SLANZA Otago Regional Conference
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SLANZA Otago Regional Conference 2018
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Conference Programme

Friday 28th September
Otago Girls' High School Library and Staff Room​
​5pm           Registrations, drinks and nibbles

5.45pm     Guest Speaker Kyle Mewburn (sponsored by the New Zealand Book Council)
                   Unexpectedly Fabulous to Unexpected Lesbians

6.30pm     SLANZA Otago Unconference
We expect the evening will conclude around 7.30pm

Saturday 29th September
8.30am      Registration
9am            Mihi whakatau (please gather in the courtyard to be welcomed into the Otago Girls' High School main building.  Tea/coffee and a small                       bite to eat will be provided after the mihi)
9.20am       Opening messages
9.30am       Keynote 1 - Moata Tamaira (sponsored by Wheelers)
                     
Brave New World : technology, programming and service delivery.

                     Christchurch will soon open Tūranga, a new, 21st century library in the centre of the city. But what does “21st century” mean now,                             and what will Tūranga have to offer young people?
10.30am     Workshops (session 1)
11.15am     Morning tea/time to visit the trade stalls
                     (Morning tea sponsored by SCIS)
11.45am     Workshops (session 2)
​12.45pm     Lunch/time to visit the trade stalls
                     (Lunch sponsored by Accessit)
2pm             Keynote 2 - Bill Manhire
                     Happy Accidents
3pm             SLANZA 2018 AGM (afternoon tea sponsored by the University Book Shop will be available at the AGM)
3.30pm       Keynote 3  - Adele Walsh (sponsored by Accessit)
                     
Young People to the Front : ideas for an audience centred approach in school libraries

4.30pm       Workshops (session 3)
5.15pm       SLANZA Awards Function (drinks and nibbles provided)

7pm             Optional Conference Dinner at the Kingsgate Hotel ($55 per person for a buffet dinner, cash bar available)
                     Guest Speaker Julie Woods (That Blind Woman) (Sponsored by Wheelers)
Sunday 30th September
8.30am       Trade stalls reopen, tea and coffee available
8.30am       Workshop (session 3.5)
9.30am       Keynote 4 - Donovan Bixley (
sponsored by Library Tech NZ)
                     Son of a School Librarian : Telling Stories With Words and Pictures
10.30am     Workshops (session 4)
11.15am     Morning tea/time to visit the trade stalls
                     (Morning tea sponsored by Hydestor)
11.45am     Workshops (session 5)
12.45pm     Lunch/time to visit the trade stalls
                     (Lunch sponsored by Accessit)
2pm             Keynote 5 - Joan Mackenzie
                     My Picks : Joan talks about her life in books and the books in her life

2.45pm       Update from National Library Services to Schools
3.15pm       Keynote 6 - David Elliot (
sponsored by the New Zealand Book Council)
                     Not Another Bloody Pig Book! : David Elliot and a Shameless Piece of Promotion For His Latest Literary Foray
3.45pm       Closing speeches and farewells
Afternoon tea sponsored by the University Book Shop will be available throughout the afternoon
The conference will close at 4pm
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