FUTURE BOOK FORUM 2023
This year we celebrated 10 years of Future Book Forum at our Customer Experience Centre in Poing, Germany. It was a jam-packed two days of presentations, discussions, and networking, all focussed around unlocking the power of liquid design.
Grow your audience with liquid design
Just a decade ago, the opportunities available to today's book publishing industry were unimaginable. New innovations in ways of working and technology have since emerged at lightning pace, setting the scene for a blooming of creativity and growth.
And so, to celebrate the events tenth year, the industry's leading players gathered to explore the mindsets, tools and technologies that are defining the future of the sector.
Liquid Design
This year's theme focusses on powerful possibilities at the intersection of physical and digital creativity. Liquid design is all about how we can create a better book experience for readers by merging physical and digital formats and eliminating boundaries. It starts with the customer - creating seamless experiences and diversifying approaches to engage better with the audience.
Publishing 2030 Accelerator
The Publishing 2030 Accelerator initiative was launched at the Canon Future Book Forum 2022, to accelerate systematic change towards sustainability within the book publishing sector. The leaders of the three initial workstreams gave an update on their work over the last year, as well as insights on how to move forward in 2024 and beyond.
10 year anniversary
For a decade now, the Canon Future Book Forum has brought togethers publishers and printers to collaborate on new ideas and share different perspectives on what the future of book publishing looks like. It is not about putting books on pallets, but about inspiring networking and showcasing insights on how to create opportunities that bring efficiency and value.
Speakers
Peter Fisk
The power of liquid design.
Exploring the idea of liquid design to re-imagine, re-interpret, and re-design the book experience.
Sophie Wybrew-Bond
Connect audiences with engaging experiences.
Connect audiences to their passions through content creation, innovative technology and delivering engaging experiences.
Holly McLoughlin
Unlocking the power of liquid marketing
Grow your audience with real-time digital activation by co-creation and co-promotion across platforms, from Instagram to TikTok.
Eirik Wahlstrøm
Bridging the physical and digital with AR
Liquid design in practice. By facilitating a seamless experience from the textbook to digital content, publishers can empower educators and learners to choose their own learning path.
Gvantsa Jobava
The future of Book Publishing
Connecting Future Book Forum discussions to local and global opportunities identified by IPA and the prospects for publishers to tackle big world challenges.
Julio Covacho López & Manuel Lucania Fesser
Transform content creation processes with AI
Human brains building artificial brains. Using AI powered tools and services for automated content generation with none or very little human intervention.
Dr. Michiel Kolman - SVP, Research Networks and Academic Ambassador at Elsevier
Richard Charkin - Publisher and former president of the IPA Jörg Engelstädter - Founder of the Future Book Forum at Canon Publishing 2030 Accelerator
Driving systematic change towards sustainability within the book publishing sector. The team leaders of the initiative will give an update on their work.
Sara Panceri - Communication Manager at TXT Spa
Creating liquid retail experiences
Making access to education increasingly easier. With the support of SITMA's innovative packaging solutions and their own distribution expertise, TXT is delivering a customized online service for schoolbooks in retail stores.
Event Media
Explore Further
The future of publishing: embracing smart books and dynamic publishing
Explore the ever-evolving landscape of book publishers and its impact on authors, publishers, print service providers, distributors, retailers, and readers.
The future of the book in the digital world
Discover how publishers, book printers and technology providers can make innovation possible together.
Manage inventory with book lifecycle management
Think Books Business Model Guide #1: Book Lifecycle Management. Find out about the exciting opportunities digital print presents for book printers.
The power of GenZ and the #BookTok boom
In 2018, an unexpected rise in printed book sales began to happen, thanks to millions of book-loving teenagers… and an extraordinary TikTok hashtag.
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