Conference Session 96

Learning from the past to shape our future—65 years IFLA/UNESCO partnership

UNESCO Open Session

13 August 2012 11:00 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 5

Welcome
HELENA ASAMOAH-HASSAN (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Library, Kumasi, Ghana)

Keynote I:
The IFLA-UNESCO partnership 1947-2012
PETER JOHAN LOR (Former IFLA Secretary General, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa)

Keynote II:
Information for All – a vision for inclusive knowledge societies
EVGENY KUZMIN (Chair of the Intergovernmental Council, UNESCO Information for All Programme, Paris, France)

Panel:
Current initiatives – Future endeavours
Chair: Helena Asamoah-Hassan

  • The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation Conference, Vancouver, September 2012
    JOIE SPRINGER (Programme Specialist, Memory of the World, UNESCO, Paris, France)
  • Media and information literacy
    MARIA-CARME TORRAS CALVO (Chair IFLA Information Literacy Section, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway)
  • IFLA/UNESCO Manifesto for Digital Libraries
    WINSTON ROBERTS (National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand)

Discussion with the audience
Led by Helena Asamoah-Hassan

Summary & Closure
Helena Asamoah-Hassan

Last update: 14 August 2012