Libraries, a space for both an escape and exploration; a refuge
from the world and a doorway into it. – Tae Keller
Newpark Hotel, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny
6th – 8th November, 2024
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, November 06th
3:00 – 4:00pm Public Libraries Section Annual General Meeting
5:00 – 7:00pm Registration
8:00pm Opening Dinner
9:30pm Table Quiz
Thursday, November 07th
9:00am – 9:15am Conference Opening Address and Official Opening of Trade Exhibition – Eileen Morrissey
9:20am – 9:55am (TBC)
10:00am – 10:15am Lightning Sessions – x 3
10:15am – 11:00am Public Library social media in a post-Twitter world with Ned Potter
11:00am – 11:30am Coffee/Tea Break
11:30am – 12:15pm ‘Words as Playground – from Bookish Girl to Writer to Late-Diagnosed Autism’ with Nuala O’Connor
12:15pm – 12:30pm Lightning Sessions x 3
12:30pm – 1:15pm AI: transformer, disruptor, augmenter or just another piece of useful technology? Be careful what you wish for with Barry McCall
1:15pm – 1:30pm Lightning Sessions x 2
1:30pm Lunch
2:20pm Bus leaves – Visit to Mayfair Library
2:30pm – 3:15pm The Kilkenny Alice Kyteler Project
3:15pm – 4:00pm Mayfair Library Tour
7:00pm Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception
8:00pm Gala Conference Dinner – after dinner speaker Louise Nealon
Friday, November 08th
9:15am – 10:00am Countering Disinformation with Anthony Angelini
10:00am – 10:45am Library Publishing Panel – Niamh Brennan and Sinead Hanrahan, Christopher Power, Alison O’Byrne
10:45am – 11:15am Finding space with today’s tech-savvy child with Dr Richard Hogan
11:15am – 11:45am Coffee/Tea Break
11:45am – 12:30am Reel Life Science with Foróige
12:30pm – 1:30pm My Life in Books – Louise Nealon, Dr Richard Hogan and Niamh Mulvey facilitated by Pat Lonergan
1:30pm – 2:30pm Lunch and Close of Conference