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Colophon 2009 visitors travel to Luxembourg from all around the world.

Among many cities, visitors come from: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Firenze, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Köln, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Lund, Madrid, Mexico City, Munich, New York, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Sofia, Sao Pualo, Tokyo, Vienna, Zürich ... and many more.

(Picture : Colophon 2007 Party – © Eric Chenal)

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Another Keynote confirmed
“Where do we go from here?”
By Jeremy Leslie
(Executive creative director, John Brown, UK)
There are more magazines available than at any time before, yet magazine
publishers of all types face more pressures than ever. Environmental concerns and competition from the internet have been joined by the financial downturn and subsequent loss of advertising revenue to cause the latest round of doom-laden predictions. Are we facing the end of print?
Saturday 11 am

Pre-Opening
“The Magazine is the Massage”
The Luxembourg Cinémathèque opens it’s film series on “media and journalism” in the framework of Colophon 2009. Introduction by Claude Bertemes, the Director of the Cinémathèque and Mike Koedinger, co-curator of Colophon 2009. The first movie in the serie will be Woody Allen’s “Celebrity”. The screening will be followed by a drink.
Monday March 9th, 20:30, Luxembourg, Cinémathèque Municipale

Preview Tour + Exhibition Openings
“Meet the Makers!”
Join us for a Preview Tour of the exhibitions of the ten guest magazines and meet the makers (18:00-20:30), followed by the openings of the exhibitions “Design Backstage” and “Tribute to Café Crème” (21:00) and the “Opening Dinner” at Kjub Restaurant (www.kjub.lu).
Thursday 12.03, 17:30 Meeting point at the Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain

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« One of the best summits I've ever attended »
Samir « Mr Magazine » Husni, Missisippi

« What a truly fantastic event: Brilliantly conceptualised, meticulously planned and clinically executed »
Ravi Pathare, MagNation, New Zealand

« We really really enjoyed our time in Luxembourg »
Sebastiano, Stirato magazine, Rome

« It has been bloody amazing »
Martin Tradsburg Christophersen, S Magazine, Copenhagen

« The only bad thing about colophon was that my bag was too heavy »
Luis Mendo, Art Director, Amsterdam

« Thanks is a small word that has a big meaning »
Marc Mascort, Rojo, Barcelona

« Vivement le prochain! »
Guillaume Le Goff, Clark Magazine, Paris

« Der Spirit hier in Luxembourg war wunderbar »
Horst Moser, Independent Medien, Munich

« This is definitely one of the coolest things we have been involved with »
Bill Douglas, Coupe magazine, Toronto

« It has been a fantastic event for the students on the BA Illustration Course »
Suzie Edwards, Bournemouth Art Institute, UK

« The fair is amazing and gives us a lot of inspiration »
FRAME magazine, Amsterdam

« Herzlichen Dank für ein fantastisches Festival »
Anja Lutz, shift!, Berlin

« Good work - you guys rocked our hearts »
Lars Harmsen, Slanted magazine and blog, Karlsruhe

« It turned out to be a wonderful, inspiring & refreshing experience »
Stéphanie Dumont, Carl*s cars, Oslo

« Thank you so much for everything »
Yummy magazine, Paris

« The culture of resistance is alive in magazines »
Boz Temple-MorrisLondon

« We are very happy to have participated in such a successful event »
Yasemin, Birl and Ayse, :mentalKLINIK, Istanbul

« Pour un coup d'essai, c'est un coup de maître »
Romuald Stivin, Nusign Magazien, azy Dog Boostore/Gallery, Paris

« We really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere of the symposium and the beautiful city of Luxembourg »
B EAST magazine, Tallinn

« Congrats on the conference »
Jamin Warren, Wall Street Journal, New York

« The venue, organisation and construction of the seminars, conferences, etc: excellent »
Karen, Karen magazine, London

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Under the Patronage of Mr Paul Helminger, Mayor of Luxembourg-City

Under the Patronage of Mr Jean-Louis Schiltz, Luxembourg’s Minister for Communications

With the kind support of the Ministry of the Economy & Foreign Trade

And the Minister of Tourism

National Office of Tourism

Luxembourg City Tourist Office

University of Luxembourg