Event planning
Event Planning Resources
Please consult the following resources for planning your mid-term meeting, workshop or conference:
Sponsors
One of the IFLA Sections has shared the materials they use to seek sponsors for their conference. You may like to adapt and use these materials for your own event:
Accessibility
Although IFLA does not have its own specific checklist for making meetings and events accessible, the following resources offer great advice and contain tools to help you plan your event:
- Planning Accessible Meetings and Events: A Toolkit. American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights [PDF]
- Planning Accessible Meetings and Conferences, a Suggested Checklist and Guide. The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies.
- Accessible Conference Guide. Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing
- Accessibility Checklist for SFWA Spaces. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
- World Blind Union. How to make visual presentations accessible to audience members with print impairments [PDF]
Virtual Events
Please see the IFLA Virtual Events Basecamp for resources and information about using the IFLA Zoom platform for your event. If you have questions, please contact the Professional Support Officer.
Last update: 19 October 2020