January 18 Schedule

January 18

10:00

Key note address

A. R. Venkatachalapathy

Dr. A R Venkatachalapathy, Historian, Chennai

11:00

Making CIBF a truly global event

Gvantsa Jobava

Ms. Gvantsa Jobava, Vice President, International Publishers Association & Editor / Head of the International Affairs, Intelekti Publishing, Georgia

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Mr. Hasri Bin Hasan, CEO, Bookonomics Asia, Malaysia

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Mr. Robert Morgan, General Manager, BookLand Press, Canada

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Judith Rosenzweig

Ms. Judith Rosenzweig, Foreign Rights Director, Editions Gallimard, France

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Vikrant Mathur

Mr. Vikrant Mathur, Executive Director, Nielsen BookData

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Pranav Gupta

Mr. Pranav Gupta, Hony. Joint Secretary, Federation of Indian Publishers & elected Executive Committee Member of the International Publishers Association (IPA)

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14:00

Special address

maylis de Kerangal

Ms. Maylis de Kerangal, award winning French author, France

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14:30

India: Language publishing trends and policies

Prashant Pathak

Mr. Prashant Pathak, Publisher, Wonder House Books & Rights Director at Fingerprint Publishing

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Pradeep Arora

Mr. Pradeep Arora, President, Federation of Publishers & Booksellers Associations in India

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John Cabeca

Mr. John Cabeca, United States Intellectual Property Counselor for South Asia

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Valedictory

Meeting Hall

17:05

MOU signing (at meeting hall)

MOU signing & Copyrights Exchange between Tamil and foreign publishers in the presence of the Hon’ble Chief Minister

17:08

Submitting Report on CIBF

Thiru. Aazhi Senthilnathan

Thiru. Aazhi Senthilnathan

Publisher / International Partnership Consultant, CIBF

Conference Hall

17:11

Welcome address

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Dr. V. Irai Anbu IAS

Chief Secretary to Government

17:11

Presence

Thiru. Udhayanidhi Stalin

Thiru. Udhayanidhi Stalin

Hon’ble Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development

Thiru. M. Subramanian

Thiru. M. Subramanian

Hon’ble Minister for Health & Family Welfare

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Thiru. P. K. Sekarbabu

Hon’ble Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments

17:20

Book release

Release of translated Medical Books by TNTBESC and Group Photo with translators, publishers

17:28

Special address

Thiru. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi

Thiru. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi

Hon’ble Minister for School Education

17:33

Keynote address

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Thiru. M. K. Stalin

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

17:44

Vote of thanks

Tmt. Kakarla Usha IAS

Tmt. Kakarla Usha IAS

Principal Secretary to Govt, Department of School Education