The program
CUE Days is the annual must-attend conference for professionals working with technology or strategy in media. Whether you’re the CEO, CTO, editor, or manager, the CUE Days program has valuable content to offer. Here is the program for each of the three days, including social events, sessions, and location details.
On-site in Berlin 11.-13. November 2024
Dinner at Manifesto Market
We have rented our own private section of the food market to make sure you have the best possibilities to socialize, as you join us for our first dinner during CUE Days.
Did you like our trip to Aarhus Street Food in 2022 and Wolf Market in 2023? Then you will absolutely love joining us for dinner on the first evening.
19:00+
End of sessions
18:00
17:20
The audience perspective of generative AI in Journalism: Insights from research-in-progress
Research on genAI and journalism has been omnipresent over the last two years. The audience perspective, however, is less studied, and is undeniably valuable for news organizations to make sense of how to develop and implement genAI. Dr. Cools of the University of Amsterdam will highlight some of the main findings from unpublished audience research he has done on AI perceptions, AI disclosure policies and modular journalism.
Ending the first day of CUE Days with this session will surely give you lots to discuss with fellow CUE users at the social dinner later in the evening.
Dr. Hannes Cools
University of Amsterdam
16:10
CUE Today & Tomorrow
This presentation is one of the highlights of the CUE Days event every year: Mark Van de Kamp presents the recent developments and future roadmap for CUE. He will cover the advances in how CUE deals with AI, with automation, what is new in CUE DAM and much, much more.
Mark Van de Kamp
CIO & CPO, Stibo DX
Break
16:40
16:55
FUNKE's 5-year technology transformation of deconstructing for the future
Heimo Krum strongly believes that whenever technology is a part of the challenge, it can also be a part of the solution – and he know what he is talking about. After leading the 5-year digitalization and technology transformation at FUNKE, Heimo will cover some of the wisdom him and his team gained along the way. Including how to manage the surge in requests for changes to functions, processes, and systems with increasingly shorter notice, the lessons learned by FUNKE from a significant cyber-attack and their subsequent proactive approach in group IT and lastly, the role of CUE in editorial transformation and product development.
Heimo Krum
Chief Information Officer, FUNKE Mediengruppe
15:10
Exclusive early insights: World Press Trends 2024 with Dean Roper, WAN-IFRA
Join us as we kick off this year's conference with a fresh look at the news media landscape! We’re excited to welcome Dean Roper, Editor-in-Chief of WAN-IFRA, who will share key insights from the World Press Trends Report, the annual industry survey. With nearly 30 years at WAN-IFRA, Dean has a wealth of experience and knowledge to guide us through the current state of the news media industry.
Dean Roper
Editor-in-Chief, WAN-IFRA
15:40
Opening keynote by Stibo DX
Stibo DX CEO, Lars Bjørn Falkenberg, gives this year's opening keynote of CUE Days. Hear about the year in review, whats in focus for the coming year and Lars' vision on how to not just overcome, but embrace the three main challenges faced by the industry: Consolidation, convergence and innovation.
Lars Bjørn Falkenberg
CEO, Stibo DX
Welcome to CUE Days and housekeeping
15:00
The main program and live stream for online participants begins
Welcome coffee and networking
14:00
Speaker
Topic
Time
The main program
Topic & Speaker
Day 1
11. Nov
Lunch
12.30
Lunch
14.15
The secret sauce for creating a powerful White-Label Platform
Discover how to achieve digital transformation in record time by combining CUE Gateway and ethinking’s product suite. We’ll show the flexibility and scalability of our comprehensive solution to create a White-Label platform for multiple brands across many channels.
Don't miss the inside look into this success story, where ethinking's and Stibo DX's products create a perfect match to spice up the recipe of successful White-Label Platforms.
Track 2 Room: München 4
Elisa Müller
Chief Strategy Officer, ethinking
Enrique Fischer
Project Manager, ethinking
Co-creation: Rapid Prototyping – collaborative editing
Join us for an interactive session where we’ll prototype new features and workflows for CUE in real-time. Bring your ideas and suggestions — we’ll incorporate them as we go, making this a collaborative design experience.
This is the second session of two with limited participation. Sign up on the first day of CUE Days to get a spot in one of the sessions.
Track 1 Room: München 2
Martin Michael Frederiksen
Director, UX, Stibo DX
Silas Roswall
Senior User Experience Designer, Stibo DX
13.30
The multi-platform vision, the bad and the good: How ntv.de and RTL.de come together
One idea, two editorial teams, many opinions: A classic breaking news portal and an infotainment site that accompanies TV programmes want to work on the same technical basis. How does such a multi-platform vision work on a day-to-day basis? Thomas and Samira talk about the joint migration project, the easy big decisions, and the difficult little ones. And they outline the future, shared technical landscape for RTL Germany.
Track 1 Room: München 2
Thomas Hamacher
RTL Tech
Samira Lazarovic
RTL News
Track 2 Room: München 4
Riding the CUE Highways – fast & furious
Dive into the lessons learned from optimizing multi-publication news platforms with CUE Gateway and UnitB’s frontend through a compelling case study focused on speed and cost efficiency, delivered by unitB. This session will draw parallels between the high performance of a finely tuned car and the robust, streamlined delivery of digital content.
Learn how leveraging the CUE Gateway and UnitB’s frontend can maximize speed, enhance performance, and drive down costs for newsrooms tackling complex multi-publication demands.
Nico Adam
UnitB
Angelika Richert
UnitB
11.45
CUE & A
In this fully interactive session, Charlotte will take you through the latest key features of the CUE Media Enterprise Platform, showing how its integrated products work together to streamline workflows and enhance productivity. Throughout her presentation, you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and engage directly, exploring how the platform’s integrated solutions can bring real value to your operations.
Track 1 Room: München 2
Charlotte Kingo Marvig
Senior Solution Advisor, Stibo DX
Co-creation: Rapid Prototyping – AI dashboards in CUE
Join us for an interactive session where we’ll prototype new features and workflows for CUE in real-time. Bring your ideas and suggestions — we’ll incorporate them as we go, making this a collaborative design experience.
This is the first session of two with limited participation. Sign up on the first day of CUE Days to get a spot in one of the sessions.
Track 2 Room: München 4
Martin Michael Frederiksen
Director, UX, Stibo DX
Silas Roswall
Senior User Experience Designer, Stibo DX
11.00
To be determined
This peer-to-peer session slot is currently open. We invite you to suggest a topic or presenter.
Track 1 Room: München 2
To be determined
To be determined
Continued: AI Advisory Board session #13
See description above.
Track 2 Room: München 4
To be determined
To be determined
10.15
Inside the AI Advisory Board - shaping the future of AI
The Stibo DX AI Advisory Board now consists of 42 members from 20 different news organisations who tests and evaluates the prototypes made by our team on AI solutions. Members of the advisory board include Editors-in-Chief, IT Managers, Systems Editors and Data Scientists from a wide range of Stibo DX customers and they are helping us be diligent in evaluating what is possible against what is truly valuable.
The AI Advisory Board is usually a closed group meeting once a month virtually, however, this meeting is open to all CUE Days (customer) participants.
Track 1 Room: Berlin
Mark Van de Kamp
CIO, Stibo DX
Nienke van Aken
Business Analyst, Stibo DX
Jesper Weltz
Product Manager, CUE Autopilot,. Stibo DX
To be announced
This peer-to-peer session will soon be announced.
Track 1 Room: München 2
To be determined
To be determined
09.30
Optimizing time to value in project implementation
Start Day 2 at CUE Days by learning what our project management team has been working on the past year, what has been optimized, what is planned and how it will allow for more predictability in future projects.
Track 1 Room: München 2
Benjamin Singer
Project Manager, Stibo DX
Track 2 Room: München 4
Navigating RAG in a Newsroom: Insights from a Proof of Concept
Join us for a session exploring the potential and challenges of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in a newsroom setting. We'll present the results of a proof of concept by Stibo DX, Geneea, and Groupe Rossel, focusing on generating fact boxes and other potential use cases.
We'll share lessons learned, covering practical aspects such as RAG architecture and UI/UX feedback.
Jiri Hana
Co-founder of Geneea
Jesper Weltz
Product Manager, CUE Autopilot,. Stibo DX
09.00
Breakfast and networking at Courtyard
Use the morning to get some work in with a cup of coffee and network with peers.
Breakfast and networking at Courtyard
Use the morning to get some work in with a cup of coffee and network with peers.
Track 2
Track 1
Time
Peer-to-peer sessions
Tracks
POTS Restaurant
Discover the culinary delights of Restaurant POTS in the heart of Berlin. Situated in the iconic Ritz-Carlton hotel, POTS offers modern German cuisine with a focus on fresh, seasonal ingredients. The restaurant is led by Chef Christopher Kujanski, who won the award as ‘Newcomer of The Year’ in 2022, has multiple star-awarded restaurants on his CV and a deep passion for growing his own vegetables and herbs.
19:00+
Summary and end of sessions
17:55
17:35
Meet the new kid on the block: CUE Hive
With CUE Hive launching in December 2024, native planning capabilities can be added to your CUE Platform. Olaf van der Kraaij, Product Manager, will cover how CUE Hive enhances your business.
Olaf van der Kraaij
Senior Vice President, Product Management, Stibo DX
17:20
The Stibo DX Service Concept
Gain insight into the strategic direction and future of our service delivery. At CUE Days 2024, Jakob Laursen, our Chief Delivery Officer, will provide an overview of our service concept and its role in driving business transformation through expert services. Learn how these initiatives are designed to deliver greater value and enhance your overall experience with our services.
Jakob Laursen
Chief Delivery Officer, Stibo DX
16:55
How technology helps Tagesspiegel navigate the dualism of regional and national news coverage
With the ambitious goal of transitioning from a metropolitan political newspaper in Berlin to being a national news source present on many channels, Tagesspiegel had to ask themselves a number of critical questions like: How to build a global network of experts without having correspondents in every country? How to streamline and consolidate the technology used in the newsroom? How to balance regional and nation reporting and build processes and tools to support this dualism.
Editor-in-Chief, Christian Tretbar, will share Tagesspiegel’s goals and important learnings the team made on their ambitious journey.
(Note that CUE Days participants signed up for the newsroom tour of Tagesspiegel Wednesday November 13th will have the opportunity to ask further questions and discuss content of this session with Mr. Tretbar. Details of the newsroom tour will be shared on day 1 on CUE Days.)
Christian Tretbar
Editor-in-Chief,
Tagesspiegel
16:25
AI in CUE
AI can be a buzzword, an efficiency-promise or a box of chaos, depending on how it is implemented and managed in your newsroom. At CUE Days 2024, our Product Manager on CUE Autopilot, Jesper Hansen Weltz Wollenberg, will share his vision for how Autopilot will create value in the journalistic workflow both short-term and long-term as we prepare for the next-generation newsroom.
Jesper Weltz
Product Manager, CUE Autopilot, Stibo DX
Break
16:40
15:55
A Management Perspective with Dr. Max Rempel on implementing AI in the Newsroom
As AI is manifesting itself as a critical tool for modern newsrooms, the question isn't just how to implement it, but how to lead that transformation.
Dr. Max Rempel from IPPEN approaches AI integration from a management perspective, focusing on the strategic decisions that ensure AI is not just adopted, but truly utilized. In this session, he will discuss the role AI can play in profitability, reshaping of newsroom workflows, and driving efficiency, while touching upon the challenges and opportunities in the scalability of AI.
Dr. Max Rempel
Ippen
15:40
Keeping print profitable with CUE
While print circulations are in decline, publishers find themselves looking for ways to create newspapers faster and better to keep the incoming revenue profitable.
At CUE Days, Senior Product Owner on CUE Print, Birgitte Pehn, will dive into how the print products in the CUE Media Enterprise Platform continue to evolve and support this mission.
Birgitte Pehn
Senior Product Owner, CUE Print, Stibo DX
15:10
Standardize, Centralize, Automate - and Compromise
Standardize, Centralize, Compromise. This was one of the preambles when Sanoma started their print automation project and it still holds true. Centralizing the production, standardizing the products and making compromises had to be made in order to achieve the best results.
But what happened to quality and originality? Follow along as Ari Kinnari, Head of Sanoma's Design Center, walks you through their journey to becoming a development partner on CUE Print Automation.
Ari Kinnari
Design Director, Sanoma
Welcome and takeaways from yesterday
15:00
The main program and live stream for online participants begins
Speaker
Topic
Time
Main program
Topic & Speaker
15:25
Advancing Together – Hearst’s Automation Journey with CUE Print and Stibo DX
Hearst’s automation journey with CUE Print and StiboDX highlights the preparation for and rollout of automation -- including the progression from in-house attempts to create efficiencies to adjusting workflow and setting up automation and, finally, to the production of live automated pages.
Hearst will review the benefits of automation's efficiencies and the potential for expanding automation as new features are added.
Ian Murren
Hearst Newspapers
LeAnna Kosub
Hearst Newspapers
Day 2
12. Nov
09:30
Newsroom tour at Tagesspiegel
Experience Der Tagesspiegel up close at this year’s exclusive newsroom tour. Editor-in-Chief, Christian Tretbar, will be host and guide on this tour. Founded in 1945 in post-war Berlin, Der Tagesspiegel is now a dynamic and modern newsroom with a novel approach to being both a regional political news source for Berlin, but at the same time a national and global source of insight.
Participation in this tour is limited to 50 people, so please take a Post-It from the poster in the lobby area to reserve your spot. Tagesspiegel is approx. 20 mins. walk from Courtyard Marriott Berlin.
Newsroom tour at NTV/RTL
NTV is one of Germany’s largest privately owned news broadcasters with studios in Cologne and Berlin providing 24/7 news programming with focus on news and business coverage. Over the past few years, the channel has grown into digital with n-tv.de becoming one of Germany's major news websites.
The tour of the Berlin Hauptstudio is limited to 20 participants – please take a Post-It in the lobby area to reserve your spot. The NTV studio is approx. 20 mins. walk from Courtyard Marriott Berlin.
Breakfast and networking at Courtyard
Use the morning to get some work in with a cup of coffee and network with peers.
08.30
Speaker
Track 1
Time
Breakfast and newsroom visit
Topic & Speaker
Track 2
14.15
To be determined
This peer-to-peer session slot is currently open. We invite you to suggest a topic or presenter.
Track 1 Room: To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
Zooming in on the details of CUE Hive - how it works + Q&A
Ready for CUE Hive? After this peer-to-peer session, you definitely will be! Get to know more about the details on CUE Hive and how to prepare. This is also your chance to get answers to all your questions.
Our Product Owner for CUE Hive, Simone Herseth Sønderskov, will guide us through this session along with our Product Manager, Olaf van der Kraaij.
Track 1 Room: München 4
Simone Herseth Sønderskov
Product Owner, CUE Hive, Stibo DX
Olaf van der Kraaij
Senior Vice President, Product Management, Stibo DX
13.30
To be determined
This peer-to-peer session slot is currently open. We invite you to suggest a topic or presenter.
Track 1 Room: To be determined
To be determined
Panel: Q&A with our Print Automation development partners
Was there something in the presentations from Sanoma and Hearst Newspapers that left you wondering, after watching them present in the main program of Day 2 at CUE Days? Then this is your chance to get the answers to all your questions! Together with the Stibo DX Print Automation team, Hearst Newspapers and Sanoma will participate in a panel discussion, diving deeper into why they chose to become development partners on CUE Print Automation and what they have learned along the way.
Track 1 Room: München 4
Ian Murren
Hearst Newspapers
LeAnna Kosub
Hearst Newspapers
Sanna Wirkkala
Sanoma
Pasi Juhola
Sanoma
Finn Bialaska Jensen
Senior Product Advisor, Stibo DX
Birgitte Pehn
Senior Product Owner, Stibo DX
Co-creation: Rapid Prototyping – Content Views: Cards, Lists and Previews
Join us for an interactive session where we’ll prototype new features and workflows for CUE in real-time. Bring your ideas and suggestions — we’ll incorporate them as we go, making this a collaborative design experience.
This is the fourth session of four with limited participation. Sign up for the session at CUE Days to get a spot in one of the sessions.
Track 2 Room: München 1
Martin Michael Frederiksen
Director, UX, Stibo DX
Silas Roswall
Senior User Experience Designer, Stibo DX
Lunch
Lunch
12.30
Tracks
11.45
To be determined
This peer-to-peer session slot is currently open. We invite you to suggest a topic or presenter.
Track 1 Room: To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
How to equip the newsroom for Mobile Storytelling
Gain insights on the benefits of training your staff in mobile journalism storytelling and discover creative ways journalists are using smartphones and portable kit to set up mobile newsrooms as well as low-cost video studios that support podcasting, live streaming and TV production.
Mobile Journalism is a foundational skill that supports digital transformation and the speaker has recently led training initiatives at media organizations to support their digital transformation efforts: Hindustan Times, Middle East Broadcast Network, Mediacorp, and Singapore Press Holdings.
Your takeaway from this session will be insights into what practical steps are needed and how to approach mobile journalism training for your staff.
This workshop is led by Mobile Journalism (MOJO) trainer, Robb Montgomery who provides comprehensive training courses and workshops for news organizations, universities and media development organizations all across the globe. Montgomery is the author of “Mobile Journalism” textbook and the founder of the Smart Film School in Berlin.
Track 1 Room: München 4
Robb Montgomery
Mobile journalism trainer, author, and filmmaker
Co-creation: Rapid Prototyping – The Playout Bar & Multi-channel distribution
Join us for an interactive session where we’ll prototype new features and workflows for CUE in real-time. Bring your ideas and suggestions — we’ll incorporate them as we go, making this a collaborative design experience.
This is the third session of four with limited participation. Sign up for the session at CUE Days to get a spot in one of the sessions.
Track 2 Room: München 1
Martin Michael Frederiksen
Director, UX, Stibo DX
Silas Roswall
Senior User Experience Designer, Stibo DX
11.00
To be determined
This peer-to-peer session slot is currently open. We invite you to suggest a topic or presenter.
Track 1 Room: To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
Co-creation: Story-centric collaboration in the newsroom
Join us for an interactive session where we discuss our new, innovative collaboration and ideation concept, designed to streamline workflows across departments and media formats. Participate in discussions, provide feedback on our initial sketches, and help us innovate story-centric content production.
To keep the discussion flowing, we will have limited spots available. Take a ticket in the lobby area to ensure this sneak peek into our development plans! Your insights are crucial to ensuring we create the most valuable solutions for your newsroom.
Track 1 Room: München 4
Nienke van Aken
Business Analyst, Stibo DX
Simone Herseth Sønderskov
Product Owner, CUE Hive, Stibo DX
Silas Roswall
Senior User Experience Designer, Stibo DX
Track 2
Track 1
Time
Peer-to-peer sessions
Summary and end of CUE Days 2024
17:50
17:30
User Efficiency in CUE
CUE is undergoing a design transformation focused on simplifying and streamlining the user experience to enhance efficiency. Our UX department is developing a new design language that makes complex tasks easier, created in collaboration with users and experts worldwide.
Join us for the last CUE Days session to learn more about the design process and upcoming timelines.
Martin Michael Frederiksen
Director, UX, Stibo DX
16:45
CUE DAM: Bringing flexibility into your digital asset management
Want to learn how CUE DAM is bringing flexibility to digital asset management today and in the future? Stay informed on the latest updates by joining our session, where our CUE DAM expert will dive into the latest advancements in CUE DAM.
Thomas Ammermann
Product Owner, CUE DAM, Stibo DX
16:25
Break
16:00
How AI can support the Editor in the modern newsroom
As editors navigate the overwhelming influx of information, they face challenges that demand fast, accurate, and audience-centric decisions. In this presentation, Kai Stoppel from ntv.de will explore how AI can be a valuable partner in optimizing editorial workflows. He will walk through a step-by-step approach taken in collaboration with experienced editors to develop an efficient AI tool designed for daily use. Kai will share how they dissected existing workflows and identified key areas where automation can have the greatest impact. By evaluating what adds the most value, they found opportunities where AI can make a significant difference with minimal effort, for example by helping editors identify the most relevant stories and converge external stories into ntv.de’s own formats.
Kai Stoppel
NTV.de
15:50
Get started with CUE Print as a Service
Wrapping up the CUE Print as a Service sessions, Nick Kaye, our Vice President of Workflow & Print Consulting, will outline the approach to implementing CUE Print as a Service and how we will support you throughout the process. This session will cover a complete overview and timeline, detailing each step from preparation and setup to onboarding, go-live and ongoing services.
Nick Kaye
Vice President of Workflow & Print Consulting, Stibo DX
15:40
What it means changing from THE standard to YOUR standard
What are standards in CUE – particularly regarding CUE Print as a Service? Following the introduction of CUE Print as a Service, our Director of Product Enablement, Bo Dalsgaard, and Senior Product Advisor, Finn Bialaska Jensen, will take the stage to unwrap the standard framework – from setup to running Print Automation.
In this session, they will also explain why the standard outset is not a limitation and showcase how these standards serve as a foundation for transitioning to your product design.
Bo Dalsgaard
Director, Product Enablement, Stibo DX
Finn Bialaska Jensen
Senior Product Advisor, Stibo DX
15:10
CUE as a Service – The continued journey & roadmap
In a constantly evolving market, SaaS provides significant advantages that empower your business to stay agile, manage costs, and scale operations rapidly. If you want to learn how CUE SaaS can help you accelerate your digital transformation, don’t miss this session.
Our Executive Vice President of SaaS & Cloud Services, Christoffer de Maré, and our Product Manager for SaaS & Cloud Services, Jan Lindeberg, will share insights into the strategy and direction for SaaS delivered CUE services. They will examine the market and industry trends as a foundation for our SaaS delivery model, reflect on our cloud based offerings, and discuss the future direction along with the value it brings to your business.
Christoffer de Maré
Executive Vice President, SaaS & Cloud Solutions, Stibo DX
Jan Lindeberg
Product Manager, SaaS & Cloud, Stibo DX
Welcome and takeaways from yesterday
15:00
The main program and live stream for online participants begins
Speaker
Topic
Time
Main program
Topic & Speaker
15:25
Introducing CUE Print as a Service
The opportunity offered by CUE Print as a Service is a game-changer, delivering a remarkable reduction in both print production and system maintenance costs. Curious to learn more? Tune in to this session, where our Product Manager for SaaS & Cloud Services, Jan Lindeberg, will provide an in-depth overview of the package, addressing the why, how, and what, while highlighting the business advantages you can unlock.
Christoffer de Maré
Executive Vice President, SaaS & Cloud Solutions, Stibo DX
Jan Lindeberg
Product Manager, SaaS & Cloud, Stibo DX
17:05
Taking control of campaign sites by moving them to CUE
Rather than investing heavily in external consultants, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise support their two (soon-to-be three) online brands by building campaign sites in-house. This is done by Mattias Lindgren and his team through a developed feature in CUE called “flexible sections”. The flexible sections are used for both campaign sites and some permanent sections needing unique layouts to cater to the specific need of the editor during coverage of bigger campaigns such as the Swedish EU-election.
Mattias will discuss the business goals behind this feature, the value it has brought the organization and additionally show live how one of their flexible sections is created within CUE.
Mattias Lindgren
Product Owner, svensktnaringsliv.se at Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
