Welcome and Introduction

Kit Matthew, Director, IMLS

Day 1 Keynote Speaker

Dan Cohen, Executive Director, Digital Public Library of America

Plenary: Community Connections During Times of Crisis

Melanie Adams, Managing Director, Community Education & Events, Missouri Historical Society
Carla Hayden, Executive Director, Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore

Day One Closing Keynote

Ralph Smith, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Plenary: National Awards in a Local Context: Engaging Gulf Communities

Julia Bland, CEO, Louisiana Children’s Museum
Mary Cosper LeBoeuf, Director, Terrebonne Parish Library
Sarah Story, Deputy Director, Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Moderator: Tamara Thompson, Archivist, StoryCorps

Plenary: The Future of Libraries and Museums

Miguel Figueroa, Director, Center for the Future of Museums and Libraries, American Library Association
Nicole Ivy, Museum Futurist, American Alliance of Museums
Larry Johnson, CEO, New Media Consortium