CONFERENCE PROGRAM 11th MAY 2012
08.30
Registration and Coffee
09.30
Official Welcome – By Denmark as host
Jens Thorhauge, the Danish Agency for Culture
09.35
Maria Antonia Carrato, NAPLE-FORUM president
09.40
Pia Allerslev, Mayor of Culture and Leisure, Copenhagen (TBC)
10.00
SESSION 1 – Democracy Development in a New Media Environment
10.00
Introduction to the overall theme
Gerald Leitner, EBLIDA president
10.10
Keynote Speech 1
Tarja Cronberg, Member of EU Parliament
10.30
Coffee break
11.00
Keynote Speech 2
Cory Doctorow, International writer, blogger and activist
11.20
Panel Discussion: What’s the future of libraries, authors, publishers and booksellers in the new media environment
Tarja Cronberg, Cory Doctorow, Fergal Tobin – President of European Publishers, John McNamee – President of European Booksellers Federation, Gerald Leitner – EBLIDA president and Maria Antonia Carrato – President NAPLE-Forum
Moderator: Bas Savenije, Director of the National Library of the Netherlands
12.30
Lunch – compliments of the host country
13.30
SESSION 2 – We Need Changes!
Four interactive workshops on aspects of the theme
13.30
Introduction to and kick-off to workshops
By Jens Thorhauge, Danish Agency for Culture
13.40
Workshops (20 minutes each)
Workshop 1: The roles of the Library in a fast changing Media Market
Speakers:
Erna Winters, Kennemerwaard Public Library
Eppo van Nispen tot Sevenaer, CPNB
Moderator:
Aldo Pirola, Milan Public Library
Workshop 2: The good, the bad and the ugly: incl. some contradictory examples on e-books
Speakers:
Barbara Lison, Bremen Public Library
Knud Schulz, Aarhus Public Library
Moderator:
Michel Steen-Hansen, Danish Library Association
Workshop 3: Does copyright rule everything?
Speakers:
Harald von Hielmcrone, Aarhus State Library & EBLIDA-EGIL
Peter Schiønning, Nyborg & Rørdam Law Firm
Moderator:
Pernille Drost, Danish Union of Librarians
Workshop 4: How drawing political attention on e-services of libraries in every European country and in EU?
Speakers:
Jan Braeckman, NAPLE
Vincent Bonnet, EBLIDA
Moderator:
Klaus Peter Böttger, Essen Public Library
14.00
Workshop shift
14.20
Workshop shift
14.40
Workshop shift
15.00
Coffee break
15.30
SESSION 3 – Go for it! With Gerald Leitner
Plenum reports from each workshop moderator
Panel discussion with the audience
16.45
Next Step to initiate the European Campaign,
summing up & conclusion by EBLIDA President
17.00
End of conference – see you tonight!
Vagn Ytte Larsen, the Danish Library Association
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