Frankfurt Book Fair Digital Book Symposium

The Frankfurt Book Fair is hosting three days of events focusing on the future of the book in the digital age, beginning on October 6th.  Among other topics, the talks will include expert opinion on “E-rights and roles,” from Robert Gottlieb, Chairman of Trident Media Group, LLC.

A full list of speakers is below; stay tuned here for the recap after the Frankfurt fair closes.



Wednesday, October 6

10:30-11:00am
Digital Book World
Speaker: Mike Shatzkin, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company
Chair: Mark Dressler

11:00-11:30am
How Innovation and the Digital World Resets the Playing Field for Publishers Large and Small
Speakers: Neal Hoskins and Marie-Adele Murray, Winged Chariot Press
Moderator: Mark Dressler

12:00-12:30pm
A Social Approach to Publishing
Speaker: Richard Nash, Founder, Cursor

1:00-2:00pm
The eBook Strategies of Major Publishers
Speakers: Brian Murray, CEO, HarperCollins
Evan Schnittman, Managing Director, Bloomsbury
Andrew Savikas, VP, O’Reilly Media
Host: Tom Turvey, Director, Google

2:30-3:00pm
App Development
Speakers: Dean Johnson, Creative Director, Brandwidth
Rhys Cazenove, Co-Founder, Enhanced Editions

3:30-4:00pm
E-Rights and Roles
Speaker: Robert Gottlieb, Chairman, Trident Media Group, LLC

Thursday, October 7

10:00-10:30am
Kobo – What’s Next?
Speaker: Michael Tamblyn, EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising, Kobo

11:00am-12:00pm
Australia/New Zealand publishing market overview
Speakers: Rod Martin (Era Publications), Patricia Genat (Adelaide Library Services), Peter Dowling (Oratio Media)
Hosted by Bookseller+Publisher magazine (www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au)
Moderated by Tim Coronel, publisher, Bookseller+Publisher

2:00-3:00pm
Starting the eBook Commerce in Brazil
Speakers: Frederico Indiani, Director of Purchasing at Livraria Saraiva
Hosted by PublishNews
Moderated by: Carlo Carrenho

4:00-4:30pm
Meet Richard Mollet – recently appointed Chief Executive of the UK Publishers’ Association
Speaker: Richard Mollet
Interviewer: Richard Charkin, Executive Director, Bloomsbury Publishing

4:30-5:30pm
Frankfurt Book Fair Tweet-Up
Meet, greet, and tweet! Drinks will be provided.

Friday, October 8

10:00am-11:00am
The Brazilian Digital Market
Speakers: Newton Neto (Director, Singular Digital)
Moderated by Carlo Carrenho, PublishNews
Hosted by PublishNews
Moderated by Carlo Carrenho

11:00-11:30am
Digital B2C Considerations
Speaker: Caroline Fortin, VP & Publisher, QA International

12:00pm-1:30pm
EPUB: Producing eBooks Using the Industry Standard
Speakers:
 James Macfarlane, President, Easypress Technologies (EasyEPUB)
Moderator: Michael Smith, International Digital Publishing Forum, Executive Director

3:00pm-3:30pm
Beyond the Hype: Digital Publishing at the Multimedia Coalface
Speaker: Michael Bhaskar, Head of Digital, Profile Books