing, Japan; – Michael O'Brien, Production Manager, Webprint Concepts Limited, Ireland; – Ronnie Poon, Vice President – Prepress and Commercial Printing, Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore. More information at www.ifraexpo.com/focussessions . Production-related topics play a major role also at the Media Port in hall A1: The “Innovative advertising” Session (Oct 6, pm) analyses new forms of advertising in print products and presents practical examples. Participation in the Media Port Sessions is free of charge for IfraExpo visitors. The complete programme can be downloaded at www.ifraexpo.com/mediaport . In addition, new members of the International Newspaper Color Quality Club will be honoured on Wednesday evening, Oct 6.