About AFCC 2016
The Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) aims to celebrate and promote the creation and appreciation of children’s books and content, with a focus on Asian themes.
With a mix of professional conferences, seminars, masterclasses, workshops, evenings events, and a book fair, the AFCC is a unique event right here in Asia that provides an opportunity for writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, distributors, parents, children, teachers, and librarians to meet, learn, develop their craft, and discover business opportunities.
The National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) has been organising the Asian Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference (ACWIC) since 2000. Leveraging on the success of this conference, ACWIC morphed into AFCC in 2010. It was reconstituted as both a professional trade, and to a limited extent, consumer event in 2010.
Last year, we had 225 Speakers and Moderators, 718 Conference Delegates and 10,000 participants from Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, UK, USA and Vietnam!
This year, the 5-day festival will feature Japan as the Country of Focus, as well as over 100 local and international speakers including authors, illustrators, publishers, and industry professionals from countries like Japan, Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Germany, Ireland, the United States and United Kingdom.
See you at AFCC!
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Festival Programme Committees
| Executive Director: | Mr R Ramachandran |
| Festival Director: | Mr Kenneth Quek |
| Festival Manager: | Ms Alycia Teo |
| AFCC 2016 Primary & Preschool Teachers Congress and Parents Forum | |
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| Chairperson: | Dr Chitra Shegar |
| Members: | Ms Pauline Mo Ms Geraldine Zuzarte Ms Sher-li Torrey Ms Merilyn Dasson |
| AFCC 2016 Writers & Illustrators Conference | |
| Chairperson: | Dr Myra Garces-Bacsal |
| Members: |
Mr David Liew Mr Benjamin Farr Ms Raneetha Rajaratnam Ms Linda Lingard Ms Tina Narang Ms Kathleen Ahrens |
| AFCC 2016 Cross-Platform Summit | |
| Chairperson: | Mr Marc Checkley |
| Members: | Ms Jacqueline Chan Ms Adeline Foo Mr Leslie Lee Mr Marco Sparmberg Ms Alison Norrington Ms Margaret Kerrison Mr Eric Huang |
FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2016
| Chairman: | Mr R Ramachandran |
| Festival Director: | Mr Kenneth Quek |
| Festival Manager: | Ms Alycia Teo |
| Manager – Awards | Mr Adan Jimenez |
| Manager – AFCC Book Fair | Ms Celine Chow |
| Manager – Country of Focus, Rights Exchange, Logistics | Mr Carlo Venson Peña |
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Manager – Country of Focus, Partnerships & Sponsorships |
Ms Mabel Lee |
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Manager – BIG, Language Programmes, Portfolio Review |
Ms Judi Ho |
| Manager – Finance | Ms Vasantha Loga |
| Manager – Catering | Ms Premadevi d/o Perumal |
| Publication & Web Design: | Octopus Ink |