All important press conferences and events of Frankfurter Buchmesse

• Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse
• Sebastian Guggolz, Chairman of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association
• Jill Lepore, US historian and author

Musical introduction by Iva Bittová & Tim Roth

Welcome remarks by Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurter Buchmesse

Welcome message by Glenn Micallef , EU-Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Reading by Guest of Honor: Marie Iljašenko, author

Speech by Mike Josef, Mayor of Frankfurt am Main

Speech by Timon Gremmels, Hessian Minister for Science and Research, Art, and Culture

Speech by Dr. Wolfram Weimer, Minister of State for Culture and Media

Speech by Oto Klempíř, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic

Reading by the Guest of Honor,: Radka Denemarková, author

Speech by Sebastian Guggolz, President of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association

Symbolic ceremony marking the opening 

Musical finale

End of the ceremony, followed immediately by the opening of the Guest of Honor Pavilion in the Forum, level 1

• Ines Bachor, PR Manager Frankfurter Buchmesse
• Juergen Boos, Director Frankfurter Buchmesse
• Jorge Sandrock, Ambassador of Chile to Germany
• Karla Eliessetch, executive director for books and reading (Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage)
• Nicolas Leyton, executive director Project Frankfurt 2027 (Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage)
• Daniela Sarrazin, Curator of the Literary and Professional Programme Project Frankfurt 2027
• María José Ferrada, author
• Alejandra Costamagna, author