Digital Minds Conference 2012 New Markets: New Models

Digital Minds Conference

An inspiring speaker line-up and engaging new format for the 2012!

Connect with the brightest and best digital innovators across the publishing and creative industries at The London Book Fair's Digital Minds Conference.

Panels, key notes, presentations and round tables will include cutting-edge thinking on content platforms, the future of content business models and creative media businesses and draw on expertise from across a variety of digital content fields.

When: Sunday 15th April 2012  |  Where: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London

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  • Early Bird rate: £359 +VAT (Ends 24th February 2012)
    Standard rate: £399 +VAT

    NEW for 2012!
    Free entrance to The London Book Fair 2012 with your conference ticket.
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  • Digital is at the heart of all publishing activity. And publishing is just one of many converging creative media industries disrupted by technology. Film, gaming, music, web, video are fast changing too, offering fresh thinking to help drive publishing businesses forward in innovative ways. Running concurrently with the main keynotes, panels, case studies and Nimble New Start Ups, is a round table ‘Join the Conversation’ stream. ‘Conversation starters’, with expertise in the relevant topic, will lead each table of 10. Meet-the-Speaker and choreographed conversations are just two of the new additions to meet the increasingly digital savvy audience.

    Confirmed speakers so far

    • Evan Schnittman, Bloomsbury - Conference Chair
    • Victoria Barnsley OBE, HarperCollins
    • Andrew Steele, Funny or Die
    • Jim Griffin, OneHouse LLC
    • Alison Norrington, StoryCentral Digital
    • Siobhan O'Leary, Journalist
    • Antonio Fraguas Garrido, El Pais
    • Jeff Gomez, Starlight Runner Entertainment
    • Fabrice Piault, Livres Hebdo
    • Ed Victor, Ed Victor Literary Agency
    • Kate Wilson, Nosy Crow
    • Paul Brindley, Music Ally
    • Matteo Berlucchi, Anobii
    • Bill McCoy, IDPF
    • Don Katz, Audible, Amazon
    • Kerry Wilkinson, Amazon UK No1 Bestselling author

     

  • Interview with Evan Schnittman

    The man once known as Black Plastic Glasses has helped set the pace of digital discourse for some years, explaining the brave new world in a long-running blog. Now, as Bloomsbury's Managing Director of Group Sales and Marketing, Print and Digital, Evan Schnittman has to play his cards closer to his chest but he remains one of the trade's great thinkers.

    Evan will be chairing the Digital Minds Conference.

  • Catch up on 2011

    The London Book Fair Digital Conference: The Digital Now, held on Sunday 10th April was a huge success - thank you to our Chair, Stephen Page, all our speakers and everyone who attended.

    Catch up on the Digital Minds Conference 2011
    Download the 2011 conference brochure with full programme and speaker bios

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