Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Name of Speaker Link to Presentation
Ms. Maya Nahra, Mistress of Ceremony LLA Board Members Welcoming Words
Dr. Fawz Abdallah, President Lebanese Library Association Opening Words
Ms. Barbara Lison, Guest Speaker President-Elect, IFLA IFLA´s Journey Towards a New Governance Model
Dr. Milad Sebaaly, Chairman and Chief Academic Officer Global Learning AI and Smarter Libraries
- Mr. Matthew Smith, Academic Librarian University of East Anglia, England
- Mr. Mathe/matthew-smithw Hayes, Managing Director Lean Library
Putting the librarian in the life of the user
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Name of Speaker Link to Presentation
Dr. Anne Brice, Head of Knowledge Management Public Health England Bridging the digital divide: the role of librarians in global and disaster health
Mr. Bob Gann, Digital Health Literacy Advisor Health Education England / CILIP Combating digital health inequalities in the time of COVID
- Dr. Dania Bilal, Professor University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences
- Dr. Clara Chu, Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Educating the Next Generation of AI Leaders in Libraries: IDEA Institute on AI
Mr. Wajdi Tahmoush, Team Leader Library Services CX, Naseej Legacy system modernization: Moving to Services Platforms
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Name of Speaker Link to Presentation
Dr. Ramesh C Gaur, Professor & Dean Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Rethinking Information Literacy: Teaching and learning tools & techniques along with ethical and legal issues
Dr. Tala Zein, Secretary-General Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO Protecting intellectual property rights in light of technological development and artificial intelligence
Mr. Alan Oliver Business, Director Business Development (Europe) – ProQuest Interlibrary loan - making a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond