1. Rights

Organised as part of the ThinkPub project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme 

• Meet: Dr. Ioanna Hadjicosti, Head of Directorate of Contemporary Culture, Deputy Ministry of Culture, Republic of Cyprus. Persa Koumoutsi, translator of Arabic literature; Director, initiative Center of Greek and Arabic Literature and Culture (K.EL.A.L.P.); author (Greece). Argyris Kastaniotis, publisher, Kastaniotis Editions (Greece). Lenga Markopoulou, books for children and YA editor, Kastaniotis Editions (Greece). Nikos Argyris, publisher, Ikaros Publishing (Greece). Christos Mais, publisher, Psifides Publishing (Greece / Cyprus). Nikos Nikas, publisher, Nikas Publishing (Greece). Nikos Nikas, publisher, Nikas Publishing (Greece). Nestoras Poulakos, publisher, Vakxikon Publications (Greece). Elias Epiphaniou, President, Cyprus Publishers Association; Publisher, Elias Epiphaniou Publications (Cyprus). Haris Ioannides, publisher, Armida Books; Board member, Cyprus Publishers Association; Co-founder, Limassol International Book Fair (Cyprus). Giorgos Savva, publisher, Sofita Publications; Board member, Cyprus Publishers Association (Cyprus). Andry Chairalla, Publisher, Evgnomon Publications; Board member, Cyprus Publishers Association; author (Cyprus). Chrysothemis Armefti, senior agent, 2 Seas Agency (USA / Cyprus). Vicky Theocharous, Product and Operations Manager, Worldwide Buddies (USA / Cyprus).
• Interested to meet: Publishers, literary agents

2. Arab book market

In cooperation with Invest Cyprus and the Egyptian Publishers Association

• Meet: Ali Abdel-Moneim Ahmed, Co-Founder & CEO Arabookverse International (Egypt). Nisreen Kreidieh, Publisher, Dar Annahda Al Arabia for printing, publishing & distribution (Lebanon).
• Interested to meet: Publishers, literary agents

3. Reading

Organised as part of the ThinkPub project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. In cooperation with Cyprus Association on Books for Young People (CYBBY), Cypriot section of IBBY

• Meet: Prof. Miha Kovač, Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Luis González, Director General, Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez - FGSR (Spain). Prof. Christoph Bläsi, Department of Book Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany). Dr. Anna Kouppanou, Coordinator of the Network for the Support of Reading Promotion, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (Cyprus). Christina Christodoulou, president, Cyprus Association on Books for Young People (CYBBY), Cypriot section of IBBY (Cyprus). Charalambos Demetriou, vice-president, Cyprus Association on Books for Young People (CYBBY); member, Executive Committee, IBBY (Cyprus). Ypapanti (Dia) Kytta, Archivist–Librarian, Cyprus Library; International Relations Secretary, Cyprus Association of Librarians and Information Scientists - CALIS (Cyprus). Vaggelis Gettos, Culture & Arts Specialist, Center for Social Innovation - CSI (Cyprus).
• Interested to meet: Reading promoters, librarians, educators

4. Emerging Technologies: AI, Ebooks, Audiobooks

Organised as part of the ThinkPub project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union

• Meet: Nadim Sadek, Founder & CEO, Shimmr AI (UK & Ireland). Gautier Chomel, Head of Accessibility & Quality Management, European Digital Reading Lab - EDRLab (France). Carlo Carrenho, publishing consultant, Carrenho Publishing Consulting; journalist, Publishing Perspectives (Brazil & Sweden). Mary Panousi, Representative of the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) of the European Commission in Cyprus, Responsible for Communication and Outreach Activities, Promotion of AI-Powered Language Tools, Translation and Multilingualism (European Union / Cyprus). Yiannos Georgiades, Managing Partner, Y. Georgiades & Associates LLC; Co-Founder, Kinisis Ventures (Cyprus). Maria Lavithi, Founder & CEO, Heroes Made (USA/Cyprus). Giorgos Georgallides, Founder & MD, Perizitito / ToTelio bookshop (Cyprus). Giorgos Papanagiotou, Managing Director, Thinking; Co-curator, Limassol International Book Fair Conference (Greece).
• Interested to meet: Publishers, booksellers, authors, cultural professionals, technology providers

5. Frankfurt Book Fair

• Meet: Hanife İçten, Key Account Manager for Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Greece, Türkiye & English-Language World, Frankfurt Book Fair (Germany)
• Interested to meet: Publishers, booksellers, designers, illustrators, technology companies

6. Creative Europe Europe Desk Cyprus, Organization for European Programmes and Cultural Relations (OEPCR)

• Meet: Nenad Bogdanovic, Planning and Development Coordinator, Head of Creative Europe Desk Cyprus, OEPCR (Cyprus).
• Interested to meet: Publishers, book professionals, authors, artists, cultural professionals, and cultural organisations

7. Invest Cyprus - Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA)

• Meet: Marios Tannousis, CEO, Invest Cyprus - Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA)
• Interested to meet: International publishers, book entrepreneurs, book professionals

8. Greek Collecting Society for Literary Works (OSDEL)

• Meet: George Andrew Zannos, Managing Director, OSDEL (Greece). Mirella Batziania, Responsible for the content and management of the Books in Print database bookpoint.gr, OSDEL (Greece)
• Interested to meet: Publishers, booksellers, authors