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April 29 to 30, Nashville

PROGRAM & SCHEDULE

All times are listed in Central Time

  • Tuesday | April 29

    Tuesday, April 29

    7:30 am

    Registration opens

    8:00 am

    Welcome

    Jeff Crosby, ECPA President and CEO

    8:15 am

    Devotions

    Ben Mandrell, Lifeway President and CEO

    8:45 am

    Trends in Publishing

    Jane Friedman, Co-founder and Editor of The Hot Sheet, Author, and Industry Speaker

    9:45 am

    Q&A with Jane Friedman

    10:15 am

    Break

    10:45 am

    Reports and Forecasts: The State of Audiobook Publishing – An Industry Panel

    Michele Cobb, Executive Director, Audiobook Publishers Association

    Cory Verner, CEO, One Audio

    Matt Tully, SVP, audio and book publishing, Crossway

    Brad Hill, Associate Publisher/Audio, HarperCollins Christian

    11:45 am

    Lunch

    1:30 pm

    Building Culture and Integrating Best Practices in a Remote/Hybrid/In-Office Paradigm

    Mark James, President and Lead Advisor, Performance Advisors Group, Inc.

    2:30 pm

    Redeeming the Grind and Glory of Your Job

    Bryan Chappell, Author of Grace at Work; President Emeritus of Covenant Theological Seminary

    3:30 pm

    Break

    4:00 pm

    The Genesis of Bookshop.org and What’s Coming Next for Independent Retailing

    Andy Hunter, Founder/CEO of Bookshop.org

    5:00 pm

    Networking Mixer

    6:30 pm

    ECPA Christian Book Award® dinner and celebration

    8:30 pm

    Informal Conversations

  • Wednesday | April 30

    Wednesday, April 30

    7:30 am

    Registration opens

    8:30 am

    Cultivating Wisdom In and Through Our Leadership Journey

    Uli Chi, Author of The Wise Leader; Senior Fellow at De Pree Center

    9:30 am

    Accessibility and Christian Publishing: An Industry Panel

    Sam Richardson, Chief Executive of SPCK | moderator

    Larry Bennett, Executive Director North America, Nord Compo

    Michael Johnson, Vice President of Content, Benetech

    Bill Kasdorf, Publishing Consultant on Accessibility; Principal of Kasdorf & Associates

    Klaus E. Krogh, CEO and founder, 2K/DENMARK

    David Rech, President and Founder, Scribe

    10:15 am

    Break

    10:45 am

    Enhancing Evangelical Publishing Organizations’ Mission through Open Access Content: Ideas & Responses

    Ben Amungaard, Vice President of Aquifer Content at BiblioNexus

    11:45 am

    Lunch

    12:00 pm

    ECPA Annual Member Meeting

    Scott Mathews, ECPA Board Chair and CEO of Tyndale House Publishers

    12:30 pm

    Adjourn

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