Programme

Friday 2 April

14.15
Title: Conference Introduction and Welcome
Speaker: Ciara Eastell, Principal Assistant County Librarian, Somerset Libraries Arts and Information Service

14.20
Title: Making Framework for the Future a reality: the importance of leadership
Speaker: Bill Macnaught, Head of Cultural Development, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council.

14.55
Title: Leadership in Libraries: Lessons from the Clore Leadership Programme
Speaker: Rt Hon Chris Smith, Director, The Clore Leadership Programme.

16.00
Title: The Quality Leaders Initiative: an innovative model to develop managers to deliver modern public service
Speaker: Shiraz Durrani, Innovations & Development Manager, London Borough of Merton, Quality Leader from the QLP-Youth programme.

16.45
Title: Flexible working - is it working?
Speaker: Lucy McCarraher, Work/Life Balance Consultant

19.00
Reception hosted by Askews
Pre-dinner speaker: author Sarah Harrison.

Saturday 3 April

09.15
Title: More than a building: the changing library. Plans for the new Birmingham Central Library.
Speaker: Ayub Khan, Principal Project Officer, Birmingham Libraries

10.00
Title: Resource's Workforce Development Strategy
Speaker: Chris Fardon, Senior Workforce Development Adviser, Resource

11.15
Title: Online learning - the experience of the IdeA website
Speaker: Richard Grice, Assistant Director of Knowledge and Learning, IdeA

12.00
Title: "I want the one I can't have" - the potential contribution of libraries to the wider local government agenda
Speaker: David Murray, Divisional Director, London Borough of Newham

14.00
Title: CILIP's new qualifications framework and its role in contributing to workforce development.
Speaker: Marion Huckle, Membership Careers and Qualifications, CILIP

14.30
Debate
Title: "This house believes that there are not enough high quality leaders to take forward the public library of the future. We should start to appoint managers from outside the profession now"

16.00
Public Libraries Group AGM

Sunday 4 April

09.30
Title: Leadership - A Panel Discussion
Speaker: Esther Gregory, Virtual Library Manager, Bedfordshire Libraries

Speaker: Peter Gaw, Head of Libraries and Lifelong Learning, City and County of Swansea

Speaker: Irene Brough, Area Manager, Library Services, West Lothian Borough Council

10.30
Title: Project PEARL (Partnership in Education, Achievement, Research and Learning)
Speaker: Mary Fleming, Cultural Development Manager, Gateshead Council

11.30
Title: Creative Thinking: exploding the limitations
Speaker: Angela Abell, Director, TFPL Limited