January 16 Schedule
January 16
Inauguration
10:10
Welcome address

Tmt. Kakarla Usha IAS
Principal Secretary to Govt, Department of School Education
10:10
Launching country stalls

Mrs. Jacqueline Heethey
Consular Attache, German Consulate

Mr. Taga Masayuki
Consul-General, Japan

Ms. Sangeeta Balachanthra
Vice Consul, Malaysia

Mr. Edgar Pang
Consul-General, Singapore

Mr. Nitirooge Phoneprasert
Consul-General, Thailand

Mr. Brian Rapier
Acting Consul-General, United States of America
10:10
Presence

Thiru. Dindigul I. Leoni
Chairman, Tamilnadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation

Tmt. R. Gajalakshmi IAS
Managing Director, Tamilnadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation
10:10
Special address

Dr. Thamizhachi Thangapandian
Member of Parliment, Chennai South

Thiru. Su. Venkatesan
Member of Parliment, Madurai
10:35
Keynote address

Thiru. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi
Hon’ble Minister for School Education
10:45
Vote of thanks

Thiru. K. Elambahavath IAS
Director of Public Libraries
Unconference
11:00
Special address

Prof. Ganesh N Devy, People’s Linguistic Survey of India
11:00
Exchanges between Tamil and the world: Unconference with Tamil writers
Country hours
14:00
Country hours 1: Singapore, Azerbaijan, Uganda, Tanzania and Bangladesh
Session coordination by Mr. Murali Kannadhason, Kannadhasan Pathippagham

Mr. Vijayanand Thamotharan, Director, Crimson Earth, Singapore
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Mr. Shahbaz Khuduoghlu, Founder, Publishing House Qanun (Law), Azerbaijan
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Mr. Augustine Lusiba, Chairman of the Boards of Directors, Gustro Ltd and Gustro Bookshop Ltd, Uganda
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Mr. Pius Bakengera Ngeze, Chairman and Managing Director, Tanzania Educational Publishers Ltd (TEPU), Tanzania

Mr. Syed Zakir Hussain, Editor, Publisher & CEO, Adorn Publication, Bangladesh
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16:00
Country hours 2: Armenia, Georgia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey
Session coordination by Ms. Ival Bharathi, Nam Publication

Ms. Hripsime Madoyan, Head of Publishing Department, Antares Ltd, Armenia
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Ms. Gvantsa Jobava, Vice President, International Publishers Association & Editor / Head of the International Affairs, Intelekti Publishing, Georgia
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Ms. Deesis Edith Mesiani, Kompas Gramedia Group, Indonesia
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Mr. Hasri Bin Hasan, CEO, Bookonomics Asia, Malaysia
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Ms. Nermin Mollaoğlu, Founder, Kalem Agency, Turkey
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18:00
Country hours 3: Argentina, Israel and Italy
Session coordination by Ms. Kavitha, Kavitha Publication

Mr. Alejandro Vaccaro, President of Fundación El Libro & Organizer of the International Book Fair of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ms. Geula Geurts, Literary and Foreign Rights Agent, The Deborah Harris Agency, Israel
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Mr. Francesco Verso, multiple-award winning Science Fiction writer & Editor and Publisher of Future Fiction, Italy
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