Keynote Speaker
Event Details
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2023
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: The Dupont Circle Hotel, Washington, DC
Audience: Invitation Only—Association of Research Libraries Member Representatives
Registration Fees
Early Bird Registration: $400 (July 5–August 15)
Standard Registration: $450 (August 16–September 15)
Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. Pacific standard time on September 15, 2023.
About the Institute
As educational and cultural institutions committed to inclusiveness and equity as well as academic freedom and free expression, research libraries and their parent institutions in Canada and the US are experiencing complicated challenges to these deeply held values, both from their constituent communities and in law and policy. This offering is designed to engage research library executives in strategic decision-making and to provide a forum for confidential, peer-to-peer learning and conversation.
Acknowledging that political contexts vary by location as well as institution type; the ARL Executive Institute will focus on shared concerns and common challenges for leaders. Polarization, extremism, and misinformation undermine the potential for open discourse and debate, which is critical to the development of human knowledge and to responsible and effective governance.
In addition to the Keynote speaker presented by the Lumina Foundation, the program will feature:
- Interactive, scenario-based workshops led by experts at PEN America on strategically handling tense moments and their aftermath, and Academic Freedom and Inclusion—using Tools to Uphold Both
- A diverse panel of higher education experts from Canada and the US discussing lessons learned from tensions at the intersection of free expression and inclusion
- Presentations by researchers studying the prevention of polarization and extremism, who will discuss empirical findings on building resilient and inclusive communities of knowledge
Participants will have the opportunity to share and learn tools and strategies as leaders within research institutions to navigate internal and external pressures on their commitments to inclusivity and free expression.
This institute is being held in-person only, and is open only to ARL member representatives.
SPONSORS
Keynote Sponsor
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: We are social investors who support a more effective democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and in the success of American cities and towns where the Knight brothers once published newspapers.