GatherVerse
Book Summit
December 9, 2025 (8:00 AM PST)
Meet the speakers
December 9, 2025
| Opening: Christopher Lafayette | |
| Roundtable Panel: The Heart and Mind of Authorship: What Makes Writing Human in an AI era Moderator: Christopher Lafayette Speakers: Jesper Hansen, Linda Porter, Pooja Kashyap, Paula MacDowell, Prof.(Dr.) Veera Talukdar, Kee Jones, Dominique Wu, Kuldeep Singh, Veronica Rose, Tanya Kelen, Muhammad Langdi |
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| Fireside Chat: First Light: The Space Between the Heart and the Marketplace Host: Lynn Gitau Guest: Grant McGaugh |
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| Roundtable Panel: When Stories Leave Home: Why Our Stories Matter to the World Moderator: Russell Bundy Speakers: Sarah Aviram, Anne Phey, Tracy MacDonald, Vinay Pushpakaran, Tammy Francis, James Welniak, Anish Baheti, Asante Asiedu, Jennifer Jank, Chantelle Botha |
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| Session Topic: Books & AI: The Toolkit of the Future Speaker: Cecilia Lascialfari |
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| Session Topic: When Stories Leave Home: Why Our Stories Matter to the World Speaker: Brandon Gaydorus |
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| Session Topic: The Evolution of the Bookstore for the Ultimate Book Lover Speaker: Khamani Harrison |
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| Session Topic: How Stories Shape the Future of a Changing Planet Speaker: Leena Joshi |
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| Session Topic: Protirement for the Page Speaker: Patrick Chang |
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| Session Topic: Book Publishing in the Age of AI Speaker: Jenny Watz |
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| Session Topic: Whatever It Takes Speaker: Cobus Visser |
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| Closing: GatherVerse Book Summit | |
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