IPA election results, new reports, event write ups

Greetings readers, at IPA's recent General Assembly Bodour Al Qasimi and Karine Pansa were confirmed as IPA's next President and Vice President...

IPA NEWSLETTER November 2020 View this email in your browser Greetings readers, This month we held our first virtual General Assembly where we confirmed Bodour Al Qasimi and Karine Pansa as IPA's next President and Vice President. Other confirmed election results will see new IPA members and new Committee members from from 1 January 2021. Two special guest addressed the Assembly, Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, and Tsitsi Dangarembga, the Booker-shortlisted author. We also published two reports. The first was our brand new report taking stock of the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the international publishing industry and taking the first steps to charting a path to recovery. The second was our Annual Report which provides a concise summary of our activities over the year.   This newsletter also includes write-ups from panels at Frankfurt, Liber, JakTent and more as well as the news that Guadalajara will be the 2022 UNESCO World Book Capital.  If you think we have missed anything, let the editor know at taylor@internationalpublishers.org. Al Qasimi and Pansa confirmed as IPA President and Vice President Elect  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. Read more.  Sustainability and Post COVID-19 centre stage at General Assembly  The International Publishers Association General Assembly 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. Read more.  Frankfurt Open Educational Publishers Forum inspires and educates  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. Read more.  European Accessibility Act (EAA): a chance for publishers  With the 2025 deadline for the implementation of the European Accessibility Act approaching fast, read this report on All you need to know from international accessibility experts to learn how the sector can get ready and fully seize the opportunity the Act presents for all readers. Read more.  Guadalajara, Mexico to be UNESCO World Book Capital 2022  UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, has named  Guadalajara, Mexico as World Book Capital for the year 2022. Read more. Liber 2020 Panel Examines the Influence of IPA  A stellar panel came together virtually at LIBER 2020 to talk about the global importance of the IPA. IPA President Hugo Setzer, spoke for an hour with previous Presidents, Ana María Cabanellas and Pere Vicens, previous member of the Executive Committee, Daniel Fernández, and current EC member, Patrici Tixis. Read more.   The impact of EdTech on educational publishers  On 11 November, IPA Secretary General José Borghino moderated an international panel discussion around the impact of EdTech platforms on educational publishers during the COVID pandemic and beyond. Read more.  IPA Presents two Panels about Digital Publishing and Accessibility at Jakarta Festival Jakarta Content Week, or Jaktent, a new annual celebration of innovation and creativity in the Indonesian capital played host to two IPA seminars in November. Read more.  IPA in the news The historic election of two female leaders as IPA President (Bodour Al Qasimi) and Vice President (Karine Pansa) was noted by Publishing Perspectives, The Bookseller , The New Publishing Standard, All About Book Publishing,  Actualitté, PublishNews , LivresHebdo as well as AIE and OPCD. It was also discussed here, here, here and in this blog post. The election also received attention by regional and local news outlets, such as Gulf Today, AlKhaleej Today, The Singapore Time, CSR Egypt and Nasher news (available in Arabic and French as well). PrintWeek India published a summary report of what happened at Frankfurt Book Fair's 2020 online edition.  Jakarta's hosting of the 2022 33rd IPA Congress was mentioned by The New Publishing Standard.  IPA blog posts IPA at SCCR 40:  Day 1 and 2: SCCR 40 — A sight for square eyes Day 3: Discussions on copyright exceptionally limited Day 4: Wrapping Up In Case You Missed It: Copyright: Publishing Perspectives: AAP and CCC End Georgia State 'E-Reserves' Copyright Litigation Freedom to Publish The Guardian; Exiled bookseller: 'If they can take Hong Kong back, the next place is Taiwan' Accessibility The Nordic Online Conference on Inclusive Publishing. Literacy Libération (Morocco): Lancement de l'opération "La lecture, acte de résistance" Industry International Alliance of Independent Publishers: Alliance calls for the release of Anges Félix N'Dakpri, president of the Association of publishers of Côte d'Ivoire (Assedi)  Wischenbart Content and Consulting: Covid-19 Special Edition" of the "Digital Consumer Book Barometer" for Brazil  Istanbul Fellowship Program: www.fellowship.istanbul (deadline 25 December) AUC Egypt: Dalia Ibrahim, Chairman of Nahdet Misr Publishing House, receives Arab Women and Social Responsibility Award To Come: See our website for a full list of upcoming book fairs: https://www.internationalpublishers.org/our-industry-menu/book-fairs IPA in Conversation with...  Click below to learn how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the book sector in Africa, ASEAN, Europe, Latin America and more. 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