Porter Anderson ( @Porter_Anderson ) BA, MA, MFA, is a journalist, speaker, and consultant specializing in book publishing. Formerly with CNN, the Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and other media, he is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives, founded by Frankfurt Book Fair New York, the magazine for the international publishing industry. With Jane Friedman, he produces The Hot Sheet publishing-industry newsletter, providing expert analysis and interpretation in a private subscription bulletin format, expressly for traditionally publishing and self-publishing authors. With Friedman, he programmed the new DBW Indie Author conference in New York in January 2017, as a Hot Sheet project. Anderson also writes the #MusicForWriters series on contemporary composers for Thought Catalog. Anderson also has guided The FutureBook’s coverage of digital publishing for The Bookseller in the UK and led the development of its inaugural Author Day conference in London. This year under the aegis of his Porter Anderson Media…
Date of Birth: March 23rd 1966 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration. University of Rochester, Rochester (New York) Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.) Speciality: Finance, Accounting and Marketing Fulbright “La Caixa” Scholar Faculty of Economic, Science and Business. Barcelona University Bachelor Degree. Speciality Business Economics (with distinction) Participant of the E.U.S. Program (Association for the Promotions of Cooperation between Entreprises-University-Society) I.E.S.E.C. member Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English and French PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE March 2000 to date Managing Director. Books División, Planeta Group September 97-February 2000 Managing Director. Endesa Energía, S,A., Endesa Group June 90-September 97 McKinsey & Company, Spain September 88-December 88 Bilbao Merchant Bank (B.B.V.), Barcelona July 87-October 87 Oy Ekofinn Ab. Lahti, Finland
Dr. Siv Bublitz (58) is Executive Vice President Editorial and Strategy of S. Fischer Verlage in Frankfurt. She began her professional career at Rowohlt in 1990 as an editor and later as publishing director of imprints Wunderlich and Rowohlt Berlin Verlag. From 2007 until 2017 she was CEO and Publisher of Ullstein Buchverlage in Berlin. She is an active proponent of the German Booksellers’ and Publishers’ Association where she served as a board member from 2016 until her appointment at Fischer in September 2017.
Studium der Politikwissenschaft, Geschichte und Publizistik in Münster, Berlin und St. Louis. 1996 Master of Arts der Washington University in St. Louis. 2000 Promotion in Politikwissenschaften. 2000 – 2003 Senior Consultant Corporate Development bei der Bertelsmann AG. 2003 – 2004 Leiter Point of Sale-Aktivitäten, Der Club Bertelsmann. 2004 – 2008 Alleingeschäftsführer der Birkhäuser Verlag AG, Basel. 2006 – 2008 Alleingeschäftsführer von SpringerWienNewYork in Wien. 2007 – 2008 Mitglied des Konzernvorstands bei Springer Science+Business Media. 2008 – 2014 Geschäftsführer des Verlags Walter de Gruyter. Seit Dezember 2015 Berater, Unternehmer und Investor mit dem Unternehmen fullstopp.
Ashleigh Gardner, Deputy General Manager, Wattpad Studios, Publishing As Deputy General Manager, Wattpad Studios, Publishing, Ashleigh Gardner works with writers and publishers around the world to turn Wattpad stories into books. Under Ashleigh’s leadership, the Wattpad Books team is reshaping the publishing industry, leveraging data and insights from more than 500 million story uploads on Wattpad to find future best-sellers. In addition to publishing stories under the Wattpad Books division, Ashleigh creates meaningful promotional and editorial partnerships with publishers around the world.
I’m CEO at Gyldendal, the biggest book publishing house in Denmark. Before that I have been CEO at the Royal Theatre, head of Culture at the National Broadcaster, DR, and CEO at the Danish Newspaper, Information. I hold an MBA and a master in philosophy. I’m 54 and author of eleven novels. Related Links for more information: https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/09/denmark-gyldendal-morten-hesseldahl-book-publishing-safeguarding-old-culture/ http://www.mortenhesseldahl.dk/om-morten/ https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Hesseldahl
Olivia Hetreed is the multi-award winning screenwriter of Girl with a Pearl Earring and Wuthering Heights. Recent international films include Finding Altamira, starring Antonio Banderas, and Bosnia’s first animated feature, Birds Like Us, directed by Faruk Sabanovič. Mohamed al-Daradji’s The Journey is the first Iraqi-made film to screen in Iraq in 27 years. She has a number of projects in development with Sympathetic Ink, her company with Andy Paterson, and with other producers. Olivia is President of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, which represents over 2,000 professional writers in the UK. She is a very experienced international mentor of new writing talent. Previously she was a Film Editor, working on many dramas and documentaries. Related links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Hetreed https://lfs.org.uk/staff/559/olivia-hetreed
Ehrhardt F. Heinold, geb. am 27.12.1961, hat Geschichte, Soziologie und Germanistik in Hamburg studiert und ist nach mehrjähriger, freiberuflicher Tätigkeit als Redakteur, Journalist, Seminarleiter und Berater seit 1995 geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der Heinold, Spiller & Partner Unternehmensberatung GmbH mit Sitz in Hamburg. Kunden sind neben Fach-, Special Interest- und Publikumsverlagen auch Non-Profit-Organisationen (v.a. wissenschaftliche Institute, Stiftungen und Bibliotheken). Heinold ist Autor und Herausgeber von Fachstudien (u.a. „Marktstudie zu Crossmedialen Redaktionssystemen“ und „Change Management in Fachverlagen. Am Beispiel Einführung eines Redaktionssystems“), Verfasser von Fachaufsätzen und Mitautor des Buches „Business E-volution“. Er ist Gründer und Leiter der seit 2002 jährlich durchgeführten Fachtagung CrossMediaForum. Er hat zudem zahlreiche Fachvorträge zum Thema Content Management, Cross Media, Electronic Publishing und Social Media gehalten. Heinold ist zudem regelmäßig als Moderator und Referent für die Akademie der Deutschen Medien tätig. Weitere Informationen finden sich auf der Website www.hspartner.de.
Emma House is the Deputy CEO of the Publishers Association and has worked at the PA for 10 years. Previous to this Emma was Head of International Development at The London Book Fair and spent 6 years working in international business to business magazines. The Publishers Association (the PA) represents book and journal publishers in the UK, spanning fiction and non-fiction, academic and education publishing in print and digital. UK publishing has a turnover of £5.7bn, with export income accounting for 60% of revenues. Our membership includes global companies such as Elsevier, Wiley, Pearson, Penguin Random House and Hachette, as well as many independent publishing houses and university presses. Our objective as an association is to provide our members with the influence, insight and support necessary to compete and prosper. Emma’s role is to over the work of the sector councils at the PA, covering academic, STM, education and consumer…
EN: As CTO, Peter Karwowski is responsible for leading the Klopotek Group’s technology strategy, as well as strengthening the development processes and innovation capability. In 2018, he became Deputy CEO of Klopotek, as an additional role. Prior to joining Klopotek, Peter Karwowski was CTO at hgv publishing services, a full service provider of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and long-standing major client of Klopotek. He joined hgv in 2005 and held various IT management positions while developing the IT landscape and service organization. At previous employers like PSH Solutions GmbH, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, and Henke & Partner GmbH, Peter gained a great deal of experience in the publishing industry and gained IT management competences, especially in the field of software engineering. DE: Als CTO ist Peter Karwowski für die Technologiestrategie der gesamten Klopotek Gruppe verantwortlich und stärkt die Entwicklungsprozesse und Innovationskraft des Unternehmens. 2018 wurde er zusätzlich Deputy CEO von…
Jens Klingelhöfer ist Geschäftsführer und Co-Founder (2009) des international aufgestellten E-Book-Digitalvertriebs „Bookwire“ (www.bookwire.de) mit Büros in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Sao Paulo, Mexico-City and Moscow. Zuvor war Jens Klingelhöfer als Geschäftsführer von MFM Entertainment in der Musikbranche mit den Schwerpunkten Künstlermanagement, Musikmarketing und Digitalvertrieb für erfolgreiche nationale Musikthemen verantwortlich. Zu Beginn seiner beruflichen Laufbahn war er als Art Director für Medienprodukte tätig und kehrte mit Bookwire in den Buchbereich zurück. Jens Klingelhöfer is managing director and co-founder (2009) of the internationally established german ebook distribution company Bookwire (www.bookwire.de) with offices in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Sao Paulo, Mexico-City and Moscow. Prior to creating this platform, he was managing director of MFM Entertainment, a service to the music industry specialized in artist management, marketing cooperations and digital distribution. At the early days of his career, he was an art director for media products, so that by creating Bookwire, he returned to his initial industry.
English In 1992, Ulrich Klopotek von Glowczewski founded Klopotek & Partner GmbH, which he today continues to head up as Managing Director and CEO. Early on, he took key strategic decisions which continue to set the company apart from its competitors: a clear focus on innovative technology to support business process in publishing houses and media companies, using standard software based on an integrated database to model the entire value-creation chain. By 1998, Klopotek & Partner GmbH had advanced to be the market leader for publishing software in Germany. Ulrich Klopotek von Glowczewski was the architect behind the Klopotek group (headed by Klopotek AG) and a strategic reorientation and internationalization of the company, establishing Klopotek B.V. for the Benelux region and Klopotek Ltd. in the UK in 2000, followed by Klopotek North America Inc. in 2004. In 2006, Klopotek North America acquired Global Turnkey Systems Inc. – a step that…
David Linderman, Executive Creative Director, IBM iX + Aperto, Berlin For over two decades David Linderman has explored the intersection between brands and culture, art, design and technology in internationally awarded client work and art commissions. After eight years exploring creative culture in the UK and US, Linderman returned to Germany in March 2017, as Executive Creative Director for IBM iX + Aperto and member of the global IBM iX Ambassadorship program to explore creative applications for data-driven experience. Together with small teams of creative technologists and designers, Linderman has won numerous international awards such as the Art Directors Club New York, Art Directors Club Deutschland, New York Festivals, the One Show, Clio Award, New York Type Directors Club, IF Communication Award and Webby Awards. In 2015 Linderman received Lifetime Artist status for work included in the permanent collection for Architecture & Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern…
Wolf-Michael Mehl works as Managing Director of Klopotek & Partner GmbH in Berlin. As a member of Klopotek's Sales Management Board, he is responsible for the Global Key Account Management. Michael takes care of Business Development with a focus on bringing Klopotek's latest STREAM solutions to the market. Until 2014 he headed the Software & Technology Services division, where his responsibilities included managing Klopotek’s software development process and customer services. He has a master’s degree in computer science and specializes in software engineering and software project methodology, and has held management positions at Klopotek since 1992.
Dr. Joerg Pfuhl ist seit September 2016 CEO der Holtzbrinck Buchverlage (u.a. Rowohlt, S.Fischer, DroemerKnaur und Kiepenheuer&Witsch). Davor war er als Unternehmensberater, Dozent und Mitglied verschiedener Aufsichtsgremien (u.a. Edel AG, Franz Cornelsen Bildungsholding) tätig. Von 1994 bis 2011 war Dr. Pfuhl in unterschiedlichen Führungspositionen der Bertelsmann AG aktiv, zuletzt als Vorstandsmitglied von Random House und als Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung der Verlagsgruppe Random House mit Verantwortung für das deutschsprachige Buchverlagsgeschäft. Ehrenamtlich engagiert sich Joerg Pfuhl seit 2004 im Vorstand der Stiftung Lesen.
Michael Reynolds is the Editor in chief of independent publisher, Europa Editions. He is the recipient of the 2016 Golden Colophon Award for Superlative Achievement & Leadership in Independent Literary Publishing, awarded by the Community of Literary and Magazine Presses, and a 2017 Epiphany Magazine Honoree for Publishing Excellence. He has served on the jury for the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, the Gutekunst Prize for Young Translators, and the foreign jury of the Strega Prize. He is a regular speaker at the Columbia School of Journalism’s Columbia Publishing Course, and at publishing and translation conferences in America and internationally. He is a member of the Rutgers University Press Advisory Council, a founding member of the Independent Publisher Caucus Steering Committee, and the founder of Bookselling Without Borders, a scholarship program that diversifies the culture of reading by building bridges between the American bookselling community and the international book industry. Prize-winning and…
Miriam Rosin (geb. Behmer) verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung im Bereich Digital Content, E-Commerce und Business Development: Von 2007 bis 2014 sammelte sie Erfahrungen in Führungspositionen bei eBook.de (ehemals Libri.de Internet GmbH). Als Leitung Produktmanagement verantwortete die Diplom-Germanistin mehrere Jahre die Weiterentwicklung der Plattform sowie die Betreuung strategischer Hardware-Partner. In dieser Zeit war sie als Mitglied des Führungsteams unter anderem am Rebranding von Libri.de hin zu eBook.de beteiligt. Anschließend zeichnete Sie sich als alleinige Geschäftsführerin für das Start Up readfy verantwortlich und schloss hierfür einen Finanzierungsrunde in 7-stelliger Höhe ab. Seit 2017 verantwortet sie als COO von NetDoktor.de die Bereiche Redaktion, SEO, Produktmanagement, IT und Business Development. Ihren Schwerpunkt widmet sie derzeit der Fragestellung wie sich die User Journey auf NetDoktor.de erweitern lässt - mit der Zielsetzung den monatlich ca. 17 Mio Webseitenbesuchern mehr zu bieten als eine reine text- und bildbasierte Informationsplattform sowie weitere Erlösströme zu erschließen. Im Rahmen eines berufsbegleitenden MBA-Studiengangs an der Henley Business…
Sara Sargent is a Senior Executive Editor at Random House Books for Young Readers, where she publishes platform-driven fiction and nonfiction in the picture book, middle grade, and young adult categories. Previously she has held positions at HarperCollins Children’s Books, Simon Pulse (an imprint of Simon & Schuster), and Miramax Books. Sara has worked with #1 New York Times bestselling authors Katty Kay and Claire Shipman, as well as New York Times bestselling authors Laurie Hernandez, Abbi Glines, Ainsley Earhardt, Rosamund Hodge, StacyPlays, and Lisa Maxwell; internationally bestselling author Lily Collins; National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti; and social media influencers Laci Green and Arden Rose. Sara received her Master of Science in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Prof. Dr. Okke Schlüter ist seit 2008 Professor für Medienkonvergenz im Studiengang Mediapublishing an der Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart. Schwerpunkte in der Lehre sind neben der Medienkonvergenz auch Crossmediales Produktmanagement, Innovationsmanagement/Design Thinking und digitale Geschäftsmodelle. Im März 2017 erschien bei Schäffer Poeschel die mit Stefanie Quade konzipierte „DesignAgility - Toolbox Media Prototyping“. Auf das Studium der Theater-, Film und Fernsehwissenschaften, Slavistik und Betriebswirtschaftslehre in Mainz, Berlin und Moskau folgte die Promotion in Slavistik. Nach Stippvisiten bei BCG und McKinsey ab 1998 Trainee der Ernst Klett AG für Führungskräftenachwuchs, von 2000 bis 2008 Führungspositionen in Unternehmen der Klett-Gruppe. Außerhalb der HdM begleitet er seit 2012 die Innovationsinitiativen protoTYPE und seit 2016 CONTENTshift des Börsenvereins des deutschen Buchhandels als Experte. Referent auch für die Akademie der Deutschen Medien und die Donau-Universität Krems.
Henning Schoenenberger, Director Product Data and Metadata at Springer Nature, runs a global Data Development department, finding cutting-edge responses to key data questions in the research and library communities in areas such as semantic data, access and data analytics just to name a few. In search of the most state-of-the-art data formats, efficient content and data delivery tools and models, and optimized workflows in relationship with discovery services, Henning has been able to develop processes that meet the needs in the research and library landscape. Picture: Sven Serkis
Klaus-Peter Stegen is an all-rounder with more than 30 years publishing experience in every sector of the industry and a competent advisor for every kind of process and service. He is Director of the Publishers' Forum (together with Rüdiger Wischenbart) and was Chief Operating Officer D-A-CH of Klopotek AG in 2015-16. Since the beginning of January 2017, he has been a partner and senior adviser of Newbooks Solutions in Cologne, as well as a business partner of Narses consulting company in Bad Vilbel. The experienced publishing expert was previously employed as a management and HR consultant by TGMC Management Consulting GmbH in Hamburg. He also assisted the Bibliographical Institute – part of the Franz Cornelsen Education Group – as a consultant and interim Sales and Marketing Manager during their reorientation and move from Mannheim to Berlin. Stegen’s career includes management roles at Otto Schmidt, VVA/Bertelsmann, Haufe, Medien Union, and Oetinger…
Patrici Tixis is the director of corporate communications at Grupo Planeta, the largest Spanish and Latin America publishing and media group. Since 2011, he has been its institutional representative in publishing sector associations. He serves as a chair of the largest spanish guild (known as Gremi d’Editors de Catalunya), based in Barcelona, and whose member companies represent over half of Spain and Latin America publishing output. He is vice president of the management board of the Spanish Federation of Publishers Guilds (FGEE in its spanish acronym) and member elected of the executive commite at the IPA, the Internatonal Publishers Asociation. As well he serves as a chair of the catalan Chamber of Books, institution that represents and defends the interest of publishers, booksellers, distributors and printers. Furthermore he is a member of Cedro, the non-profit association of authors and publishers of books, magazines and newspapers, whose task is the protection…
Holger Volland currently serves as Vice President and member of the executive board of Frankfurter Buchmesse. He is responsible for international business development and sales and heads the book fair’s office in Beijing. He founded THE ARTS+ a think tank event for technology in culture. As Autor of "The creative Power of Machines" he published about interactions of artificial intelligence and culture. Prior to joining the book fair, Holger served as head of marketing and communications with the German Booksellers and Publishers Association and head of brand communications at MetaDesign AG. Before, he led Leipziger & Partner as Managing Director, a digital marketing and communications consultancy which he founded in Berlin. He has held positions in media such as journalism, radio, television and online development and design and curated numerous exhibitions in Buenos Aires and Berlin. The growing innovation gap between technology and culture Digitisation and new technologies such…
Michaela Wied hat Medienmanagement studiert mit dem Abschluss der Diplom-Medienwirtin (FH). Im Anschluss daran hat sie einige Produktionsleitungsassistenzen bei verschiedenen Fernsehprogrammen gemacht. In Verlage kam sie 2008 mit einem Volontariat als Projektmanagement bei den MVS Medizinverlage Stuttgart (Thieme Verlagsgruppe). Sie blieb einige Jahre dort, um später die Vertriebsleitung Corporate Publishing bei MVS zu übernehmen. Ab 2013 war sie als Produktmanagerin Media Development print / digital bei der MVB Marketing- und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels GmbH. Sie war dort für die crossmediale Neu- und Weiterentwicklung des Börsenblatts und des Buchjournals verantwortlich. Seit 2016 war sie als Manager Business Development Publishing beim Springer Medizin Verlag in Heidelberg tätig. Sie war dort zuständig für die Facharzt-Zeitschriften und für SpringerMedizin.de.
Rüdiger Wischenbart, born in 1956 in Graz, Austria, is the founder of “Content and Consulting” (since 2003), and a writer specialized in culture, cultural industries, the global book markets, innovation in the book industry, literature, media, and communication. Most recently, he researched and (co-) authored several reports on global publishing markets, notably the “Global eBook” report, the “Global Publishing Markets” survey for the International Publishers Association”, (IPA), and the “Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry”, updated annually since 2007 (initiated by Livres Hebdo, France, and co-published by The Bookseller, UK, buchreport, Germany, PublishNews Brazil, and Publishers Weekly, US). Wischenbart co-authored the “Diversity Reports” 2010, 2009 and 2008 mapping translation markets and cultures across Europe. He serves as director for international affairs to BookExpo America, coordinating its “Global Market Forum”, and he directs the program for the Publishers’ Forum in Berlin. www.wischenbart.com
Porter Anderson ( @Porter_Anderson ) BA, MA, MFA, is a journalist, speaker, and consultant specializing in book publishing. Formerly with CNN, the Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and other media, he is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives, founded by Frankfurt Book Fair New York, the magazine for the international publishing industry. With Jane Friedman, he produces The Hot Sheet publishing-industry newsletter, providing expert analysis and interpretation in a private subscription bulletin format, expressly for traditionally publishing and self-publishing authors. With Friedman, he programmed the new DBW Indie Author conference in New York in January 2017, as a Hot Sheet project. Anderson also writes the #MusicForWriters series on contemporary composers for Thought Catalog. Anderson also has guided The FutureBook’s coverage of…
Date of Birth: March 23rd 1966 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration. University of Rochester, Rochester (New York) Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.) Speciality: Finance, Accounting and Marketing Fulbright “La Caixa” Scholar Faculty of Economic, Science and Business. Barcelona University Bachelor Degree. Speciality Business Economics (with distinction) Participant of the E.U.S. Program (Association for the Promotions of Cooperation between Entreprises-University-Society) I.E.S.E.C. member Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English and French PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE March 2000 to date Managing Director. Books División, Planeta Group September 97-February 2000 Managing Director. Endesa Energía, S,A., Endesa Group June 90-September 97 McKinsey & Company, Spain September 88-December 88 Bilbao Merchant Bank (B.B.V.), Barcelona July 87-October 87 Oy Ekofinn Ab. Lahti, Finland …
Dr. Siv Bublitz (58) is Executive Vice President Editorial and Strategy of S. Fischer Verlage in Frankfurt. She began her professional career at Rowohlt in 1990 as an editor and later as publishing director of imprints Wunderlich and Rowohlt Berlin Verlag. From 2007 until 2017 she was CEO and Publisher of Ullstein Buchverlage in Berlin. She is an active proponent of the German Booksellers’ and Publishers’ Association where she served as a board member from 2016 until her appointment at Fischer in September 2017.
Studium der Politikwissenschaft, Geschichte und Publizistik in Münster, Berlin und St. Louis. 1996 Master of Arts der Washington University in St. Louis. 2000 Promotion in Politikwissenschaften. 2000 – 2003 Senior Consultant Corporate Development bei der Bertelsmann AG. 2003 – 2004 Leiter Point of Sale-Aktivitäten, Der Club Bertelsmann. 2004 – 2008 Alleingeschäftsführer der Birkhäuser Verlag AG, Basel. 2006 – 2008 Alleingeschäftsführer von SpringerWienNewYork in Wien. 2007 – 2008 Mitglied des Konzernvorstands bei Springer Science+Business Media. 2008 – 2014 Geschäftsführer des Verlags Walter de Gruyter. Seit Dezember 2015 Berater, Unternehmer und Investor mit dem Unternehmen fullstopp.
Ashleigh Gardner, Deputy General Manager, Wattpad Studios, Publishing As Deputy General Manager, Wattpad Studios, Publishing, Ashleigh Gardner works with writers and publishers around the world to turn Wattpad stories into books. Under Ashleigh’s leadership, the Wattpad Books team is reshaping the publishing industry, leveraging data and insights from more than 500 million story uploads on Wattpad to find future best-sellers. In addition to publishing stories under the Wattpad Books division, Ashleigh creates meaningful promotional and editorial partnerships with publishers around the world.
I’m CEO at Gyldendal, the biggest book publishing house in Denmark. Before that I have been CEO at the Royal Theatre, head of Culture at the National Broadcaster, DR, and CEO at the Danish Newspaper, Information. I hold an MBA and a master in philosophy. I’m 54 and author of eleven novels. Related Links for more information: https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/09/denmark-gyldendal-morten-hesseldahl-book-publishing-safeguarding-old-culture/ http://www.mortenhesseldahl.dk/om-morten/ https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Hesseldahl
Olivia Hetreed is the multi-award winning screenwriter of Girl with a Pearl Earring and Wuthering Heights. Recent international films include Finding Altamira, starring Antonio Banderas, and Bosnia’s first animated feature, Birds Like Us, directed by Faruk Sabanovič. Mohamed al-Daradji’s The Journey is the first Iraqi-made film to screen in Iraq in 27 years. She has a number of projects in development with Sympathetic Ink, her company with Andy Paterson, and with other producers. Olivia is President of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, which represents over 2,000 professional writers in the UK. She is a very experienced international mentor of new writing talent. Previously she was a Film Editor, working on many dramas and documentaries. Related links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Hetreed https://lfs.org.uk/staff/559/olivia-hetreed
Ehrhardt F. Heinold, geb. am 27.12.1961, hat Geschichte, Soziologie und Germanistik in Hamburg studiert und ist nach mehrjähriger, freiberuflicher Tätigkeit als Redakteur, Journalist, Seminarleiter und Berater seit 1995 geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der Heinold, Spiller & Partner Unternehmensberatung GmbH mit Sitz in Hamburg. Kunden sind neben Fach-, Special Interest- und Publikumsverlagen auch Non-Profit-Organisationen (v.a. wissenschaftliche Institute, Stiftungen und Bibliotheken). Heinold ist Autor und Herausgeber von Fachstudien (u.a. „Marktstudie zu Crossmedialen Redaktionssystemen“ und „Change Management in Fachverlagen. Am Beispiel Einführung eines Redaktionssystems“), Verfasser von Fachaufsätzen und Mitautor des Buches „Business E-volution“. Er ist Gründer und Leiter der seit 2002 jährlich durchgeführten Fachtagung CrossMediaForum. Er hat zudem zahlreiche Fachvorträge zum Thema Content Management, Cross Media, Electronic Publishing und Social Media gehalten. Heinold ist zudem…
Emma House is the Deputy CEO of the Publishers Association and has worked at the PA for 10 years. Previous to this Emma was Head of International Development at The London Book Fair and spent 6 years working in international business to business magazines. The Publishers Association (the PA) represents book and journal publishers in the UK, spanning fiction and non-fiction, academic and education publishing in print and digital. UK publishing has a turnover of £5.7bn, with export income accounting for 60% of revenues. Our membership includes global companies such as Elsevier, Wiley, Pearson, Penguin Random House and Hachette, as well as many independent publishing houses and university presses. Our objective as an association is to provide our members with…
EN: As CTO, Peter Karwowski is responsible for leading the Klopotek Group’s technology strategy, as well as strengthening the development processes and innovation capability. In 2018, he became Deputy CEO of Klopotek, as an additional role. Prior to joining Klopotek, Peter Karwowski was CTO at hgv publishing services, a full service provider of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and long-standing major client of Klopotek. He joined hgv in 2005 and held various IT management positions while developing the IT landscape and service organization. At previous employers like PSH Solutions GmbH, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, and Henke & Partner GmbH, Peter gained a great deal of experience in the publishing industry and gained IT management competences, especially in the field of software engineering.…
Jens Klingelhöfer ist Geschäftsführer und Co-Founder (2009) des international aufgestellten E-Book-Digitalvertriebs „Bookwire“ (www.bookwire.de) mit Büros in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Sao Paulo, Mexico-City and Moscow. Zuvor war Jens Klingelhöfer als Geschäftsführer von MFM Entertainment in der Musikbranche mit den Schwerpunkten Künstlermanagement, Musikmarketing und Digitalvertrieb für erfolgreiche nationale Musikthemen verantwortlich. Zu Beginn seiner beruflichen Laufbahn war er als Art Director für Medienprodukte tätig und kehrte mit Bookwire in den Buchbereich zurück. Jens Klingelhöfer is managing director and co-founder (2009) of the internationally established german ebook distribution company Bookwire (www.bookwire.de) with offices in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Sao Paulo, Mexico-City and Moscow. Prior to creating this platform, he was managing director of MFM Entertainment, a service to the music industry specialized in artist management, marketing cooperations…
English In 1992, Ulrich Klopotek von Glowczewski founded Klopotek & Partner GmbH, which he today continues to head up as Managing Director and CEO. Early on, he took key strategic decisions which continue to set the company apart from its competitors: a clear focus on innovative technology to support business process in publishing houses and media companies, using standard software based on an integrated database to model the entire value-creation chain. By 1998, Klopotek & Partner GmbH had advanced to be the market leader for publishing software in Germany. Ulrich Klopotek von Glowczewski was the architect behind the Klopotek group (headed by Klopotek AG) and a strategic reorientation and internationalization of the company, establishing Klopotek B.V. for the Benelux region…
David Linderman, Executive Creative Director, IBM iX + Aperto, Berlin For over two decades David Linderman has explored the intersection between brands and culture, art, design and technology in internationally awarded client work and art commissions. After eight years exploring creative culture in the UK and US, Linderman returned to Germany in March 2017, as Executive Creative Director for IBM iX + Aperto and member of the global IBM iX Ambassadorship program to explore creative applications for data-driven experience. Together with small teams of creative technologists and designers, Linderman has won numerous international awards such as the Art Directors Club New York, Art Directors Club Deutschland, New York Festivals, the One Show, Clio Award, New York Type Directors Club, IF…
Wolf-Michael Mehl works as Managing Director of Klopotek & Partner GmbH in Berlin. As a member of Klopotek's Sales Management Board, he is responsible for the Global Key Account Management. Michael takes care of Business Development with a focus on bringing Klopotek's latest STREAM solutions to the market. Until 2014 he headed the Software & Technology Services division, where his responsibilities included managing Klopotek’s software development process and customer services. He has a master’s degree in computer science and specializes in software engineering and software project methodology, and has held management positions at Klopotek since 1992.
Dr. Joerg Pfuhl ist seit September 2016 CEO der Holtzbrinck Buchverlage (u.a. Rowohlt, S.Fischer, DroemerKnaur und Kiepenheuer&Witsch). Davor war er als Unternehmensberater, Dozent und Mitglied verschiedener Aufsichtsgremien (u.a. Edel AG, Franz Cornelsen Bildungsholding) tätig. Von 1994 bis 2011 war Dr. Pfuhl in unterschiedlichen Führungspositionen der Bertelsmann AG aktiv, zuletzt als Vorstandsmitglied von Random House und als Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung der Verlagsgruppe Random House mit Verantwortung für das deutschsprachige Buchverlagsgeschäft. Ehrenamtlich engagiert sich Joerg Pfuhl seit 2004 im Vorstand der Stiftung Lesen.
Michael Reynolds is the Editor in chief of independent publisher, Europa Editions. He is the recipient of the 2016 Golden Colophon Award for Superlative Achievement & Leadership in Independent Literary Publishing, awarded by the Community of Literary and Magazine Presses, and a 2017 Epiphany Magazine Honoree for Publishing Excellence. He has served on the jury for the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, the Gutekunst Prize for Young Translators, and the foreign jury of the Strega Prize. He is a regular speaker at the Columbia School of Journalism’s Columbia Publishing Course, and at publishing and translation conferences in America and internationally. He is a member of the Rutgers University Press Advisory Council, a founding member of the Independent Publisher Caucus Steering Committee, and…
Miriam Rosin (geb. Behmer) verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung im Bereich Digital Content, E-Commerce und Business Development: Von 2007 bis 2014 sammelte sie Erfahrungen in Führungspositionen bei eBook.de (ehemals Libri.de Internet GmbH). Als Leitung Produktmanagement verantwortete die Diplom-Germanistin mehrere Jahre die Weiterentwicklung der Plattform sowie die Betreuung strategischer Hardware-Partner. In dieser Zeit war sie als Mitglied des Führungsteams unter anderem am Rebranding von Libri.de hin zu eBook.de beteiligt. Anschließend zeichnete Sie sich als alleinige Geschäftsführerin für das Start Up readfy verantwortlich und schloss hierfür einen Finanzierungsrunde in 7-stelliger Höhe ab. Seit 2017 verantwortet sie als COO von NetDoktor.de die Bereiche Redaktion, SEO, Produktmanagement, IT und Business Development. Ihren Schwerpunkt widmet sie derzeit der Fragestellung wie sich die User Journey auf NetDoktor.de erweitern lässt - mit der Zielsetzung…
Sara Sargent is a Senior Executive Editor at Random House Books for Young Readers, where she publishes platform-driven fiction and nonfiction in the picture book, middle grade, and young adult categories. Previously she has held positions at HarperCollins Children’s Books, Simon Pulse (an imprint of Simon & Schuster), and Miramax Books. Sara has worked with #1 New York Times bestselling authors Katty Kay and Claire Shipman, as well as New York Times bestselling authors Laurie Hernandez, Abbi Glines, Ainsley Earhardt, Rosamund Hodge, StacyPlays, and Lisa Maxwell; internationally bestselling author Lily Collins; National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti; and social media influencers Laci Green and Arden Rose. Sara received her Master of Science in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Prof. Dr. Okke Schlüter ist seit 2008 Professor für Medienkonvergenz im Studiengang Mediapublishing an der Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart. Schwerpunkte in der Lehre sind neben der Medienkonvergenz auch Crossmediales Produktmanagement, Innovationsmanagement/Design Thinking und digitale Geschäftsmodelle. Im März 2017 erschien bei Schäffer Poeschel die mit Stefanie Quade konzipierte „DesignAgility - Toolbox Media Prototyping“. Auf das Studium der Theater-, Film und Fernsehwissenschaften, Slavistik und Betriebswirtschaftslehre in Mainz, Berlin und Moskau folgte die Promotion in Slavistik. Nach Stippvisiten bei BCG und McKinsey ab 1998 Trainee der Ernst Klett AG für Führungskräftenachwuchs, von 2000 bis 2008 Führungspositionen in Unternehmen der Klett-Gruppe. Außerhalb der HdM begleitet er seit 2012 die Innovationsinitiativen protoTYPE und seit 2016 CONTENTshift des Börsenvereins des deutschen Buchhandels als Experte. Referent auch für die Akademie der Deutschen Medien und die Donau-Universität Krems.
Henning Schoenenberger, Director Product Data and Metadata at Springer Nature, runs a global Data Development department, finding cutting-edge responses to key data questions in the research and library communities in areas such as semantic data, access and data analytics just to name a few. In search of the most state-of-the-art data formats, efficient content and data delivery tools and models, and optimized workflows in relationship with discovery services, Henning has been able to develop processes that meet the needs in the research and library landscape. Picture: Sven Serkis
Klaus-Peter Stegen is an all-rounder with more than 30 years publishing experience in every sector of the industry and a competent advisor for every kind of process and service. He is Director of the Publishers' Forum (together with Rüdiger Wischenbart) and was Chief Operating Officer D-A-CH of Klopotek AG in 2015-16. Since the beginning of January 2017, he has been a partner and senior adviser of Newbooks Solutions in Cologne, as well as a business partner of Narses consulting company in Bad Vilbel. The experienced publishing expert was previously employed as a management and HR consultant by TGMC Management Consulting GmbH in Hamburg. He also assisted the Bibliographical Institute – part of the Franz Cornelsen Education Group – as a…
Patrici Tixis is the director of corporate communications at Grupo Planeta, the largest Spanish and Latin America publishing and media group. Since 2011, he has been its institutional representative in publishing sector associations. He serves as a chair of the largest spanish guild (known as Gremi d’Editors de Catalunya), based in Barcelona, and whose member companies represent over half of Spain and Latin America publishing output. He is vice president of the management board of the Spanish Federation of Publishers Guilds (FGEE in its spanish acronym) and member elected of the executive commite at the IPA, the Internatonal Publishers Asociation. As well he serves as a chair of the catalan Chamber of Books, institution that represents and defends the interest…
Holger Volland currently serves as Vice President and member of the executive board of Frankfurter Buchmesse. He is responsible for international business development and sales and heads the book fair’s office in Beijing. He founded THE ARTS+ a think tank event for technology in culture. As Autor of "The creative Power of Machines" he published about interactions of artificial intelligence and culture. Prior to joining the book fair, Holger served as head of marketing and communications with the German Booksellers and Publishers Association and head of brand communications at MetaDesign AG. Before, he led Leipziger & Partner as Managing Director, a digital marketing and communications consultancy which he founded in Berlin. He has held positions in media such as journalism,…
Michaela Wied hat Medienmanagement studiert mit dem Abschluss der Diplom-Medienwirtin (FH). Im Anschluss daran hat sie einige Produktionsleitungsassistenzen bei verschiedenen Fernsehprogrammen gemacht. In Verlage kam sie 2008 mit einem Volontariat als Projektmanagement bei den MVS Medizinverlage Stuttgart (Thieme Verlagsgruppe). Sie blieb einige Jahre dort, um später die Vertriebsleitung Corporate Publishing bei MVS zu übernehmen. Ab 2013 war sie als Produktmanagerin Media Development print / digital bei der MVB Marketing- und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels GmbH. Sie war dort für die crossmediale Neu- und Weiterentwicklung des Börsenblatts und des Buchjournals verantwortlich. Seit 2016 war sie als Manager Business Development Publishing beim Springer Medizin Verlag in Heidelberg tätig. Sie war dort zuständig für die Facharzt-Zeitschriften und für SpringerMedizin.de.
Rüdiger Wischenbart, born in 1956 in Graz, Austria, is the founder of “Content and Consulting” (since 2003), and a writer specialized in culture, cultural industries, the global book markets, innovation in the book industry, literature, media, and communication. Most recently, he researched and (co-) authored several reports on global publishing markets, notably the “Global eBook” report, the “Global Publishing Markets” survey for the International Publishers Association”, (IPA), and the “Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry”, updated annually since 2007 (initiated by Livres Hebdo, France, and co-published by The Bookseller, UK, buchreport, Germany, PublishNews Brazil, and Publishers Weekly, US). Wischenbart co-authored the “Diversity Reports” 2010, 2009 and 2008 mapping translation markets and cultures across Europe. He serves as director for international…
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Strategie-Debatte: Wann, wenn nicht jetzt auf dem Publishers’ Forum?
Der Verlagsmarkt verändert sich signifikant: Traditionelle Branchengrößen brechen plötzlich weg. Übersättigung droht, neue Konkurrenten gewinnen im Rennen um die Aufmerksamkeit.
In diesem Klima werden Investitionen zum gefährlichen Risiko. Strategie und Tagesgeschäft im Einklang zu halten, wird zum Balanceakt. Bringen Sie sich auf den neuesten Stand:
Das 16. Publishers‘ […]
Strategy debate: When, if not now at the Publishers’ Forum?
The publishing market is undergoing significant transformation; traditional industry giants suddenly collapsing. In the face of impending oversaturation, new competitors are winning the race for attention.
In this climate investments have become a dangerous risk. Keeping strategic considerations and day-to-day business in accord is becoming a balancing […]
Neu bestätigte Referentin: Michaela Wied
Michaela Wied hat Medienmanagement studiert mit dem Abschluss der Diplom-Medienwirtin (FH). Im Anschluss daran hat sie einige Produktionsleitungsassistenzen bei verschiedenen Fernsehprogrammen gemacht. In Verlage kam sie 2008 mit einem Volontariat als Projektmanagement bei den MVS Medizinverlage Stuttgart (Thieme Verlagsgruppe). Sie blieb einige Jahre dort, um später […]
Neu bestätigter Referent: Okke Schlüter
Prof. Dr. Okke Schlüter ist seit 2008 Professor für Medienkonvergenz im Studiengang Mediapublishing an der Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart. Schwerpunkte in der Lehre sind neben der Medienkonvergenz auch Crossmediales Produktmanagement, Innovationsmanagement/Design Thinking und digitale Geschäftsmodelle. Im März 2017 erschien bei Schäffer Poeschel die mit Stefanie Quade konzipierte „DesignAgility – Toolbox Media Prototyping“.
Auf das Studium der […]
Artículo: “Foro de la Edición 2019 en Berlín”
Los próximos días 9 y 10 de mayo tendrá lugar el ‘Publishers Forum 2019’ en Berlín, un evento destacado de la industria con más de 300 participantes de editoriales y proveedores de servicios.
Artículo: “Pensando en el futuro, Publisher’s Forum se celebrará en mayo”
“El evento contará con la presencia de figuras destacadas del mundo editorial como Jesús Badenes (director del área de libros del Grupo Planeta)”
Agenda for 2019 now online
A first version of the conference program for 2019 is now available online (also a PDF version for download)
Please note that this agenda is still subject to change.
LAST CHANCE – Early Bird rates end 28 Feb
Many questions that are crucial for the future of our industry will be discussed on stage at the Publishers’ Forum from 9-10 May in Berlin. Join us and a large number of inspiring speakers to hear about topics such as the publishing market under growing pressure, new competitors but also options for cooperation, machine learning […]
LETZTE CHANCE – Frühbucher-Tarife enden am 28.2.
Am 9. und 10. Mai stehen in Berlin wichtige Zukunftsfragen im Fokus: Beim Publishers‘ Forum diskutieren inspirierende Referent*innen Themen wie Buchmärkte unter Druck, neue Konkurrenzen und Möglichkeiten für Partnerschaften, Lesetrends mittels Machine Learning aufspüren, unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten der Effizienzsteigerung, moderne Technologie für mehr Nähe zu den Leser*innen, …
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- Jesús Badenes del Río, […]
Article in Publishing Perspectives: “At Publishers’ Forum 2019: To Diversify or Double Down on Core Business?”
Read an article by Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives, on this year’s conference:
“Publishers are under pressure to balance core business goals and new opportunities—a tension that the 2019 Publishers’ Forum will address in Berlin.
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Competing interests—core business vs. diversification, for example—are […]
