Book now for PANZ International Conference 2012

The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) International Conference 2012 will be held at the Mercure Hotel, 8 Customs Street, Auckland on March 1st and 2nd and they are now taking registrations at conference@publishers.org.nz using the form attached below.

PLEASE NOTE: To clarify, the conference begins at 1pm on Thursday 1 March and will finish at approx. 4.30pm on Friday 2 March. Programme still being finalised and times may change slightly but this is a guide.

We have been able to keep the cost of attending to a minimum thanks to the generous sponsorship of Copyright Licensing Ltd.

 A full programme will be available shortly but we are delighted to confirm the following international presenters:

• Jens Bammel Secretary General International Publishers Association Geneva
• David Shelley, Publisher, Little Brown UK
• Elizabeth Weiss, Academic Director Allen & Unwin Australia
• Malcolm Neill, Director Vendor Relations Australia/New Zealand Kobo Inc
• Mark Tanner Strategic Partner Development Manager at Google

They will be joined by key industry figures from NZ.

Topics presented and discussed will include:

• Refining your Digital Strategy: Work-flow and the scale of change; POD and International Distribution
• The Changing Face of Global Publishing
• Fighting Pirates: Digital Rights, Publishing Agreements and more
• Epub3
• Strategies for selling more online
• Libraries and the changing face of lending
• Digitisation in Schools
• Metadata and Discoverability
• Leading your business through change
• Connecting readers and content: best practice marketing and social media

And there will be more!