Magnet conference lineup announced for June

The partners who produce Magnet: Canada's Magazine Conference, have unveiled the preliminary lineup for this year's event.

Among the speakers and seminar leaders are:

Jack Griffin, President of Meredith Corporation’s Publishing Group

Lewis Lapham, Harper’s and Lapham’s Quarterly

Peter Willson, Rogers Media Publishing

Evan Smith, Texas Monthly

Rona Maynard, Maclean’s, Flare and Chatelaine

Helen Berman, Folio Magazine and Expo Magazine

Roger Black, Rolling Stone and Esquire

Noah Richler, The Walrus, Maisonneuve, Saturday Night, the National Post

Rod McDonald, Applied Arts, Maclean’s and Toronto Life

Tara O’Doherty, Momentum

Gordon Hughes, President of American Business Media

Don Kummerfeld, President of the International Federation of the Periodical Press

Magnet is produced by the Circulation Management Association of Canada (CMC), the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME), the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) and Magazines Canada. The conference takes place June 4–6 2008 at 89 Chestnut Street, downtown Toronto, and features the CMC Annual Excellence Awards Luncheon, the CMC/CDS Global Connoisseurs Club Reception, the CSME Annual Dinner, Magazines Canada Annual Luncheon, Cross-Country Volunteer Awards Reception and the PWAC Annual Editor of the Year Awards and Lunch.

It culminates with the National Magazine Awards gala on the evening of June 6 at the Carlu.