The International ISBN Agency held its Annual General Meeting for 2026 at the Casa del Lector in Madrid, Spain. The meeting took place on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 September 2026. It was held thanks to the hard work and kind organisation of FGEE, which runs the Agencia del ISBN in Spain. Our sincere thanks must firstly go to colleagues at FGEE for hosting such a wonderful event.

Next, we thank the 87 delegates that participated in person. The delegates for the ISBN AGMs were, as usual, predominantly composed of representatives from the ISBN registration agencies across the world, but with delegates from other industry organisations including GSR Foundation, GS1, the IPA, and the International ISMN Agency. In addition, we were pleased to be able to live stream the first morning of the AGM remotely to those ISBN agencies not able to send delegates to Madrid.

The publishing industry is changing at a rapid pace, and the meeting was able to discuss some important aspects of ISBN and the publishing world more generally. As well as the International ISBN Agency's current and forthcoming activities, topics as diverse as DILVE: The Spanish book metadata platform and how delegates can get involved in standards work were also discussed.