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Cathy Kyle
Thursday
, October 1
7:30am
EDT
Registration
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Registration Desk (Mezzanine Level)
6:00pm
EDT
Opening General Dinner
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-G
7:00pm
EDT
Opening Keynote with Angie Thomas
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-G
Angie Thomas • HarperCollins Publishers
Friday
, October 2
8:30am
EDT
Friday Big Ideas: Creating Reading Rainbow
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-D
Barbara Irwin • Tony Buttino • Pamela Johnson • West Herr Auto Group
10:15am
EDT
A Case for Dismantling Dewey to Bring Back the Magic in Elementary Non-Fiction
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Salon
Jessie Hudson
LIMITED
11:15am
EDT
Lunch Break
Exhibits
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
12:45pm
EDT
Art for Everyone, Including Masters of Library and Information Science
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Delaware A-C
Tamara Palmer • Kyla Wong
LIMITED
1:45pm
EDT
Exhibits
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
2:15pm
EDT
From Fellowship to Framework Growing News Literacy Together
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Salon
Colleen Sadowski • Melissa Frost • Miranda Stefano
LIMITED
3:45pm
EDT
Strengthening Early Literacy with Tubs, Toys and Training
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Delaware A-C
Jennifer Wardlaw • Jeannine Birkenfeld
LIMITED
5:30pm
EDT
Creator Alley & Buffalo Erie Public Library Reception and Tour
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Saturday
, October 3
8:30am
EDT
Big Ideas: TBA!
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-D
9:30am
EDT
Exhibits
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
10:15am
EDT
Children’s Librarian to Public Library Director
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom G
Kristi Dougherty
LIMITED
11:15am
EDT
Lunch Break
Exhibits
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
12:45pm
EDT
Create a Critical Thinking Program Recipe
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Encore
Michelle Muller
LIMITED
2:15pm
EDT
Feel-Good Family Learning
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom E-F
Amanda “Mandy” O’Brien
LIMITED
3:30pm
EDT
Saturday Closing Session
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-D
4:30pm
EDT
Closing General Book Signing
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
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