who’ve been on their own leadership journey. Exploring all elements of per- sonal, professional, knowledge, skills and experience development, our Get- ting match-fit as a senior leader session is designed to support delegates to take that next step, add value and thrive. Our Entrepreneurial leader session, led by Tom Penford of start-up consul- tancy Untitled Concept and Zak Men- sah, Co-CEO of Birmingham Museums Trust, will discuss ‘cultural business’ approaches to developing new income streams, and how to ‘innovate around the box’ – an approach to innovation within mature organisations.
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report that RAND conducted into the spread of truth decay from the US into Europe, as part of the Countering Truth Decay Initiative, a portfolio of projects completed by the RAND Corporation to restore the role of facts and analysis in public life.
We’ll also hear a panel discussion on Intellectual Freedom in the age of Post-Neutrality, chaired by David McMenemy, which will explore the move from neutrality to what has been called “post-neutrality” and what this means for the management of controver- sial content and activities in our sector, including implications for library ethics relating to freedom of access to infor- mation.
Joining us for Day Two, Frances Lingard (Children’s Parliament) and Gianfranco Polizzi will discuss the Dig- ital Rights of the Child, sharing insights from Lingard’s work in National Programmes and AI and Polizzi’s work on various digital inequalities projects, including NewsWise, an intervention aimed at equipping primary school children with news and digital literacy skills and knowledge.
Conference closes with a panel dis- cussion on Inclusive collections and will feature the work of CILIP Wales’ Anti-Racist Collections initiative.
Sustainable Development highlights The sustainable development of the sector is another theme central to our programming this year. As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations has set 17 Sustainable Devel- opment Goals (SDGs) – an ‘urgent call for action’ towards peace, prosperity and reduced inequality while tackling climate change and preserving Earth’s fragile ecology. With a focus on climate action, our session exploring The
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sector’s response to the UN SDG’s and will feature insights from Stephen Sykes, Director at Liverpool’s 2030 hub – the world’s first UN Local2030 Hub built around the 17 SDG’s.
Staying with the climate agenda, Kirsty Shankland, Associate Architect at Wright & Wright will present the latest methodol- ogies and accreditations the architecture and design sector is employing to help libraries meet the climate emergency in her session Collections go green: Accredit- ing sustainable library design.
Top-of-mind issues highlights Our Health and Digital Literacy session explores the role of the librarian in point- ing service users towards authoritative health information. Featuring Dr Vishaal Virani, Head of YouTube Health, and Sophie Randall, Director of the PIF TICK campaign, the panel will consider the relationship between health and digital literacy, and explore the work that Big Tech platforms, in partnership with clini- cians and content creators, are doing to increase access and awareness of authori- tative information online.
High on the HE agenda in particular, our Transformative Agreements: A sus- tainable model? Session will explore both the publisher and the institution perspec- tive on open-access and Transformative Agreement developments. Chaired by Beth Montague-Hellen of the Francis Crick Institute and featuring Jason Harper, University of Bath and Jack MacDonald, Cambridge University Press, the panel will explore whether TA’s are delivering on their objectives; whether a sustainable, entirely open-access publishing model is possible; and what that might look like.
Leadership development highlights For those looking to take their next steps into a senior leadership role, we’ll be sharing insights from key senior leaders
And last but most certainly not least, our KM & IM ‘conference within a con- ference’ stream features again this year, and has been once again programmed in collaboration with Hélène Russell and Hank Malik of the CILIP K&IM Special Interest Group.
Highlights here include a dynamic workshop on Creatively explaining the value of KM within your organisa- tion by Janine Weightman, Founder, Knowledge Management Consultant & Organizational ReWilding Adviser. Tom Penford, Founder of start-up consultancy Untitled Concept will join us once more to run an interactive ‘How might we...’ workshop, which will explore problem-solving templates for Strategic innovation within KM & IM. And our KM and AI session will present case studies from KM & IM colleagues successfully utilising AI within their organisations and discuss the challenges and opportunities.
Presidential Dinner and Drinks Reception
A networking drinks reception and din- ner takes place at the end of Conference Day One, bringing colleagues together to meet, socialise and continue the discussions of the day.
The drinks reception is an ideal way to connect with colleagues, meet new faces and develop your professional network. A three-course dinner will follow, after which, attendees will enjoy an address from CILIP’s President, Sue William- son, followed by an evening of live entertainment
Smart/business dress is advised. IP CILIP Conference 2024
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Wednesday 10 – Thursday 11 July 2024
Visit
https://cilipconference.org.uk/ to view the programme and register.
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