Opening Ceremony
Channel: IFLA
Date: 2022-07-26

The Opening Ceremony will be hosted by Hans Ulrich Locher, Delegate of the Governing Board

Programme Outline:

Opening Session Welcome
- Speech Lord Mayor of Dublin Caroline Conroy
- Speech National Committee Chairs
- Speech IFLA President, Barbara Lison
- Irish Cultural Performance
- In Memoriam Donna Scheeder
- Keynote Speech from Irish former President Mary Robinson
- Irish Cultural Performance
- Official Opening by IFLA President, Barbara Lison

Presentations:

1. Keynote Speech: The Challenge of the Climate Crisis
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland/Chair of The Elders and Adjunct Professor of Climate Justice, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

2. Speech by National Committee Chairs
Philip Cohen, Chair of the Irish National Committee and Immediate Past President of the Library Association of Ireland, Ireland
Marian Higgins, Co-Chair of the Irish National Committee and President of the Library Association of Ireland, Ireland
Cathal McCauley, Co-Chair of the Irish National Committee and Vice President of the Library Association of Ireland, Ireland