The International Publishers Association General Assembly on Monday 23 November was marked by the results of the association’s elections but also featured the publication of a COVID-19 stocktaking report and guest speeches from United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres and Booker-shortlisted author, Tsitsi Dangarembga.
Bodour Al Qasimi (Kalimat Group, UAE) confirmed as President-elect of the IPA, with Karine Pansa (Girassol Brasil Edições, Brazil) confirmed as Vice President-elect at first ever virtual IPA General Assembly.
With the 2025 deadline for the implementation of the European Accessibility Act approaching fast, experts from across publishing gathered at the virtual Frankfurt Book Fair under the subtitle All you need to know from international accessibility experts to present how the sector can get ready and fully seize the opportunity the Act presents for all readers.
The last of IPA's series of events during the virtual Frankfurt Book Fair saw the spotlight turn to educational publishing with speakers from the OECD, China and Eastern Europe regaling participants with their insights.
IPA partnered with LitCam and Aldus Up to organise a session at the Virtual 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair looking in detail at our new Reading Matters report and initiatives around the world supporting reading and literacy. Watch the session here.
During the 2020 Virtual Frankfurt Book Fair the IPA held the handing over ceremony for the 33rd International Publishers Congress which will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia in November 2022. You can watch the ceremony here.
Freedom to publish, diversity in the book industry, European Accessibility Act and Global Publishing Industry Report 2020 / With: Prix Voltaire laureate 2020 and speakers from IPA, WIPO, FEP, European Commission and Amnesty International.
Find out more about IPA's full line-up of events at Frankfurt Book Fair from 14-18 October 2020.