Professional Programme

Frankfurt Studio – Inside Publishing

A concentrated dose of industry insights

The professional programme for publishing and creative professionals.

Look forward to this year's programme

A diverse programme from 19-21 October 2022
The stage at the heart of the fair with audience on site
See top-class speakers live
Digital participation in the events after the fair in our media library

Set the scene for your products and services live and digitally afterwards

The Frankfurt Studio - live in front of an audience at the exhibition grounds. Afterwards online in the media library

The special stage for you! Present your authors, products and new publications to an interested audience on site and digitally.

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These events took place in 2021

10:00 — 11:00

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Markus Dohle in Conversation with Porter Anderson: Book Publishing on the World Stage Today

Live now EN

Speaker: Markus Dohle, CEO

Penguin Random House

and one more speaker

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11:00 — 12:00

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The impact of COVID on the global publishing industry

Live now EN

Speaker: Carsten Fink, Chief Economist

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

and 4 more speakers

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12:00 — 13:00

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NACHHALTIGKEIT – Vom ökologischen, sozialen und unternehmerischen Sinn bleibender Werte

Live now DE

Speaker: Markus Wilhelm (Moderation), Moderator

Publisher Consultants

and one more speaker

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13:00 — 14:00

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EIT Culture & Creativity: Creating new innovation opportunities for publishers

Live now DE EN

Speaker: Martin Kern, Director

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

and 3 more speakers

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14:00 — 15:00

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Global 50 CEO Talk 2021: Consolidation, Consumers and Communities

Live now EN

Speaker: Klaus Driever , Director of sales

Allianz Deutschland AG

and 2 more speakers

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15:00 — 15:45

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Awards Ceremony – WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing

Live now EN

Speaker: James Taylor, Moderator, Director of Communications

International Publishers Association

and 3 more speakers

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16:00 — 16:25

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Books, Libraries and Cultural Institutions: A relationship with potentiality in post-COVID times

Live now EN

Speaker: Nicholas Yatromanolakis, Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports, responsible for Contemporary Culture

Hellenic Republic

and 2 more speakers

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16:30 — 17:00

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Eudicom: a new resource for comics publishers!

Live now EN

Speaker: Thierry Baujard, Founder, CEO

Media Deals, Peacefulfish

and 2 more speakers

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17:00 — 18:00

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Have a Look at Spain

Live now EN

Speaker: Marifé Boix Garcia, Vice President Business Development Southern Europe & Latin America

Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH

and 3 more speakers

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18:00 — 19:00

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The 2021 Finalists Announcement of the Cundill History Prize

Live now EN

Speaker: Michael Ignatieff, Historian, author, broadcaster, academic and former Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

and 2 more speakers

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09:00 — 10:00

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Untapped Potential of Arabic Literature

Live now EN

Speaker: Kevin Blankinship, Assistant Professor of Arabic

Brigham Young University, USA

and 3 more speakers

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10:00 — 10:45

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CONTENTshift accelerator 2021: finale and award show

Live now EN

Speaker: Olaf Carstens, Director of the Bibliographic Institute, Department head of Specialist Publisher & International

Cornelsen Verlag

and 9 more speakers

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11:00 — 12:00

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How do we want to live together? Book publishing and the European Green Deal – social dreaming for cultural actors

Live now EN

Speaker: Michela Magas, Member of President von der Leyen‘s New European Bauhaus High Level Round Table and Chair of Industry Commons Foundation

Industry Commons Foundation

and 4 more speakers

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12:00 — 13:00

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KI in der Produktentwicklung – eine Praxis-Session am Beispiel des Alexa Skills WAS IST WAS Quiz

Live now DE

Speaker: Robert Hietkamp, Senior Manager

Publisher Consultants

and 3 more speakers

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13:00 — 14:00

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Storytelling Innovations and Hybrid Experiences in the Digital Age

Live now EN

Speaker: Olivier Girouard, Creator of the Loops and founder of ekumen.

ekumen

and 4 more speakers

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14:00 — 16:00

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The Future of Independent Publishing: A World Beyond Zoom

Live now EN

Speaker: Porter Anderson, Moderator

Publishing Perspectives

and 2 more speakers

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16:00 — 17:00

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Spanish Audio: AudioBook and Podcast

Live now EN

Speaker: Arantxa Mellado, Founder and Director of Data Libri

Data Libri

and 3 more speakers

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17:00 — 17:45

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Frauen in der Fotografie: Machen und Zeigen

Live now DE

Speaker: Anne-Marie Beckmann, Moderatorin, Direktorin der Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation und Kuratorin der Art Collection Deutsche Börse

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation

and 3 more speakers

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10:00 — 10:50

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STARTS Day: Remix el Barrio

Live now EN

Speaker: Anastasia Pistofidou, Digital fabrication expert, wearables and e-textiles practitioner, biomaterial maker, and educator

IAAC Fab Lab Barcelona

and 3 more speakers

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11:00 — 11:50

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STARTS Day Panel: The Growing Pavilion

Live now EN

Speaker: Felix Zeltner, Moderator

and 3 more speakers

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12:00 — 13:00

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Publishing Arabic books – opportunities and challenges

Live now EN

Speaker: Rasha al Ameer , Author and publisher, winner of Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2021

Dar al Jadeed

and 3 more speakers

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13:00 — 14:00

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It’s only a children’s book  - The complexity of the supposedly simple

Live now EN

Speaker: Ibtisam Barakat, Author, poet, translator, artist and educator, winner of Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2020

and 3 more speakers

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14:00 — 14:45

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STARTS Day Panel: Oceans in Transformation

Live now EN

Speaker: Porter Anderson, Moderator

Publishing Perspectives

and 2 more speakers

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15:00 — 15:45

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STARTS Day Talk: On View

Live now EN

Speaker: Porter Anderson, Moderator

Publishing Perspectives

and one more speaker

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16:00 — 17:00

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"Dire quasi la stessa cosa - Fast das Gleiche sagen"

Live now DE

Speaker: Maria Carolina Foi, Direktorin

Italienisches Kulturinstitut Berlin

and 4 more speakers

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17:00 — 17:30

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Focus China: Publishing Market and Book Retail

Live now EN

Speaker: James Bryant, Founder and CEO

Jiang Boyan LLC

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17:30 — 18:45

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Verleihung Jugendliteraturpreis

Live now DE EN

Speaker: Vivian Perkovic, Moderatorin

and 5 more speakers

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These speakers were presenting at #fbm21

Frankfurt Studio – Inside Publishing

A concentrated dose of industry insights

Look forward to this year's programme

Set the scene for your products and services live and digitally afterwards

The Frankfurt Studio - live in front of an audience at the exhibition grounds. Afterwards online in the media library

These events took place in 2021

Markus Dohle in Conversation with Porter Anderson: Book Publishing on the World Stage Today

The impact of COVID on the global publishing industry

NACHHALTIGKEIT – Vom ökologischen, sozialen und unternehmerischen Sinn bleibender Werte

EIT Culture & Creativity: Creating new innovation opportunities for publishers

Global 50 CEO Talk 2021: Consolidation, Consumers and Communities

Awards Ceremony – WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing

Books, Libraries and Cultural Institutions: A relationship with potentiality in post-COVID times

Eudicom: a new resource for comics publishers!

Have a Look at Spain

The 2021 Finalists Announcement of the Cundill History Prize

Untapped Potential of Arabic Literature

CONTENTshift accelerator 2021: finale and award show

How do we want to live together? Book publishing and the European Green Deal – social dreaming for cultural actors

KI in der Produktentwicklung – eine Praxis-Session am Beispiel des Alexa Skills WAS IST WAS Quiz

Storytelling Innovations and Hybrid Experiences in the Digital Age

The Future of Independent Publishing: A World Beyond Zoom

Spanish Audio: AudioBook and Podcast

Frauen in der Fotografie: Machen und Zeigen

STARTS Day: Remix el Barrio

STARTS Day Panel: The Growing Pavilion

Publishing Arabic books – opportunities and challenges

It’s only a children’s book - The complexity of the supposedly simple

STARTS Day Panel: Oceans in Transformation

STARTS Day Talk: On View

"Dire quasi la stessa cosa - Fast das Gleiche sagen"

Focus China: Publishing Market and Book Retail

Verleihung Jugendliteraturpreis

These speakers were presenting at #fbm21

Carsten Fink

Bodour Al Qasimi

André Breedt

Laura Brady

Cristina Mussinelli

Porter Anderson

Markus Dohle

John Degen

Benedicte Page

Markus Wilhelm (Moderation)

Dr. Martin Bethke

Anna-Liisa Palatu

Lucia Recalde

Sten Kristian Saluveer

Martin Kern

Rüdiger Wischenbart

Klaus Driever

Robin Warner

James Taylor

Rachel Comerford

Luc Bourcier

Thierry Baujard

Enrico Turrin

Nicholas Yatromanolakis

Tonia Arahova

Dr. Perry Moree

Elvira Marco

María José Gálvez

Patrici Tixis

Marifé Boix Garcia

Dan Snow

Michael Ignatieff

Margaret MacMillan

Chip Rossetti

Yasmina Jraissati

Kevin Blankinship

Olaf Carstens

Dr. Andrey Esaulov

Rebecca Wahrlich

Christopher Klein

Jens Helbig

Maria Möller

Ben Kohz

Corin Freyer

Lino Toran Jenner

Sara Kelly-Husain

It’s only a children’s book  - The complexity of the supposedly simple