2012 TOC Frankfurt Program

Tools of Change Frankfurt will feature a full day of cutting-edge keynotes and panel discussions by key figures in the worlds of publishing and technology. Program is subject to change.

TimePlatinum I + II (Supply Chain)Alabaster I + IIMatrix (5th floor) Megabyte (5th floor) Kilobyte (5th floor, sponsored sessions)
8:00 to 8:30BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION
8:30 to 8:40Introduction
8:40 to 9:00KEYNOTE: Jo Henry, Bowker
Bowker International E-book Consumer Trends and Forecast
9:00 to 9:20KEYNOTE: Andrew Bud, MEF
Mobile Content and Commerce: A Global Perspective
9:20 to 9:35BREAK
9:35 to 10:25Data and the Growth Agenda
Ken Michaels; Michael Tamblyn; moderated by Mark Bide
The Evolving Role of Readers
Allen Lau; Amy Martin; Anna von Veh; moderated by Ami Greko
Merchandising/Discovery: Online and Off
Otis Chandler; Hermes Pique; Heather McCormack; Jason Illian; moderated by Sam Missingham
Digital Textbooks, Online Learning and the Future of Educational Publishing
Amir Winer; Michael Cairns; William Chesser; moderated by Sheila Bounford
Sponsored Session TBA
10:30 to 11:20The Metadata Value Chain
Jonathan Nowell; Len Vlahos; Emad el-Akehal; moderated by Graham Bell
E-Publishing: Making Accessibility Mainstream
Cristina Mussinelli; Anne Bergman Tahon; Chris Rogers
Pricing Digital Content: Publisher and Consumer Perspectives
Ann Betts; Ashleigh Gardner; Timo Boezeman; moderated by Ed Nawotka
What are Altmetrics and what can they do for me?
Todd Carpenter
Sponsored Session - Qbend
Next Gen Learning - ePublishing for Education and Beyond
John Costa
11:25 to 12:15Automating the Global Rights Supply Chain
Robert Kasher; Michael Healy; moderated by Mark Bide
The Importance of Design and Typography in E-Reading
Baldur Bjarnason; Daniel Rhatigan
Author/Publisher Relationships - How Do Publishers Stay Competitive in Digital Publishing?
Jakob Larsen; Kerry Wilkinson; Miha Kovač; Lotte Garbers; Jo Lal
Innovators Track: Innovative Business Models
Joshua Cohen; Joe Regal; moderated by Sophie Rochester
Sponsored Session - IBM
The Future of Publishing: The Insight-Driven Organization
Greg Pizzuti; Tarek Fadel
12:15 to 1:15LUNCH
1:15 to 2:05Innovation, Threat and Opportunity in Changing Business Models
Emrah Ozpirincci; Mathijs Suidman; Lee Harris; moderated by Ronald Schild
APIs in Publishing: Sell Your Content, Engage Your Audience
Oli Brooks; Anna Lewis; Adam DuVander
Outsmarting Piracy
Ruediger Wischenbart; Jens Klingelhöfer; Sergey Anuriev; Richard Mollet; Joe Wikert
Innovators Track: Innovations in Sales and Marketing
Kevin Franco; Andreas Wiedmann
Sponsored Session - Ingram
Experience Matters - Lessons Learned (that you can use) from tens of millions of e-book distributions worldwide
Marcus Woodburn
2:10 to 3:00Metadata Futures
Graham Bell; George Lossius; Howard Willows; Beat Barblan; Valla Vakili; moderated by Karina Luke
Open Publishing
Adam Hyde; Joe Wikert; Fabienne Riener
Making Sense of the Mobile App World
Kate Wilson; Asra Rasheed; Woody Sears; Alok Singhania; moderated by Calvin Reid
Innovators Track: Innovations in Storytelling
Ian Forrester, Dan Franklin; Justin Keenan; Jennifer 8 Lee; moderated by Sophie Rochester
Sponsored Session TBA
3:05 to 3:55Where Next? Growing Global Book Trading
Jo Henry; Ruediger Wischenbart; Carlo Carrenho; moderated by Paola Mazzucchi
Taking a Brand Global and Across Storytelling Platforms
Claudia Mazzucco; Charlie Redmayne; moderated by Richard Nash
The Book as Discovery Tool: E-book Marketing and Monetization via Indexing
Pilar Wyman
Innovators Track: Mission-Driven Publishing
Jesse Potash, Matthew Crockatt; Eric Hellman; moderated by Sophie Rochester
Sponsored Session TBA
3:55 to 4:10BREAK
4:10 to 4:20Announcements
4:20 to 4:50DRM Debate
Joe Wikert; Bill McCoy; moderated by Laura Hazard Owen
4:50 to 5:10KEYNOTE: Horace Dediu
A Closer Look at Apple (and Others)
5:10 to 5:30KEYNOTE: Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa
The 99: Lessons from a Journey Across Cultures and Media
5:30 to 6:00Innovators Showcase
David Taylor, Joe Regal, Jason Illian, Christophe Maire

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