Agenda

This seminar focusing on the future of digital books will be held at the end of a series of interviews organized by the CAS, with support from the National Book Centre.

In order to identify ways to develop digital books in France while simultaneously preserving the value of a book and the editorial diversity in French publishing, CAS and the National Book Centre organized series of 3 policy briefs together with proposals, which focused on one of the players in the book chain:  

• authors and publishers,
• booksellers,
• public libraries.

The policy briefs will be made public on March 19.

Conference program :

2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: One year of professional auditions

• Vincent Chriqui, Director of the Center d'analyse stratégique
• Jean-François Colosimo, President of the National Book Centre

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.: A revolution without an economic model?

• Bruno Patino, Director of France 5, France in charge of Digital Televisions
• François Maillot, Director of Procure

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.: What is tomorrow's book business?

• Gèze Francis, President and CEO of Editions La Découverte
• Viviane Hamy, Director of Editions Viviane Hamy

4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: The responses of government

• Bruno Racine, President of the National Library of France
• Laurence Franceschini, Director of Media and Cultural Industries