Programme

19 March 2018

09:00-09:30	Registration & coffee/tea
09.30-10:00	Welcome Gerald Leitner, IFLA Secretary General Glòria Pérez-Salmerón, IFLA President Mercè Conesa i Pagès, President of Diputació de Barcelona
10.00-10.45	Foresight Session: Looking to the Future Keynote Speaker: Rafael Ramirez, Oxford University
10.45-11.15	Break
11.15-12.30	Session I: Building Support in a Time of Austerity Iskra Mihaylova, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Cassie Robinson, doteveryone.co.uk The library as a demonstrator of public value, social infrastructure and digital ethics Moderator: Barbara Lison, IFLA Treasurer
12.30-13.30	Lunch
13.30-14.45	Session II: Building Bridges to Deliver New Services Matthew Finch, Library Story-Teller New Alliances in Libraryland Roger Baig Viñas, Guifi.net Understanding Community Networks to Explore Collaborations with Libraries Moderator: Vicki McDonald, IFLA Governing Board Member
14.45-15.15	Break
15.15-16.15	Session III: New Models for the Networked Age Glyn Moody, journalist, writer, speaker Dark Ages 2.0 Toby Green, Head of Publishing, OECD Moderator: Christine Mackenzie, IFLA President-elect
16.15-16.30	Break
16.30-17.30	Launch of the Global Vision Report Summary Gerald Leitner, IFLA Secretary General Global Vision Report Summary: Top 10 Highlights and Opportunities
17:30-17:40	Closing Remarks by President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón
18:00-20:00	Reception