The 2024 conference will convene a global community that is committed to freedom of expression and freedom of access to ideas and learning.
Intellectual Freedom will form our headline theme, but per our leadership remit, we will also explore wider challenges and opportunities within our sector.
Featuring:
Keynotes
Expect exciting keynote addresses from key figures both in and out of sector. Conference 2024 will welcome thought leaders from the start-up, tech, creative and learning and library spaces to present ideas which provoke, challenge and inspire.
Stijn Hoorens
2024 Opening Keynote | Daniel Gorman
New Voices, Big Ideas
The popular ‘New Voices, Big Ideas’ session will be making a return in 2024, with an opportunity to hear from inspiring individuals and emerging leaders making waves in the sector.
Developing Talent Streams
The sector’s leadership gap is a pressing challenge. The programme will feature sessions specifically designed to upskill and empower emerging and aspiring leaders to take the next step into managerial positions.
Knowledge Management and Information Management
For Knowledge Management and Information Management practitioners (or people considering making a career change) we will once again be offering a ‘conference-within-a-conference’ addressing the big themes in Knowledge Management, Information Governance and Information Management.
Workshops
Hear from expert panels and have your chance to put forward questions in our chaired Q&A’s. workshop programme aspires to provide a collaborative environment where delegates can explore, critique and disseminate key ideas and best practise.
‘Top of mind’ issues
The programme for CILIP Conference 2024 has been specifically tailored to the needs and interests of established, emerging and aspiring leaders, with opportunities to focus on:
- Intellectual freedom, censorship and information rights
- Developing future literacy as a leader
- The sector’s response to the UN Sustainability Goals
- Storytelling for impact
- Crisis and strategic communications
- Building future resilience in the face of continuing resource and budget pressures
