Simon & Schuster's Carolyn Reidy and Albin Michel's Guillaume Dervieux will be the speakers at the Frankfurt CEO Talk 2017. Carolyn Reidy has been in charge of Simon & Schuster's activities worldwide, with companies in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and Australia, since 2008. Guillaume Dervieux was appointed to lead Albin Michel in 2012, a publishing house with over 100 years of history. The discussion will highlight strategic developments in international publishing, in particular the intrinsic relevance of books and publishers in today's global context of media competition, as well as the transformation of audiences and their cultural practices. The CEO Talk is part of Frankfurter Buchmesse's Business Club programme and will take place on October 11, 2017, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, Hall 4.2, Room Dimension.
The Frankfurt CEO Talk is presented by Livres Hebdo (France), with Bookdao (China), The Bookseller (United Kingdom), buchreport (Germany), PublishNews (Brazil) and Publishers Weekly (USA). The CEO Talk will be chaired by Rüdiger Wischenbart featuring the Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry 2017. Juergen Boos, director of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, will open the discussion.
Albin Michel in France and Simon & Schuster in the USA represent vibrant traditions and accomplishments in consumer publishing. Their respective domestic markets stand out not only for their relevance and market size in the global books business, but also for retaining significant cultural positions in the public eye.
As we witness fundamental change, not only of the publishing industry but of all content generators and media organizations, books, reading and even more broadly storytelling, are subject to fundamental transformation. Driven by globalization, digitization, and by different developments and political contexts around the world, debating what's happening in the book industry makes a valuable contribution to shaping today's cultural agenda.
This year's high-level speakers at the Frankfurt CEO Talk will discuss these inspiring questions as well as a wide range of key topics facing the industry right now. Aside from their personal accomplishments, the speakers will also represent France as this year's Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and the US as the world's largest publishing market respectively.
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