5/13/2009 |

Roundtable with Tina Brown Includes Four Top Industry Publishers

Norwalk, CT, May 13, 2009:  BookExpo America (BEA) has today announced the participants of its CEO Panel which will be moderated by Tina Brown, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of "The Daily Beast".  The high profile event will take place on Thursday, May 28 at 3:00pm in Room 1E14 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City.  The participants are: Brian Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide; Carolyn Reidy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Simon & Schuster, Inc.; John Sargent, President and Chief Executive Officer, Macmillan; and David Steinberger, President and Chief Executive Officer, Perseus Books Group.  The CEO Roundtable with Tina Brown will be immediately followed by the BEA Editor Buzz at 4:15pm, which will take place in the same room, and then the Opening Night Keynote in the Special Events Hall at 5:30pm which will feature Steven Tyler and Clarence Clemons being interviewed by Chuck Klosterman.

"As the industry's annual gathering, BEA is where high level discussion of issues facing our industry should be discussed, dissected and debated and I cannot imagine a better group than the distinguished publishers assembled for this panel to do just that," notes Lance Fensterman, Vice President and Show Manager for BEA.   "I am sure Tina Brown will lead a stimulating discussion that will focus not only on the hard economic times that we are all facing, but also on how the book industry may come together to seize innovation and foster creativity."

The CEO Roundtable with Tina Brown is a signature part of "Big Ideas at BEA", BEA's own conference program which has been streamlined in order to provide more focus and continuity while at the same time adding variety and cultural diversity.  Other programming includes several high profile sessions on social media, new media investments, ecosystems marketing for publishers, digital technologies, and data trends.  In addition, this year, BEA's Global Market Forum will concentrate on educational panels and cultural programs devoted to Arab world publishers and booksellers.  As previously announced, BEA's Author Stages will carry a range of programming including many high profile author interview panels, individual author presentations, as well as a panel on new media, including a presentation of the latest in digital services, tools and ebook readers.  

For up-to-the-minute programming updates and a full schedule of author appearances and educational content at BEA please go to: www.bookexpoamerica.com.

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