CILIP Conference 2024 | Revolution Events Ltd | 9 July 2024 | Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PP, UK

Join established, new and emerging leaders from across the library, information and knowledge management sector for two days of inspiring talks, workshops and networking.

This Conference topic is yet to be announced. Last year’s conference was focused on the theme of Leadership and brought together established, emerging and aspiring leaders to discuss and explore ‘top of mind’ challenges and opportunities in the sector, including:

• Leading inclusive library, information and knowledge services
• Building representative collections
• Attracting, retaining and developing talent
• Promoting organisational resilience
• Focusing on Wellbeing
• Digital Leadership
As well as informing you of the sector’s latest developments, Conference will help you to move the needle on pressing issues within your organisation and aim to support your next career move as you progress through the sector.

2024 Speakers

Amy Staniforth
Consultant and Metadata Librarian, CILIP Wales

Andrew Trickett
Global Rail Knowledge & Information Manager, ARUP

Asif Khan
Director, Scottish Poetry Library

Ben Lee
Director, Shared Intelligence

Beth Montague-Hellen
Head of Library & Information Services, The Francis Crick Institute

Ciaran Talbot
Associate Director AI & Ideas Adoption, University of Manchester Library

David McMenemy
Senior Lecturer in Information Studies, University of Glasgow

Debbie Hicks
Creative Director, The Reading Agency

Dr Gianfranco Polizzi
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool

Dr Ruth Carlyle
Head of Knowledge and Library Services (NHS KLS Leadership), NHS England

Dr Vishaal Virani
Head of Health, YouTube UK & Ireland, YouTube

Duncan Anthony
Chief Commercial Officer, CILIP

Emily Wallace
Managing Director, Inflect

Emma Jane Ramstead
Deputy Library Manager, Croydon University Hospital

Frances Lingard
Project Worker, National Programmes/AI, Children’s Parliament

Gillian Siddall
Academic Librarian, University of Northampton

Glen Robson
IIIF Technical Co-ordinator, International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium

Gobinda Chowdhury
Professor of Information Science and author of Information for Sustainable Development, University of Strathclyde

Hank Malik
Knowledge Management Lead, Nuclear Waste Services

Hélène Russell
Author, Trainer, Consultant, The Knowledge Business

Jack MacDonald
Director, Library Sales, Cambridge University Press

Jake Hope
CILIP Yoto Carnegie Awards Working Party, CILIP

Janine Weightman
Founder, Knowledge Management Consultant & Organizational ReWilding Adviser, Knovolution Ltd

Jason Harper
Head of Library Research Services, University of Bath

Jim Steven
Head of Crisis & Data Breach Response Services, Experian Limited

Kirsty Shankland
Associate Architect, Wright & Wright

Kirsty Thomson
Academic Librarian, University of Dundee

Liz Jolly
Chief Librarian, British Library

Louis O’Halloran
Senior Account Manager, Devo Inflect

Louise Cooke
Emeritus Professor in Information and Knowledge Management, Loughborough University

Louise Goswami
Chief Knowledge Officer, NHS England

Martyn Wade
Chair, CILIP Policy Committee

Mia Ridge
Digital Curator, British Library

Professor Alison Brettle
Professor in Health Information and Evidence Based Practice, University of Salford

Rabeea Arif
Director of Research and Development, CILIP

Regina Everitt
Assistant Chief Operating Officer & Director of Library, Archives and Learning Services, University of East London

Sara Ewing
Lecturer in Academic Literacies, Centre for Academic Language and Literacies (CALL) Goldsmiths, University of London

Sophie Randall
Director, Patient Information Forum

Stephen Sykes
Director, 2030 Hub Liverpool

Surash Patel
VP EMEA, TeleSign

Susan Smith
Knowledge & Library Service Manager, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Tabitha Witherick
Chief Executive, ASCEL

Tom Penford
Founder, Untitled Concept

Yvonne Morris
Projects & Programmes Manager, CILIP

Zak Mensah
Co-CEO, Birmingham Museums Trust

2024 Sponsors

• Affluences
• AM
• Askews and Holts Library Services
• Better World Books
• Bibliotheca
• Bloomsbury
• Bolinda
• Britannica Education
• Browns Books
• Caia Software & Solutions
• CILIP
• Clarivate
• collectionHQ
• Crown Records Management Ltd
• FG Library & Learning
• Gale
• Keenious
• Library Management Cloud
• Lyngsoe Systems Ltd
• NewsBank
• Oxford University Press
• Princh
• PTFS Europe
• RICOH PFU (EMEA LTD)
• Scan-Optics
• The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)
• The Design Concept