08:30-09:00
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Registration
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Registration and badge pickup will be in the lobby (ground floor) of the National Library of Greece at the SNFCC
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09.00-11:00
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Opening Session
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Gerald Leitner, IFLA Secretary General
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Fillipos Tsimpoglou, National Library of Greece General Director
representing Greek partners: Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists (AGLIS) & Goethe Institut Athen
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Lefteris Kretsos, Secretary General of Communication and Media, Ministry of Digital Policy of Greece
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Professor Kostas Gavroglou, Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs of Greece
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Lydia Koniordou, Minister of Culture of Greece
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Donna Scheeder, IFLA President
Keynote speaker:
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Dave Snowden, Director of the Cynefin Centre, Bangor University, Wales: Illuminating the future, understanding the evolutionary potential of the present
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11.00-11.30
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Coffee break
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11.30-13.00
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Session II: Societal Trends
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Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director Association for Progressive Communications, South Africa: Why libraries matter in a hyperconnected world
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Vassilis Harambidis, Founder & Artistic Director, Bios Exploring Urban Culture, Greece: So many things so little time, So little things so many times
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Moderator: Maria Carme Torras i Calvo, IFLA Professional Committee Chair
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13.00-14.00
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Light lunch break
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14.00-15.30
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Session III: Globalisation
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Nick Ashton-Hart, Consultant/Adviser at the UN Conference on Trade and Development / Associate Fellow of Geneva Centre for Security Policy: Can globalisation’s greatest tool, the Internet, support local identity and social development?
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Karl Schroeder, Futurist NarrativeFutures.com, Canada: Truth in the Age of Dematerialization
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Moderator: Christine Mackenzie, IFLA Treasurer
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15.30-16.00
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Coffee break
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16.00-17.45
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Session IV: Technological Trends
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Betty Tsakarestou, Assistant Professor and Head of Advertising and Public Relations Lab, Panteion University - Department of Communication Media and Culture, Greece: Smart and Resilient Cities in our Connected World: New ways to live, co-exist, communicate and innovate in the Mobile, Digital and Deep-Learning Age
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Ivan Owen, Makerspace Lab Manager at the University of Washington, USA: The Impact of Digitization of Physical Collections
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Moderator: Glòria Pérez-Salmerón, IFLA President-elect
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17:45-18:00
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Closing Remarks by President Donna Scheeder
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18.00-19.00
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SNFCC Guided tours (optional)
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19.00-21.00
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Welcome Reception
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