With its comprehensive professional program, the Leipzig Book Fair once again presented itself as the book sector’s meeting point for publishers, authors and service providers. At the first international “Book Pitch”, authors from Georgia, Slovenia, Romania, Czech Republic as well as Hungary aimed to convince editors in 5-minute slots. Neuland 2.0 took a look into the future of the media sector. 14 young entrepreneurs showed innovative ideas for the book and media sector in the Startup Village. The first “buchmesse:blogger sessions 16” were another new event. At the first conference for literary bloggers on Fair Sunday, bloggers and publishing representatives exchanged ideas on current means of communication.
Teachers and educators discussed relevant topics for education and reading support at the fair’s Education Focus. Practical education approaches were introduced at the first Music Teacher’s day, the German Teacher’s day, the Kita symposium as well as in many workshops.
