EDItEUR International Supply Chain Seminar
Join us for the 46th annual supply chain seminar, hosted by EDIteEUR.
Frankfurt am Main, Domplatz 3
60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Frankfurt am Main, Hessen 60311 Germany
EDItEUR’s independent 46th International Supply Chain Seminar has a confirmed place on the Frankfurt Book Fair calendar for supply chain and metadata specialists.
This year, we're returning to the same Haus am Dom venue in Central Frankfurt as 2024, close to the historic cathedral and only a short U-bahn ride from the Messe or Hauptbahnhof. Entry to the venue is from 12:30pm, and the main speaker program will begin at 1pm.
The event will be followed by a reception for attendees to celebrate this year’s 25th anniversary of the initial publication of ONIX.
Speaker Programme:
The programme focuses as always on standards and best practices, real-world case studies, and strategies that use technology to extract the most value from the book, e-book and audiobook supply chains:
- panel discussion on accessibility and the EU Accessibility Act, accessibility metdata and the challenges of consumer-focused display of the accessibility attributes of a product, featuring Gregorio Pellegrino of the LIA Foundation, Bruna Benvegnu of Amazon, Arantza Larrauri of DeMarque, Nina Rubach of BookWire, chaired by Chris Saynor of EDItEUR
- Toby Steiner, COO of Thoth Open Metadata, on metadata for OA publishing
- update on work to highlight indigenous contributors and publishers in ONIX: Cat Colwell of the Australian Publishers Association, Isabelle Gaudet-Labine of BTLF, and Lauren Stewart of BookNet Canada
- Tom West, CEO of Publishers Licensing Services, on collective licensing of book content for use with AI
- George Walkley of Outside Context on developments in AI for 2025
- panel discussion on the impact of the EU Deforestation Regulation, featuring Detlef Bauer of Libri, Fride Fosseng of Bokbasen, Gareth Jarrett of Print on Demand Worldwide, and Nina Stavisky of the European and International Booksellers Federation, coordinated by Graham Bell of EDItEUR
- The value of Block 8, with Lisa Ebelt of Libri and Bettina Schaefer of Books on Demand
- contributions from EDItEUR staff
Note that the Supply Chain Seminar will be preceded in the morning by an event organized by the Green Book Alliance.
EDItEUR is the international group coordinating development of the standards infrastructure for electronic commerce in the book, e-book, audiobook, and serials sectors. EDItEUR provides its membership with research, standards, and guidance.
As an acknowledged leader in developing, supporting, and promoting global standards for the exchange of bibliographic information and of e-commerce messages in the book and journal supply chains, EDItEUR is also engaged in shaping key national and international projects aimed at developing rights and permissions expressions.