DPLAfest 2019: Full Schedule

9:00am CDT

Plenary I

DPLAfest will kick off with an opening plenary featuring welcoming remarks by John Bracken and Brian Bannon, followed by a conversation between danah boyd, founder and president of Data & Society and Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries and University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, moderated by Tracie D. Hall, Director of the Joyce Foundation's Culture Program.

Westbrooks will share how she is working to build community and culture while the campus, and indeed our nation, suffers from serious factionalization on many levels. boyd, one of the leading scholars in technology and social media, will explore her latest insights. Together, they will discuss the roles each of us can play in using digital platforms to build community.

Moderators

Tracie D. Hall

Director of the Culture Program, Joyce Foundation

Prior to her appointment as Director of the Joyce Foundation’s Culture Program, Tracie D. Hall served as Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) for the City of Chicago where she oversaw the Arts and Creative Industries Division which... Read More →

Presenters

Brian Bannon

Commissioner & CEO, Chicago Public Library

Brian Bannon currently serves as Commissioner & CEO of the Chicago Public Library. Bannon was appointed to the position by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2012. Under Bannon’s leadership, CPL has been recognized as a top U.S. urban library and has won a number of awards and accolades, including... Read More →

danah boyd

Founder and President, Data & Society

danah boyd is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, the founder and president of Data & Society, and a Visiting Professor at New York University. Her research is focused on addressing social and cultural inequities by understanding the relationship between technology... Read More →

John Bracken

Executive Director, DPLA

John S. Bracken is the executive director of the Digital Public Library of America. He joined DPLA in December of 2017 after nearly two decades as a philanthropic investor in digital media, media policy and innovation. He most recently served as Vice President for Technology Innovation... Read More →

Elaine Westbrooks

Vice Provost of University Libraries and University Librarian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Since August 2017, Elaine L. Westbrooks has been the Vice Provost of University Libraries and University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is responsible for the leadership and general administration of the University Libraries. The Library system... Read More →

Wednesday April 17, 2019 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
Pritzker Auditorium 400 S State Street, Chicago, IL 60605

Plenary Session, Plenary

4:45pm CDT

Plenary II

Digital Storytelling Beyond Ebooks
Digital text is just the beginning—audio, video, virtual and augmented reality, and other technologies are transforming the ways people are making, consuming, and sharing stories and knowledge. Hear from experts working at the forefront of these new approaches of play, publishing, and collaboration.

Moderators

Doron Weber

Sloan Foundation

Doron Weber, Vice President, Programs and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, helps oversee and improve all aspects of the Foundation’s programs and plays a leadership role in Sloan’s broader philanthropic efforts with the foundation community.

Presenters

Robert Miller

Chief Executive Officer, LYRASIS

Robert Miller is the Chief Executive Officer of LYRASIS. Miller came to LYRASIS from Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music and more. While there he served as General Manager of Digital Libraries, building the Digital Libraries Division... Read More →

Katherine Maher

Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation

Katherine Maher is the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia and its sister projects. She is a longtime advocate for free and open societies, and has lived and worked around the world leading the introduction of technology... Read More →

Ashlyn Sparrow

Assistant Director, Weston Game Lab at the University of Chicago

Ashlyn Sparrow is Assistant Director of the Weston Game Lab at University of Chicago, part of the Media Arts Data and Design Center (MADD). The Weston Game Lab and MADD are part of a set of resources, labs, and facilities for engaging notions of design across traditional and emerging... Read More →

Ryan Merkley

Executive Director, Creative Commons

Ryan Merkley is Chief Executive Officer at Creative Commons. He joined the organization in 2014 to define a new strategy and to establish long-term sustainability for CC. Today, CC is implementing its renewed strategy to build a vibrant, usable commons powered by collaboration and... Read More →

Wednesday April 17, 2019 4:45pm - 5:15pm CDT
Pritzker Auditorium 400 S State Street, Chicago, IL 60605

Plenary Session, Plenary

11:45am CDT

Plenary III

The Closing Plenary will feature Louise Bernard, founding Director of the Obama Presidential Center, and Eric Klinenberg, Professor of Sociology at New York University and author of Palaces for the People. They will be introduced by Brian Bannon, Commission and CEO, Chicago Public Library.

Louise Bernard will share the latest on the planning for the Obama Presidential Center, including a preview of the first major collaboration between a public library and a presidential center. Eric Klinenberg will explore how libraries serve as “a textbook example of social infrastructure in action,” a shared space which invites and supports the full continuum of people, sometimes considered a radical notion. Together, they will explore possibilities for reimagining libraries for the mid-21st century.

Robert Miller, Chief Executive Officer of LYRASIS, will deliver closing remarks, synthesizing content from this session and the full fest.

Presenters

Brian Bannon

Commissioner & CEO, Chicago Public Library

Louise Bernard

Director, Obama Presidential Center Museum

Louise Bernard is the founding Director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center. She was formerly Director of Exhibitions at the New York Public Library. As a Senior Content Developer and Interpretive Planner in the New York office of the museum design firm Ralph Appelbaum... Read More →

Eric Klinenberg

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University

Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He's the author of the acclaimed books Palaces for the People, Going Solo, Heat Wave, and Fighting for Air, and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times... Read More →

Robert Miller

Chief Executive Officer, LYRASIS

Thursday April 18, 2019 11:45am - 12:30pm CDT
Pritzker Auditorium 400 S State Street, Chicago, IL 60605

Plenary Session, Plenary