OPENING GENERAL SESSION: The Kindness Diaries: Recognizing Your Potential and Giving Back
Sunday, June 16, 2019
10:30am - 12:00pm
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Leon Logothetis is a TV host, producer, author, traveler and all around good guy. He is the host of The Amazing Adventures of A Nobody and author of a book by the same name. He has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, FOX, and BBC, among other mainstream media outlets. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Logothetis' new book, Go Be Kind, available March 26, isn’t just a journal or another how-to guide to getting what you want. It's a series of daily adventures that will help you rediscover the greatest human gift - kindness. |
Leon Logothetis
Global adventurer, motivational speaker, & author/creator of the book and Netflix show, The Kindness Diaries |
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GENERAL SESSION: Fireside Chat: The Information Professional of the Future
Monday, June 17, 2019
3:00pm – 4:30pm
What will the future of our profession look like? What skills does the workforce need? Join leaders of iSchools in a fireside chat to discuss creating the information professional for the future. Panelists will share their perspective on how our profession can prepare for the next generation of information professionals and how the profession navigates its way through the digital revolution.
CLOSING GENERAL SESSION: Racial and Sexual Bias in Digital Media
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
2:45pm – 4:15pm
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Safiya Umoja Noble, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at UCLA, and is a visiting faculty member to the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication. She is the author of a best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press). |
Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication
Annenberg School of Communication
University of Southern California |
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