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Featured Speakers

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  • On Demand
  • Digital Experience Speaker: Graham Norton
    Speaker: Graham Norton
    Books & Authors
  • Digital Experience Speaker: Rhiannon Giddens
    Speaker: Rhiannon Giddens
    Moderator: K.C. Boyd – Jefferson Academy - District of Columbia Public Schools
  • Friday, June 23, 2023
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Opening Session featuring Judy Blume
    Location: McCormick Place, W375d-e/Skyline
    Speaker: Judy Blume
  • Saturday, June 24, 2023
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Maysoon Zayid
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Maysoon Zayid
    Books & Authors
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Idina Menzel and Cara Mentzel
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Idina Menzel
    Speaker: Cara Mentzel
    Books & Authors
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT
    Going to the Root: Libraries, Adult Literacy, and the Interruption of Generational Poverty
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Moderator: Jai Winston – John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
    Speaker: Matthew Desmond
    Speaker: Ken Bigger (he/him/his) – ALA Center for the Future of Libraries
    Speaker: Tracie D. Hall – American Library Association
    Speaker: Deborah Kennedy – National Coalition for Literacy
    Speaker: Federico Salas-Isnardi – Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy in Houston
    Core Values
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkey
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Brian Pinkney
    Speaker: Nikki Grimes
    Books & Authors
  • Sunday, June 25, 2023
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    In Conversation with Dr. Carla Hayden
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Carla Hayden
    Speaker: Chris Brown – Chicago Public Library
    Speaker: Louise Bernard
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Rick Riordan
    Speaker: Mark Oshiro
    Books & Authors
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    ALA Awards Presentation & President’s Program featuring Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu 
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Speaker: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
    Speaker: Lessa K. Pelayo-Lozada (she/her/hers) – Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association
    Books & Authors
  • Tuesday, June 27, 2023
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Main Stage Speaker: Amanda Gorman and Christian Robinson
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Books & Authors
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