LAI/CILIP Joint Annual
Conference 2019

Date: 10-11 April 2019 | Venue: Killashee Hotel, Co Kildare | Relationship: Core PCO

Conference Organisers planned and implemented the LAI/CILIP Annual Conference at the Killashee Hotel in Kildare on 10-11 April 2019 on behalf of our client, The Library Association of Ireland, in conjunction with the Chartered Institute Library & Information Professional (CILIP) Ireland.

The organising committee issued a call for papers under the ‘inclusive libraries’ theme, asking library staff from across Ireland to submit proposals for papers. The call was very well received across the library sector, which resulted in a very engaging, energetic and interesting programme of papers and posters.

The conference began with a keynote address from international speaker Erik Boekesteijn, Senior Advisor at the National Library of the Netherlands. The second keynote was Rosie Jones, Director of Student and Library Services at Teeside University in England, and the third and final keynote of the conference was delivered by Traci Lesneski from the US-based architecture firm MSR.

The conference also included a lively exhibition for Sponsors and Exhibitors, as well as a conference dinner which was attended by the Mayor and Chief Executive of Kildare City.