51st ICYB 2008 - Athens,Greece
International Congress Of Young Booksellers,
Monday 12th - Saturday 17th of May 2008
Place of the Congress
Program of the Congress
SUNDAY 11th MAY:
20:00 Informal Welcoming dinner
MONDAY 12th MAY:
08:30 Breakfast
09:30 Opening Address by ICYB President
10:00 Introduction to the week’s program
10:15 “The Book Market in Greeece & the National Book Policy of the Netional Book Centre of Greece (EKEVI)“:Mr Socrates Kabouropoulos/EKEVI Senior Officer
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Introduction to Workshop
12:30 ”Artist-Lecturer-Author: 3 roles in one person”: Dr Tsoumas Ioannis / Art Historian
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Country Reports
16:30 Coffee Break
17:00 BIBY Listing
17:30 Group Works for Workshop
20:00 Dinner
TUESDAY 13th MAY:
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Departure for the centre of Athens
10:30 Visiting the National Library of Greece (www.nlg.gr)
11:30 Visiting the “Stoa Vivliou” (“the Centre of Bookstores”) (www.stoabibliou.gr )
13:00 Lunch at the centre of Athens
14:30 Walking Acropolis Tour
17:30 Coffee Break
18:00 Visit at the annual Greek Publishers Book Fair
20:00 Dinner in Athens
22:30 Departure for the Hotel
WEDNESDAY 14th MAY:
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Departure for the centre of Athens
10:00 Visiting Bookstores: “Public”(www.Public.gr), “Eleftheroudakis” (www.books.gr), “Papasotiriou” (www.papasotiriou.gr), “Ion” (www.iwn.gr)
13:00 Lunch at Oropos village
14:30 Departure for the Hotel
15:00 Group Conversation about the Visited Greek Bookstores
16:00 Group Works for Workshop
19:30 Slide Show of Foreign Bookstores
21:00 Dinner
THURSDAY 15th MAY:
06:00 Breakfast
06:45 Departure for Piraeus harbor
08:15 Departure for all day cruise at Poros-Hydra-Aigina islands (Lunch in the ship)
19:15 Arrival at Piraeus harbor & Departure for the Hotel
21:00 Dinner at the Hotel
FRIDAY 16th MAY:
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 “Frankfurt Book Fair”: Hanife Içten / Project Manager of FBF
10:00 “The Experience of Frankfurt”: Anna Kircheis / Italian Bookseller
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 ”The School Books in Greece”: Parikos Giorgos / Publisher - Bookseller
12:30 "Past, Present & Future of ICYB" Elise De Bres, Steffanie Polberg, Maria Parikou
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Presentation of Group Works
16:30 Vote for the BIBY (Best International Book Of the Year)
17:00 Election of the Fellow secretaries
17:30 Meeting of the fellow secretaries
21:00 Closing banquet in the Hotel
SATURDAY 17TH MAY:
09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Departure for Airport