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Join us in Frankfurt for these must-attend industry discussions on key issues, including rights, rising business costs, audio, and world publishing markets.


Free attendance for all Frankfurter Buchmesse exhibitors and trade visitors.

Featured Speakers:

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PP Forum Program:

 WEDNESDAY, October 19 

10:00 - 10:45 am

Executive Talk: Charlie Redmayne, CEO, HarperCollins UK


  • Charlie Redmayne, CEO, HarperCollins UK — United Kingdom
  • Moderator: Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives — United States


11:00 - 11:45 am

The "Cost" of Doing Business in 2022


  • Maddalena Fossombroni, Bookseller and CEO, Todo Modo – Italy
  • Sidharta Ochoa, Founder, Abismos Editorial — Mexico
  • David Taylor, Senior Vice President, Content Acquisition International, Ingram Content Group — United Kingdom
  • Moderator: Erin L. Cox, US Publicist, Frankfurter Buchmesse — United States

12:00 – 12:45 pm

The Future of Storytelling and Engagement


  • Lex Brookman, Marketing and Communications Consultant, Tandem Collective — United Kingdom
  • Christine Chong, Publisher, Tusitala Books — Singapore
  • Tobias Henning, General Manager, TikTok Germany and Central Eastern Europe — Germany
  • Sam Taylor, Film producer and Founder, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) — United Kingdom
  • Moderator: Erin L. Cox, US Publicist, Frankfurter Buchmesse — United States


1:00 - 1:45 pm

Executive Talk: Jonny Geller on Books-to-Screen Development


  • Jonny Geller, CEO, Curtis Brown — United Kingdom
  • Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives — United States


2:00 - 2:45 pm

Growing the Book Business in the Arab World


  • Sherif Bakr, Publisher, Al Arabi Publishing and Distributing — Egypt
  • Dr. Shereen Kreidieh, Publisher, Dar Asala — Lebanon
  • Moderator: Hannah Johnson, Publisher, Publishing Perspectives — United States

3:00 - 3:45 pm

How the Article-Based Economy is Transforming Research Publishing


  • Tobias Kuhn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Liz Ferguson, Senior Vice President, Research Publishing, Wiley
  • Philipp Hess, Head of Publisher Relations, ResearchGate
  • Dr. Olaf Ernst, Chief Solutions Officer, oable
  • Dr. Irina Sens, Head of Library Operations, TIB Hannover
  • Moderator: Sven Fund, Senior Director, Knowledge Unlatched


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 THURSDAY, October 20 

10:00 - 10:45 am

Executive Talk: Núria Cabutí, CEO, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial


  • Núria Cabutí, CEO, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial — Spain
  • Moderator: Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives — United States


11:00 - 11:45 am

Nonfiction Publishing in the Age of Misinformation


  • Trasvin Jittidecharak, Founder, Silkworm Books — Thailand
  • Niko Pfund, President and Academic Publisher, Oxford University Press USA — United States
  • Arabella Pike, Publishing Director, William Collins Books — United Kingdom
  • Moderator: Erin L. Cox, US Publicist, Frankfurter Buchmesse — United States


12:00 - 12:45 pm

The Audiobook Retail Evolution


  • Sharon Baiden, Product and Marketing Manager, AkooBooks Audio — United Kingdom
  • Nathan Hull, Chief Strategy Officer, Beat Technology — United Kingdom
  • Jens Klingelhöfer, CEO and Co-Founder, Bookwire — Germany
  • Moderator: Hannah Johnson, Publisher, Publishing Perspectives — United States

1:00 - 1:45 pm

Independent Publishing Outlook for 2023


  • Ūla Ambrasaitė, Founder, LAPAS Books — Lithuania
  • Wil Harris, CEO, Unbound — United Kingdom
  • Pei-Shan Huang, Publisher, Slowork Publishing — Taiwan
  • Tom Kraushaar, Publisher, Klett-Cotta — Germany
  • Moderator: Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives — United States


2:00 - 2:45 pm

Small is Beautiful: The Book Businesses in Small and Niche Markets


  • Benas Berantas, literary agent and Founder, Book Smugglers Agency — Lithuania
  • Senja Požar, Senior Rights Manager, Mladinska knjiga — Slovenia
  • Lawrence Schimel, author, publisher and translator — Spain
  • Urpu Strellman, literary agent and CEO, Helsinki Literary Agency — Finland
  • Moderator: Rüdiger Wischenbart, Founder, Content and Consulting — Austria


3:00 - 3:45 pm

What Young Readers Need Today: Children’s Publishing CEOs in Conversation


  • Clemens Maier, CEO, Ravensburger — Germany
  • Peter Warwick, President and CEO, Scholastic — United States
  • In conversation with: Juergen Boos, President and CEO, Frankfurter Buchmesse — Germany
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