At the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair, Auckland University Press director Sam Elworthy (pictured left) was elected to the executive committee of the International Publishers Association (IPA). Founded in 1896 and based in Geneva, the IPA is the world's peak organisation of publishers associations, representing 70 organisations from 60 countries around the world. Sam has played a key role in New Zealand publishing as president of the Publishers Association of New Zealand, chair of the Michael King Writers Centre and the Book Awards Governance Group, and board member of Copyright Licensing New Zealand. This is the first time that New Zealand has had a representative on the IPA executive committee.