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Stefanie Perk is the project lead of CONTENTshift, an initiative by the Börsenverein Group which aims at promoting innovations, networking and cooperations between start-ups and established players in the publishing industry. We interviewed her about the programme and the next accelerator application phase in 2021.

Our colleague Martina Wolff de Carrasco talks about the education community at Frankfurter Buchmesse (16–20 October 2019) and reveals how, thanks to digitalisation, education is putting the focus back on human beings.

Activists from publishing, edtech start-ups, etc. can compete for a Wildcard until 31 May 2020.

Why the cultural and creative sectors must be treated as a key sector when it comes to innovation policies and public funding

This year’s Frankfurter Buchmesse (16-20 October 2019) is putting culture back at the center of global discussion. Together with the United Nations and Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association), Frankfurter Buchmesse is launching the global campaign “Create Your Revolution – Initiative For The Future Of Culture”.

Collaboration at the Publishers’ Forum in Berlin, 9-10 May 2019

Reshaping the future of the cultural and creative industries

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom”, appealed Gina Belafonte at the opening panel of the CREATE YOUR REVOLUTION Talks. Along with many other outstanding speakers – such as Memory Banda, Jennifer Clement, Lena Chen, Phyllis Omido, Tea Uglow, Jochen Sandig and Adrian Wooton – she set an impressive tone for the CREATE YOUR REVOLUTION campaign.

More than 4,000 events featuring renowned writers and publishing professionals will take place at the Frankfurter Buchmesse over the course of the next five days. Each day, we will highlight a few key events not to miss.

Under the motto “Signals of Hope: New Perspectives for a Stronger Future”, Frankfurter Buchmesse’s new all-digital Frankfurt Conference kicks off today, marking the start to the Special Edition book fair week.

For the fourth time, the Focus: Film Networking Day “A Book is a Film is a Game” will take place at Frankfurter Buchmesse. On Friday, 18 October 2019, the spotlight at THE ARTS+ Salon in Hall 4.1. will be on adapting literary material for the screen as well as on current trends in the field of moving images. Experts from the publishing and film world, gaming and new media sectors will come together at exciting workshops and talks.

In diesem Jahr startet die Frankfurter Buchmesse das Fachprogramm "Frankfurt Studio: Inside Publishing", das von Mittwoch bis Freitag (20. bis 22. Oktober 2021) live und vor Ort auf der Messe ein vielfältiges Programm bietet. Die Messebesucher*innen können das Programm auf einer großen LED-Leinwand auf der Agora, der Freifläche zwischen den Messehallen, verfolgen während Zuschauer*innen die Veranstaltungen auf der Homepage der Frankfurter Buchmesse unter buchmesse.de sehen können.

Digital: Frankfurt Conference, Master Classes and The Hof to precede Frankfurter Buchmesse / Hybrid: WIPO Publishing Industry Report, International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing, and Global CEO Talk in the Frankfurt Studio Inside Publishing programme / Premiere for STARTS Day / On site: new Education Forum in Hall 3.1

A packed programme, with an Academic Tech Start-up Area, EDU Conference, Global EdTech Start-up Awards and Business Breakfast with the “chefs” of the successful scholarly blog The Scholarly Kitchen.

Cornelia Funke is keynote speaker at our Frankfurt Kids Conference "Paving the Way for the Future: Responsibility in Children’s Book Publishing".

Be bold! Live testing of innovative technologies, new digital business areas and exciting contacts at THE ARTS+.

BOOKFEST digital with 1.5 million views on Facebook alone / Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 – Special Edition reaches 200,000 people worldwide with various formats on buchmesse.de

Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg) moves to Festhalle in 2019, Hall 5 to be reconstructed

With the new Stage 4.0 (H 104), the international Hall 4.0 at Frankfurter Buchmesse (16-20 October 2024) now has its own event stage. Everything here revolves around trends, products and market developments in the fields of science, education and publishing services.

75 years of Frankfurter Buchmesse. And MVB has been part of it for 75 years. To mark its 75th Buchmesse in Frankfurt, the company's team reminisced and looked to the future.