SUPRR at the London Book Fair

SUPRR repeated its ‘speed-dating’ programme for Ukrainian publishers with foreign publishers and consultants after its success in Frankfurt last year. There were new faces on both sides but with similar sentiments around the value and pleasure of such personal contacts. Perennial subjects such as copyright and licensing were discussed with Lynette Owen and a new offer of insights on AI and publishing was brought into the discussion by George Walkley. Further conversations with companies that provide services to the publishing, bookselling and library sectors were held with new offers of webinars for Ukrainian publishers.

A separate meeting was held with José Borghino, Secretary General of the International Publishers Association and Professor Iryna Izarova, on the matter of the ‘stolen journals’ from the temporarily occupied territories; the copyright violations, abuse of ISSNs and threats to the integrity of academic publishing that such violations create.