Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speaker: Crosby Kemper, Executive Director, Kansas City Public Library, @KCLibrary

Introduced by: Maura Marx, Acting Director, IMLS, @mauramarx / @US_IMLS

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

Early Learning in Libraries

Moderator: Clara Bohrer, Director, West Bloomfield Township Public Library, @wblib

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

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

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

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

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

Aligning Curriculum with the Needs of Today’s Libraries and Users

Moderator: Bonnie Postlethwaite, Dean of Libraries, University of Missouri-Kansas City, @UMKCLibraries

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

Closing Remarks