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Digital Media Strategies takes place from Monday 7th - Thursday 10th March 2016.

It brings together a global audience of leaders from all aspects of digital media - news and magazines to agencies and publishers.

It may be cold outside, but things are really hotting up in the world of Digital Publishing. We've handpicked a selection of conferences, masterclasses and summits that cover everything from mobile advertising to consumer engagement, and a lot more in between.

Chrome will include ad blocking by default, platforms will overtake publisher’s websites for reaching audiences and print will only exist as a luxury item, were some of the predictions delivered to 70 publishers and editors by Drum MD Diane Young and Dennis CTO Paul Lomax last week.

Young started the debate, “2025 Visions for the Future of Publishing”, which included a panel of ‘Millennials’ to test ‘old publishing’ thinking, by warning publishers about the dangers of trying to maintain the status quo.

What is the future for publishers when social media platforms deliver your content and Facebook knows your audience better than you? 

More than 70 publishers and editors joined Page Lizard's 2025: Visions for the Future of Publishing event last night to face some of the challenges the next ten years brings. The threats identified ranged from the accelerating speed of change, to ad blockers, the rise of Facebook as a publisher and the challenge of converting the millennial generation to be paying consumers.

Can we predict the major trends that will affect publishing over the next ten years?

It's a difficult task when technology and behaviour shifts so rapidly, but it's clear that there are some lines on the graph that have only been going one way for some time. And, like climate change, they push many into denial.