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Author Mark Dawson, audiobook consultant Patti Pirooz and Whizz Education’s Junaid Mubeen are the latest speakers added to the line-up at this year’s FutureBook Conference. The event, which takes place on 1st December in London, will see 400 delegates mix with 75 speakers at Europe’s largest digital publishing conference.
Keynote speakers this year include Richard Johnson, chief executive of Bonnier Publishing, Chantal Restivo-Alessi, chief digital officer and executive vice president, HarperCollins Publishers, and Vikki Chowney, chief content strategist, H+K. The ending keynote will be given by Dr Eliza Filby, academic, writer and businesswoman, before which the prestigious FutureBook Awards, hosted by Dr Sue Black, will be announced. Podcast trio Mostly Lit will also present their live show during an extended lunch break at the event. A new ThinkSprint session will also stress-test three real innovation ideas, crowdsourced from FutureBook delegates.
The conference includes separate streams on the growing AudioBook and EdTech sectors. AudioBook Revolution will be headlined by Rebecca Herrmann, founder and co-c.e.o. of Bolinda audio, with sessions growing the market, how to make better audiobooks, and how the market for rights in evolving. Key speakers include Niclas Sandin, c.e.o., Bookbeat; Ian Small, general manager, AudioBooks.com; and Alice Lutyens, agent, Curtis Brown. EdTech for Publishers is keynoted by Edwin Scholte, c.o.o. and c.f.o., McGraw-Hill Education and Lis Tribe, m.d., Hodder Education and PA president, and includes sessions on efficacy, Artificial Intelligence, and the use of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.
Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller, said: “FutureBook grows in size and importance as the impact of digital across the book sectors grows and grows. From marketing to product development, from rights to data, from artificial intelligence to virtual reality, there is no bit of the business that isn’t a short step away from its next evolution. When we say ‘Don’t Delegate the Future’, we mean it: the conference this year will inform, entertain, educate and inspire. More significantly, it’ll equip you for a future still being written. You’ll also have some fun and network with some of the smartest thinkers in today’s book business. See you there!”
This is the last chance to buy tickets for Europe’s biggest publishing conference focused on digital and innovation. For more information about the conference visit www.thebookseller.com/futurebook-conference, and to book tickets hit www.thebookseller.com/futurebook-conference/book-now