At the beginning of July, IPA representatives — including IPA President, Bodour Al Qasimi, Chair of the Educational Publishers Forum, Stephan de Valk, and Secretary General José Borghino — participated in a series of events scheduled in and around the 26th São Paulo Book Fair or ‘Bienal’.
The IPA’s Educational Publishers Forum (EPF) met physically for the first time in two years just after the London Book Fair.
On 18 February, the IPA’s Educational Publishers Forum held a meeting entitled ‘Virtual Africa’ which attracted over 100 registrations, ranging from the USA and Latin America around the world through Europe and Africa, all the way to Malaysia and China.
In the context of the sixth European Union - African Union summit, the Federation of European Publishers organized in collaboration with IPA two online events about publishing in Africa and in the European Union.
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IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, spoke about Open Educational Resources (OERs) during a webinar organized to celebrate World Book and Copyright Day by the UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition.
On 27 November, IPA held the latest virtual Educational Publishers Forum, this time ‘in’ Lisbon with presentations about the situation in Portugal, a conversation with the Head of Education at Microsoft Ireland, and presentations on the European Accessibility Act and the possible impact of Brexit on publishers in the UK.
The last of IPA's series of events during the virtual Frankfurt Book Fair saw the spotlight turn to educational publishing with speakers from the OECD, China and Eastern Europe regaling participants with their insights.
