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Conference Program

Saturday 16th June

6.00pm - Opening drinks - Sable Bar, Novotel Sydney, Manly Pacific

Sunday 17th June

8.00am - 10.00am - Registration and Exhibition Preview

8.00am - 9.00am -   New Booksellers Breakfast (Hachette)

 

Plenary Sessions

10.00am - Welcome

10.15am - 11.15am: Making Waves, Opening Keynote by Jamie Byng (Publisher and Managing Director of Canongate Books and initiator of World Book Night)

11.15am - 12.15pm: Talking Numbers, Book pricing panel

 

12.15pm - 1.45pm - Extended Lunch break + Trade Exhibition

 

Plenary sessions

1.45pm – 2.15pm: ILF Update

2.15pm – 3.15pm: Tides of Change, Overcoming staffing challenges and adapting to change, Graham Winter

3.15pm – 3.45pm - Afternoon tea + Trade Exhibition

3.45pm - ABA Member Forum and ABA Annual General Meeting

 

Celebrating Bookselling ABA Gala Dinner – ICMS, Manly (Murdoch Books)

-        Dinner menu designed by Nino Zoccali (Murdoch Books)

-        MC, Magda Szubanski (HarperCollins)

-        Award Presentations for; ABA Text Publishing 2012 Bookseller of the Year, ABA Random House Australia 2012 Young Bookseller of the year, Inaugural ABA Elizabeth Rile 2012 Fellowship for a Children’s Bookseller and Nielsen-BookData 2012 Booksellers Choice.

Monday 18th June

8.00am – 9.00am: Stella Breakfast – fundraiser for the Stella Prize (Allen & Unwin, MUP)

 

9.00am – 10.30am - Concurrent Sessions

- The New Wave, young booksellers and publishers panel

- Wave Finder, search engine optimisation panel

- Beach Party, How to run in-store events panel

- The Ripple Effect, How to engage with your community and local media

 

10.30am – 11.00am - Morning tea + Trade Exhibition

 

Plenary Sessions

11.00am – 11.45am: Nippers, Kids Books panel

11.45am – 12.30pm: Surf Like A Pro, Advanced Social media panel

 

12:30pm – 1:45pm - Extended Lunch break + Trade Exhibition

 

Plenary sessions

1.45pm – 2.15pm: The Virtual Wave, E-Books presentation by Peter Balis and panel Q&A

2.45pm – 3.30pm: Changing Tides, Current trends presentation and Q&A

 

3.30pm – 3.45pm – Afternoon Tea

 

3:45pm – 5.00pm - Industry Forum

5.00pm – 7.00pm - Conference Closing Drinks

 

All conference sessions and speakers are subject to change
 

© Australian Booksellers Association 2009