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EBMA 2024 Annual Meeting
February 5-8, 2024
Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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The mission of the Educational Book and Media Association is to foster a unique community that brings together a wide range of wholesalers and publishers in order to address the ever-changing book & media buying needs of the educational marketplace. EBMA’s roughly, 30 wholesale and 90 publisher members coordinate to provide informational webinars and gather annually for a conference featuring industry leaders and influencers engaged in one-on-one meetings, keynote addresses and award celebrations. The annual conference also provides vital publisher programming from industry experts and content providers.
2024 is the 50th Anniversary of the EBMA! The meeting will be held February 5-8, 2024 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The EBMA 2024 programming is “50 Years Strong, Efficiently Navigating a Data Driven Market” which will provide publishers with information about fine tuning their data processes and commerce execution featuring sessions with industry commerce and data specialists. We also have dynamic and challenging keynote speakers and programming that addresses difficult but timely issues regarding content creation and acceptance as well as political and social issues facing our educational industry.
The 2024 Annual Meeting Program Committee, Nathan Getchell of American Reading Company and Eric Heidemann of Union Square and Co. are pleased to announce the 2024 meeting theme: Efficiently Navigating a Data-Driven Market
Click the buttons below for details regarding the agenda, hotel reservations, transportation information, one-on-one session advice and to register. For questions, please contact info@edupaperback.org
SPONSORS |
CG Printers | Focus Strategic Communications, Inc | Forum Communications Printing |
HF Group | MetaMetrics | MOSAIQ, LLC |
School Library Journal | SPS Commerce | Unitech EDI |
MEETING AGENDA
| Monday, February 5th | (All time MST and subject to change) |
| 9:00 AM | Board of Directors Meeting - Gaylord Ballroom |
| 3:00 PM | Registration Opens and 1-on-1 Set Up Begins - Mountain View Foyer |
| 5:00 PM | First Timers Meeting - West Tower Lobby |
| 5:30 PM | Opening Reception - Mountain View Foyer |
| 6:00 PM |
Awards Dinner - West Ballroom See old friends, meet new ones, and celebrate the achievements of our Ludington Award recipient. Ludington Award Recipient: Jeff Kinney, ABRAMS Books |
| 8:30 PM | Fun Activity - West Ballroom |
| Tuesday, February 6th | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast - West Ballroom |
| 9:00 AM |
Education Session - West Ballroom
Data is Strategic, not Clerical Speakers: |
| 10:30 AM | 1-on-1 Session Group A - Rocky Mountain Ballroom |
| 10:30 AM |
Publisher Education Session - West Ballroom How to Build Your Crystal Ball This publisher focused session will provide publishers with tools and strategies for forecasting, content creation, gap analysis, inventory management and backlist optimization through data driven reporting and analytics. Speakers: Meredith Baker, Big River Consulting |
| 12:30 PM |
Lunch - West Ballroom Over a working lunch, Jeff will get the industry up to speed on the landscape and actions taken in the censorship debate. Featured Speaker: Jeff Trexler, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund |
| 2:00 PM | 1-on-1 Session Group B - Rocky Mountain Ballroom |
| 6:00 PM |
Dinner and Fun Night - Cheyenne Lodge Casual fun networking evening. You will board a bus for a short 4-5 minute ride up to the Broadmoor's Cheyenne Lodge for an evening of fun. Busses will run to and from the hotel. Dress warmly and casual. |
| Wednesday, February 7th | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast - West Ballroom |
| 9:00 AM |
Education Session - West Ballroom
Planes, Trains and Receivables? This session will focus on the benefits of efficiently evaluating, implementing and navigating supply chain systems and solutions at the publisher and account level. Speakers: |
| 10:30 AM | 1-on-1 Session Group B - Rocky Mountain Ballroom |
| 10:30 AM |
Publisher Education Session - West Ballroom How to Build Your Crystal Ball This publisher focused session will provide publishers with tools and strategies for forecasting, content creation, gap analysis, inventory management and backlist optimization through data driven reporting and analytics. Speakers: |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch- No Programming - West Ballroom |
| 2:00 PM | 1-on-1 Session Group A - Rocky Mountain Ballroom |
| 6:00 PM | 50th Anniversary Reception - Pompeiian Room |
| 7:00 PM |
President's Dinner and 50th Anniversary Celebration - Lake Terrace Dining Room Featured Author Speaker: Nic Stone, Penguin Random House |
| Thursday, February 8th | |
| 7:30 AM | Breakfast - West Ballroom |
| 8:30 AM | 1-on-1 Session Groups A & B (1-on-1 sessions ending by 11AM) - Rocky Mountain Ballroom |
| 11:00 AM | Membership Meeting - West Ballroom |
| 11:30 AM | Meeting Concludes |