Registration opens for MagNet 2012 industry conference

Registrations are now open for the annual Canadian magazine industry conference MagNet and the conference website has been launched today, with word that the marquee speaker will be Richard Turley, the award-winning creative director of Bloomberg Businessweek.

This year, for the first time, the National Magazine Awards and the Kenneth R. Wilson awards for business-to-business publications will be held back-to-back on the same night with a shared reception between and, also for the first time, on a Thursday (June 7).

There will be 50 seminars and other related events, including the CMC Excellence Awards, the Editors' Gala presented by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors, the PWAC Awards and the PWAC Writers' Award luncheon.

The event takes place June 5 - 8 and is held at the Courtyard Marriott in Toronto, except the magazine awards and KRWs which are at the Carlu.

Details about events, presenters, pricing and accommodation are available on the website magnet.magazinescanada.ca

[disclosure: Magazines Canada advertises on this site.]