IRISH

2020

BOOK TRADE CONFERENCEHeadline sponsor

Friday 20 March 2020 | Radisson Blu, Dublin Airport

#irishbookconf

Joint Chairs: John Keane, Bookselling Ireland and Mariel Deegan, Publishing Ireland

9.00am - 9.30am Conference Registration & Coffee Sponsored by Faber

9.30am - 9.35am Conference Welcome Introduction by John Keane and Mariel Deegan

9.35am - 9.40am Sponsor Welcome An Post

9.40am - 10.00am Update from The Booksellers Association, Bookselling Ireland and Publishing Ireland

10.00am - 10.30am The Future of Work a keynote address by Peter Cosgrove, author and future of work expert

10.35am - 11.00am Industry Health Check Nielsen Bookscan Irish Consumer Market Report

11.00am - 11.30am Coffee Break Sponsored by FBD Insurance

11.35am - 12.05pm How to Survive the Worst of Times a keynote address by Niamh Fitzpatrick

12.10pm – 12.50pm Breakout Session

1. HR Health check – Is your business compliant? 2. How to Run Successful events – booksellers and publishers share tips on running successful bookshop events

Provisional Conference Programme

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IRISH

2020

BOOK TRADE CONFERENCE

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12.50pm – 1.20pm Fever Pitch Publishers line up to pitch their ‘must-have’ titles for the year

1.20pm – 2.15pm Conference Lunch Sponsored by AIB Merchant Services

2.15pm – 2.45pm Sustainable Bookselling and Community Development in 2020 and beyond Led by Keynote speaker Ruairi McKiernan with a panel discussion

2.45pm – 3.15pm Economy Health Check Economist, Jim Power, will give his ‘State of the Nation’ update

3.15pm – 3.45pm Coffee Break Sponsored by Simon & Schuster

3.50pm – 4.30pm Life and Laughter: in conversation with authors Marian Keyes and Cathy Kelly

4.35pm – 4.45pm Closing Remarks John Keane and Mariel Deegan

5.00pm – 5.30pm The Bookselling Ireland AGM

6.45pm – 7.15pm Drinks Reception

7.15pm – 9.15pm Conference Dinner with guest author, Lucy Foley Sponsored by Penguin Random House Ireland

9.15pm – 9.30pm O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award

9.30pm – 12.00pm Disco

For further information visit www.booksellerevents.org.uk To book tickets visit:http://irish_booktrade_conf_2020.eventbrite.co.uk

Provisional Conference Programme…continued