Ulrich Klopotek von Glowczewski, CEO Klopotek

Dear conference participants,

What has changed over the past few years – and what has changed in comparison to 2009 in particular?
We are very pleased to welcome here the spokesman of the Berlin Senate and representative of our patron, the governing mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, the state secretary Dr. Richard Meng.
We are also very happy to announce that the Head of Börsenverein, Prof. Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder, and the representative of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Jürgen Boos, have both agreed to write a welcome note, which you will hear in a minute.

These are clear signs that this conference has established a unique position within the German publishing industry. This makes us grateful and also a little bit proud.

Our special thanks go to our sponsors. Without them this big step forward to up to 300 participants at this new venue would not have been possible. arvato, HGV and OCÉ are supporting the event as partners. Koch, Neff & Volckmar are sponsoring the Executive Lounge. buchbuecher.de and Buchakademie des Deutschen Buchhandels are further sponsors. And a special thank you to buchbuecher.de and OCÉ for providing the personalized conference companion. A very warm welcome to you all!