Programme
Library Visits for early arrivals
12.00 - 18.00 Library visits to Ulbroka and Ogre library
Internal Meetings (Pre-Conference)
09:00
Registration Desk Open (We have coffee for you!)
10:00 - 12:00
- EBLIDA Executive Committee Meeting & Photo Session
- NAPLE Board Meeting
- NAPLE e-book Working Group
13:00 - 14:30
EBLIDA Annual Council Meeting - Reserved for EBLIDA Members
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee Break and Photo Session with Council Members
15:00 - 17:00
- NAPLE General Assembly
- Library visit at the National Library of Latvia and exhibition “Rights to a Library” (in the framework of the 500th anniversary of first book in Latvian)
19:00 - 21:00
Council Dinner (For EBLIDA Council Members only) [The Council Dinner is generously and fully sponsored by FëBLux]Restaurant Neiburgs (Jauniela 25/ 29, Rīga)
EBLIDA Conference
Power and resiliance: Books and reading in the age of AI
8:30 – 9:00
Registration Desk Open (We have coffee for you!)
9:00 – 9:45
Welcome
Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Education and Science, Director of the National Library, EBLIDA (TBA)
9:45 – 10:15
Keynote
Language models and AI-based technologies
Andrejs Vasiljevs (Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Tilde, Latvia)
10:15 – 10:45
Keynote
Publishing in the AI-era and collaboration with libraries
Lasse Korsemann Horne (CEO Saga Publishing, Denmark)
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break / networking
11:15 – 12:15
President’s Session with Erna Winters (EBLIDA President) and Vicki McDonald (IFLA President)
12:15 – 12:30
OCLC Presentation
(TBA)
13:30 – 14:30
Thematic Paralell Sessions I. Advocating for libraries in today's political landscape: Challenges and opportunities for Library Associations
Claudia Serbanuta (President, National Association of Librarians and Public Libraries of Romania (ANBPR)/Communities of the Future Association, Romania)
Wendy Wauters (Collection manager, Antwerp Libraries, Belgium)
II: The state of reading and reading promotion campaigns today
Sentobib.eu study “Users’ perception of libraries – results from the largest user study ever"
Francis De Bonnaire (Sentobib, Belgium)
TBA
Valentina Stoeva (EURead Co-chair, Bulgaria)
III: On technology & collaborations
The transition of publishing and written culture in the digital age
Dr. Panagiotis Kapos (Vice President, Hellenic Foundation for Book and Culture, Greece) and a speaker from Norway (TBA)
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee/tea/refreshments
15:00 – 16:00
Lightning Talks
Hear from 12 dynamic speakers on a variety of topics in rapid, engaging presentations. (More speakers to be announced soon)
16:00 – 16:45
Networking sessions & coffee
16:45 – 17:00
Wrap-up & Conclusions
19:30 - 22:00
Conference Dinner (TBA)
Strategic Sessions and Library Visits
Small coffee on arrival
Internal Meeting
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EBLIDA Executive Committee Meeting |
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