January 18 Schedule
January 18
10:00
Key note address

Dr. A R Venkatachalapathy, Historian, Chennai
11:00
Making CIBF a truly global event

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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Ms. Judith Rosenzweig, Foreign Rights Director, Editions Gallimard, France
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Mr. Vikrant Mathur, Executive Director, Nielsen BookData
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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

Ms. Maylis de Kerangal, award winning French author, France
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14:30
India: Language publishing trends and policies

Mr. Prashant Pathak, Publisher, Wonder House Books & Rights Director at Fingerprint Publishing
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Mr. Pradeep Arora, President, Federation of Publishers & Booksellers Associations in India
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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
Publisher / International Partnership Consultant, CIBF
Conference Hall
17:11
Welcome address

Dr. V. Irai Anbu IAS
Chief Secretary to Government
17:11
Presence

Thiru. Udhayanidhi Stalin
Hon’ble Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development

Thiru. M. Subramanian
Hon’ble Minister for Health & Family Welfare

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
Hon’ble Minister for School Education
17:33
Keynote address

Thiru. M. K. Stalin
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
17:44
Vote of thanks

Tmt. Kakarla Usha IAS
Principal Secretary to Govt, Department of School Education