IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi (UAE). Other IPA notable occasions IPA Vice President: Karine Pansa. IPA membership comprises 86 organisations from 71 countres. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments SDG Book Club launches at Bologna Children’s Book Fair, European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market adopted
Other IPA notable occasions Liberal Publishing House (VN) awarded Prix Voltaire. IPA holds first ever online General Assembly with great success. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments IPA-United Nations launch the Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact.
IPA President Hugo Setzer (MX). Other IPA notable occasions Khaled Lotfy (EG) awarded Prix Voltaire, 2nd IPA Regional Seminar, Nairobi, 3rd IPA Regional Seminar, Amman. IPA Vice President: Bodour Al Qasimi. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments SDG Book Club launches at Bologna Children’s Book Fair, European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market adopted
Other IPA notable occasions Gui Minhai (SE/CN) awarded Prix Voltaire, Faisal Arefin Dipan and Liu Xiaobo awarded posthumous Prix Voltaire Special Awards. 1st IPA Regional Seminar, Lagos.
IPA President Michiel Kolman (NL). Other IPA notable occasions Turhan Günay and Evrensel awarded Prix Voltaire. IPA Vice President: Hugo Setzer (MX). IPA joins CLA, FEP, PA, and PLS in sponsoring the annual Charles Clark Memorial Lecture. IPA joins IFRRO’s International PLR Committee. IPA partners with WIPO to produce annual global publishing statistics reports
Other IPA notable occasions Raif Badawi (SA) awarded Prix Voltaire. Revised IPA Statutes create new independent Copyright, Freedom to Publish, and Membership Committees. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) adopted.
IPA President Richard Charkin (UK). IPA Secretary General José Borghino. Other IPA notable occasions IPA Vice President: Michiel Kolman (NL). World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Bangladeshi publisher, Faisal Arefin Dipan murdered because of books he published. Gui Minhai disappears from his appartment in Thailand.
Other IPA notable occasions Ihar Lohvinau (BY) awarded Prix Voltaire.
Other IPA notable occasions IPA Vice Presidents: Ibrahim el Moallem (EG), Richard Charkin (UK). World IP/FtP/ book-related developments Adoption of the WIPO’s Marrakesh VIP Treaty.
Other IPA notable occasions Jonathan “Zapiro” Shapiro (ZA) awarded Prix Voltaire. EPF launches ‘What Works?’ conference at London Book Fair. World IP/FtP/ book-related developments WIPO’s Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances adopted.