10 am
Reading Is Thriving: Opportunities for Christian Publishers
Kristen McLean, Executive Director of Business Development, The NPD Group
11 am
Round Table: Data Best Practices to Broaden Your Reach
Hosted by Joshua Tallent, Director of Sales & Education, Firebrand Technologies
11:30 am
Round Table: Infrastructure Best Practices to Business-to-Consumer Capability
Hosted by Jason Spanos, Chief Revenue Officer, knk Software LP
10 am
Growing Online Sales Channels
Jerri Helms, VP of digital marketing and analytics for HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus
Erick Goss, CEO and Co-founder at Minno
Dave Schroeder, Director of Publishing & Consumer Products, WTA Media
11 am
Round Table: New Practices to Market, Sell, and Get Books to Customers
Hosted by Brittyne Lewis, Director of Digital Services, LSC Communications
11:30 am
Round Table: Best Practices for Efficiencies in Royalty Management
Hosted by David Marlin, President, MetaComet Systems
10 am
A Global Report on the State of Printing and Distribution
Matt Baehr, Executive Director of the Book Manufacturers Institute
Ashish Thomas, Sr. Director and General Manager, Lifeway India
Dwight Nordstrom, Chairman of PRI Management and Consulting and General Manager of ZDL Publishing, China
11 am
Round Table: Best Practices for Expanding Your Global Reach
Hosted by Rob Clements, Senior Key Account Manager, Ingram Content Group
11:30 am
Round Table: Printing & Paper: Inkjet vs. Offset
Hosted by Vickie Jensen (Manager for Print Business Development); Brandon Nowak (Manager for Capacity, Material & Value Stream Operations); and Steve Zweber (Director for Bindery & Distribution Services) for Thomson Reuters Core Publishing Solutions
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP WEEK: May 4-6
10 am
Leading with Resilience in this Cultural Moment
with Tod Bolsinger, Director of the Church Leadership Institute at Fuller Seminary and author of Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change
Round Table: What have we learned about leading in this moment?
Hosted by Jeff Crosby, IVP publisher and ECPA board chair
1 pm
Being Evangelical in this Cultural Moment
David French, Senior Editor at The Dispatch; Columnist for Time; and New York Times bestselling author
Michelle Sanchez, Executive Minister, Make and Deepen Disciples, Evangelical Covenant Church denomination
Nikki Toyama-Szeto, Executive Director of Christians for Social Action
Moderated by: Timothy Dalrymple, President and CEO, Christianity Today
10 am
The Future of Publishing in this Cultural Moment
Michael Pietsch, Chief Executive Officer, Hachette Book Group
Daisy Hutton, Vice President and Publisher of Hachette Nashville
Madeline McIntosh, CEO, Penguin Random House U.S.
Tina Constable, EVP & Publisher, Waterbrook, Multnomah, Convergent, Image and Forum
Round Table: Where do we go from here?
Hosted by Stan Jantz, ECPA president & CEO
1 pm
Serving the Church in this Cultural Moment
Walter Kim, President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE)
Thom Rainer, Founder, CEO & Lead Coach of Church Answers; The Post Quarantine Church
Rev. Dr. Nicole Martin, VP of Church Engagement and Executive Director of Trauma Healing, American Bible Society
10 am
ECPA Town Hall with ECPA Board of Directors and Annual Member Meeting
1 pm
ECPA Awards Celebration
Featuring bestselling author Max Lucado, who will be the recipient of the industry's Pinnacle Award
Announcing the Christian Book Award® winners
Honoring Milestone Sales Award recipients
