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Agenda:

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Speaker: Crosby Kemper, Executive Director, Kansas City Public Library, @KCLibrary
• Introduced by:  Maura Marx, Acting Director, IMLS, @mauramarx / @US_IMLS

8:45 – 9:45 Participatory Learning in Libraries

• Moderator: Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information, @cni_org
• Panelists:
  • Bill Derry, Director of Innovation, Westport Library, @BillDerry / @WestportLibrary
  • Tod Colegrove, Director, DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library, University of Nevada, Reno, @pcolegrove / @DeLaMareLibrary
  • Laura Damon-Moore, Co-creator, Library as Incubator Project, @LauraDM08 / @IArtLibraries

9:45 – 10:45 Early Learning in Libraries

• Moderator: Clara Bohrer, Director, West Bloomfield Township Public Library, @westbloomlib
• Panelists:
  • Diane Hutchins, Consultant and Project Manager, Washington State Library, @WAStateLib   
  • Beth Crist, Youth and Family Services Consultant, Colorado State Library, @BethCSL / @COStateLibrary
  • Kathleen Deerr, National Coordinator, Family Place Libraries at Middle Country Public Library, @MiddleCountryPL

10:45 – 11:15 Break - Tour of the Kansas City Digital Media Lab

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Adult Learning and Workforce Development in Libraries

• Moderator: David Singleton, Director of Libraries, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, @cmlibrary
• Panelists:
  • Diosdado Gica, Director of Learning and Literacy, Queens Borough Public Library, @QueensLibrary
  • Karisa Tashjian, Literacy Program Coordinator, Providence Public Library, @ktashjian / @provlib
  • Cindy Gibbon, Access and Information Services Director, Multnomah County Library, @MultCoLib

12:15 – 1:15 Working Lunch

12:45 – 1:15 Continuing Education for Librarians

• Moderator: Tim Cherubini, Executive Director, Chief Officers of State Library Agencies
• Panelists:
  • Chrystie Hill, Community Relations Director, OCLC, @itgirl / @OCLC
  • Anne Craig, Director, Illinois State Library, @annewbcraig

1:15 – 2:30 Leveraging Research to Inform Better Practice

• Moderator: John Horrigan, Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center, @JohnBHorrigan
• Panelists:
  • Mega Subramaniam, Assistant Professor, iSchool - College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, @mmsubram / @iPAC_UMD
  • Gail Dickinson, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies & Research, Old Dominion University, @gailkd  / @ODUnow
  • Jill Castek, Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University, @Portland_State   
  • Alison Head, Principal Research Scientist, Information School, University of Washington, @alisonjhead / @UW_iSchool

2:30 – 3:30 Digital Literacy and Inclusion

• Moderator: Colin Rhinesmith, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma, @crhinesmith / @OUSLIS
• Panelists:
  • Ruth Small, Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, @drruthsyr / @iSchoolSU
  • Dwight McInvaill, Director, Georgetown County Library, @dmcinvaill / @GtownCoLibrary
  • Susan Feller, President/CEO, Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, & Museums, @TribalALM

3:30 – 3:45 Break

3:45 – 5:00 Aligning Curriculum with the Needs of Today’s Libraries and Users

• Moderator: Bonnie Postlethwaite, Dean of Libraries, University of Missouri-Kansas City, @UMKCMNL
• Panelists:
  • David Lankes, Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, @rdlankes / @iSchoolSU
  • Mary Stansbury, Associate Professor, Library and Information Science, University of Denver, @marystansbury / @UofDenver
  • Mark Puente, Director of Diversity and Leadership Programs, Association of Research Libraries, @ARLnews
  • Siobhan Reardon, President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia, @FLPDirector / @FreeLibrary

5:00 – 5:15 Closing Remarks