Below you’ll find the range of seminars for the conference. Please note that times and exact programmes are subject to change and availability so book early!

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Entrepreneurial Publishing

Featuring:

Davy Nougarede, Director, Heavy Entertainment Ltd and Young Publishing Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 

Anna Lewis, Director, CompletelyNovel.com

Learn how to develop your ideas and become a publishing entrepreneur in this seminar, which features much-hailed Completely Novel innovator Anna Lewis. Be motivated and inspired by tales of success in innovative publishing.

CV Clinic

Featuring:

Helen Bowyer, HR, Macmillan

Duncan Mayo, HR Manager, Wiley-Blackwell

Theresa Duncan, Recruitment Consultant, KP Publishing

Mel Cunningham, Recruitment Consultant, Inspired Selection

Verity Hawson, Recruitment Consultant, Inspired Selection

Suzy Astbury, Recruitment Consultant, JFL Search & Selection

Wendy Toole, Professional Development Director and Vice Chair, SfEP

Sarah Patey, Membership Director, SfEP

An expert group of publishing recruitment specialists will be ready and waiting to vet your CV and offer advice and guidance as to how best to get your foot in the publishing door. Don’t worry, they’ll be gentle. Ish!

The Economics of Publishing: Speculate to Accumulate

Featuring:

Richard Hart, Managing Director, Hart Publishing

A select group of masterminds from the financial side of the industry offer insights into their own experiences of managing the budget and keeping books in the black whether they be reliable new editions or market-leading innovations. 

Publishing Career Success

Featuring:

Suzanne Collier, Director, Book Careers

Nic Jones, Managing Director, Strathmore Publishing

Giles Clark, Co-Author, Inside Book Publishing 

So you know that you want to work in publishing, but you don’t know where to start? Maybe you want to work in editorial? Perhaps you would rather try your hand at marketing or sales? What if you already work in publishing and you are looking for your next move, what can you do to enhance your career? Join three experts of the publishing industry as they share their experience and offer advice about getting ahead in our super-competitive industry.

Publishing Design

Featuring:

Mike Brunwin, Senior Lecturer, London College of Communications

This seminar is the perfect opportunity to hear from those whose job it is to make the content look good. Both freelance and in-house designers share their experiences, and teach us that sometimes it’s actually OK to judge a book by its cover. 

 

Digital Developments

Featuring:

Chris Meade, Co-Director, The Institute for the Future of the Book

David Attwooll, Director, Attwooll Associates

Are you titillated by Twitter? Are you captivated by the Kindle? Are you fanatical about Facebook and mental about MySpace? Or are you just a bit curious about all things digital in publishing? Then this is the seminar for you.

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