This year, Publishing Next will consist of a mix of panel discussions, workshops and “insight talks”. We chose this format because we believe that it will allow us to cover more ground as also address the various needs of those attending.

The following is the tentative schedule of events for Publishing Next 2012. Click on “»” for more details on each session:

Day 1 Day 2
Time Panel Discussions Time Workshops Time Insight Talks Time Panel Discussions Time Workshops Time Insight Talks
9:00 – 10:00am Registration/ Inauguration 9:00 – 10:30am Academic Publishing – The Way Ahead » 9:00 – 10:00am Developing Graphic Books
10:00 – 11:30am Getting Rookies on Board »  10:00 – 10:30am  by R. Sriram » 10:15 – 10:45pm Developing an e-book version » 
11 – 11:30am Self-publishing from an author’s perspective » 11:00am - 12:45pm Language Publishing – Dead End or Opportunities Galore? » 11:00 – 11:30am by Badri Seshadri »
12 – 1:30pm Expanding the Publishing Pie » 12:00 – 12:30pm by R. Sundar Rajan »  11:45am-12:30pm by Ashish Goel »
12:45 – 1:30pm Metadata for effective selling » 1:30 – 2:00pm by Ganesh Devy »
02:30 – 03:30
Unconference by Kiruba Shankar »		 2:15 – 3:45pm Re-configuring the Book »  2:15 – 3:45pm  The Art and Science of Book Production (Printing Technlogies) »
3:30 – 5:00pm The Bookseller’s Woe – Addressing demand-side issues » 03:30 – 05:00pm The Art and Science of Book Production (Printing Technlogies) » 4:15 – 6:15pm Preservation of Oral Traditions » 4:15 – 5:15pm Developing books for mobile devices » / ROI on Digital Investments »
5:30 – 7:00pm Marketing to a Young Audience »