Preliminary Outline of Program
| 9:00-9:30 | Registration and Welcome |
| 9:30-10:30 | Session I – Strategy and Staffing for Success |
Presenter:

Ng Cher Pong,
CEO,
National Library Board, Singapore

Liisa Savolainen,
Deputy Director,
National Library of Finland and Chair of IFLA National Libraries Section
| 10:30-11:00 | break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Networking Breakouts on Session I |
| 12:00-13:00 | lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Poster Session- Best Practice Sharing |
| 14:00-15:00 | Session II- Legal Deposit and Copyright in the Digital Age |
| 15:00-16:00 | Networking Breakouts on Session II |
| 16:00-16:30 | break |
| 16:30-17:30 | Book Fair Visit |
| 16:30-21:00 | Reception at House of Wisdom |
| 9:30-10:30 | Session III- Resource Collaboration and Collection Development |
Presenter:

Richard Davies,
Head of Collections Programmes,
The British Library

Dr. Mansour bin Abdullah Al-Zamil,
Secretary of the King Fahd National Library,
Saudia Arabia

Iaguba Djallo,
Director Public Library and National Historical Archives,
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
| 10:30-11:00 | break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Networking Breakouts on Session III |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Session IV- Security |
Presenter:

Tomas Foltyn,
Director General,
National Library of the Czech Republic

Sylvain Bélanger,
Senior Director General,
Digital Services,
Chief Information Officer Library and Archives Canada
| 14:00-14:30 | break |
| 14:30-15:30 | Networking Breakouts on Session IV |
| 16:00-16:30 | Closing Discussion Session |
| 18:00-22:00 | Cultural Evening and Dinner |