Festival Program

Day 1 — April 2, Thursday

09.30 – 10.30
Thursday, April 2
Registration & Welcome Coffee
10.30 – 10.45
Thursday, April 2
Opening Ceremony

(Tanıtım Filmi Gösterimi)

10.45 – 11.15
Thursday, April 2
Protocol Speeches
11.15 – 11.30
Thursday, April 2
Official Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition and Festival Area
11.30 – 12.30
Thursday, April 2
Keynote Speech

Sharon Memis – Secretary General, IFLA

12.30 – 13.30
Thursday, April 2
Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.45
Thursday, April 2
Special Session: Rami Library
14.15 – 15.45
Thursday, April 2
International Session (90 minutes)
  • Ester Omella Claparols (Member, IFLA PUBLIB)
  • Frances Jane Cowell (Chair, IFLA PUBLIB)
  • Hannah Kirsten Neumann, Ulrike Krass (Member, IFLA PUBLIB)
  • Mikkel Christoffersen (Member, IFLA PUBLIB)
  • Mirjam van den Bremen (Member, IFLA PUBLIB)
15.45 – 16.00
Thursday, April 2
Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30
Thursday, April 2
Masterclass Program

Canva Workshop
(Şuheda Çongar, Canva Türkiye)

Day 2 — April 3, Friday

09.30 – 10.00
Friday, April 3
Healing Activity
10.00 – 11.00
Friday, April 3
IFLA Public Library Service Guidelines Workshop

*Closed Session

11.00 – 12.30
Friday, April 3
Poster Presentation Session

Moderator: Günay Uysal

12.30 – 13.30
Friday, April 3
Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.15
Friday, April 3
Keynote Speech

Andrew Cranfield – Director, EBLIDA

14.15 – 15.45
Friday, April 3
Public Institutions Session (90 minutes)
  • Erdem Acır – Head of R&D and Project Development Department, Directorate General of Information Technologies, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye
  • Abdullah Enes Taha – Head of Department, National Technology and Artificial Intelligence Directorate General, Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye
  • Prof. Dr. Elif Güler Kazancı – President, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Institute (TÜGET), Presidency of Turkish Health Institutes (TÜSEB)
  • Ömer Öztürk – Head of Climate Change Adaptation and Local Policies Department, Climate Change Presidency, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Türkiye
  • Sümeyye Ceylan – Vice President, Green Crescent (Yeşilay)
15.45 – 16.00
Friday, April 3
Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00
Friday, April 3
Masterclass Program

National Digital Library
(Fulya Karakoca)

17.00 – 18.00
Friday, April 3
Masterclass Program

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Libraries
(İsmail Karaca)

Day 3 — April 4, Saturday

09.30 – 11.00
Saturday, April 4
IFLA Guidelines for Green Libraries Workshop
11.00 – 12.30
Saturday, April 4
Poster Presentation Session

Moderator: Günay Uysal

12.30 – 13.30
Saturday, April 4
Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.15
Saturday, April 4
Keynote Speech

Maria McCauley – President, American Library Association (ALA)

14.15 – 15.45
Saturday, April 4
Academic Session (90 minutes)
  • Prof. Dr. Şehnaz Ceylan – Karabük University
  • Prof. Dr. Alpaslan Hamdi Kuzucuoğlu – Istanbul Medeniyet University
  • Dr. Ali Kavak – Kırıkkale University
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Güssün Güneş – Marmara University
  • Mevlut Bahçevan – Gaziantep Islam, Science and Technology University
15.45 – 16.00
Saturday, April 4
Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00
Saturday, April 4
Masterclass Program

Climate Change
(Merve Yavuzdemir)

17.00 – 18.00
Saturday, April 4
Closing Session