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8:00am EDT

Accessible Publishing Working Groups – Breakout Breakfast CR-2 (ground floor, MaRS) Registration & Breakfast Concourse (lower level, MaRS) Complimentary Headshots Concourse (lower level, MaRS)

9:00am EDT

Opening Address Auditorium (lower level, MaRS)Noah Genner CR-2 available for independent work/meetings CR-2 (ground floor, MaRS) CR-3 available for independent work/meetings CR-3 (ground floor, MaRS)

9:05am EDT

Disrupting Bias: Overcoming Our Discomfort with Differences Auditorium (lower level, MaRS)Ritu Bhasin • Literary Press Group of Canada

10:10am EDT

Fireside Chat: Ritu Bhasin in Conversation Auditorium (lower level, MaRS)Ritu Bhasin • Léonicka Valcius • Literary Press Group of Canada

10:55am EDT

Break + Trivia Concourse (lower level, MaRS)

11:10am EDT

Data-Driven Collections & Patron Management: The New Library Science Auditorium B (lower level, MaRS)Michelle Sawh • Jessie Bach • Maria Cipriano • Janet Horne • Monique Mongeon Finding the Kernel: Data-Driven Sales Tactics to Really Sell Your Book Auditorium A (lower level, MaRS)Jordyn Martinez Keywords and Discoverability on Amazon: A Canadian Context Auditorium C (lower level, MaRS)Shannon Culver • Amanda Lee Live Podcast Recording: Minorities in Publishing CR-3 (ground floor, MaRS)Jennifer Baker • Jael Richardson Speccing the Void: Adventures in the Audiobooks Abyss CR-2 (ground floor, MaRS)Wendy Reid

12:00pm EDT

Case Study: Metadata & the Web at House of Anansi Press Auditorium B (lower level, MaRS)Andrea Lacson • Carolyn McNeillie • Tim Middleton How Publishing is Attacking the Diversity Problem: A Data-Driven Approach CR-3 (ground floor, MaRS)Ashleigh Gardner Inclusivity, Diversity, and Harmonizing the Metadata Supply Chain: Standards at EDItEUR Auditorium C (lower level, MaRS)Chris Saynor Readers are Listening: Best Practices in the Production and Distribution of Audiobooks CR-2 (ground floor, MaRS)Jessica Albert • Brendan Ouellette The Accessibility Supply Chain: Reporting from the Front Lines of Inclusive Ebook Production Auditorium A (lower level, MaRS)Shannon Culver • Sabina Iseli-Otto

12:45pm EDT

Lunch Concourse (lower level, MaRS)

1:45pm EDT

New from BookNet Canada: BNC LibraryData & SalesData Auditorium C (lower level, MaRS)Monique Mongeon How Can AI Champion Great Storytelling? Auditorium A (lower level, MaRS)Mary Brendza • Monica Landers Metadata, Agility, and Consensus: How to Build Excitement, Make Agile Changes, and Consolidate Auditorium B (lower level, MaRS)Brendan Flattery • Keely Kundell The Audiobook's Tale CR-2 (ground floor, MaRS)Tricia McCraney Best Practices for Equity-Driven Acquisitions: Shifting from Gatekeeping to Spacemaking CR-3 (ground floor, MaRS)Léonicka Valcius • Annie Gibson • Scaachi Koul • Bhavna Chauhan • Literary Press Group of Canada

2:15pm EDT

New from BookNet Canada: Loan Stars & Loan Stars Jr. Auditorium C (lower level, MaRS)Elizabeth Barker

2:30pm EDT

Complimentary Headshots Concourse (lower level, MaRS)

2:35pm EDT

New from BookNet Canada: BNC CataList Auditorium C (lower level, MaRS)Carol Gordon Building Bridges, Not Walls: Successful Publishing & Retailing Collaborations Auditorium B (lower level, MaRS)Morgen Young • Chris Hall • Athmika Punja • Megan Byers • Laura Ash • Ruth Linka Case Study: Penguin Random House Canada's Audiobook Program CR-2 (ground floor, MaRS)Marion Garner • Ann Jansen • Zalina Alvi Project TAMIS: Using AI to Address the Discoverability Challenge Auditorium A (lower level, MaRS)Christian Roy

2:50pm EDT

New from BookNet Canada: BNC BiblioShare Auditorium C (lower level, MaRS)Tim Middleton

3:05pm EDT

#standardsgoals for 2019: Standards & Certification Roundup Auditorium C (lower level, MaRS)Tom Richardson

3:20pm EDT

Break Concourse (lower level, MaRS)

3:35pm EDT

Diversity in Canadian Book Publishing: Findings from the ACP's 2018 Baseline Survey Auditorium (lower level, MaRS)Kate Edwards CR-2 available for independent work/meetings CR-2 (ground floor, MaRS) CR-3 available for independent work/meetings CR-3 (ground floor, MaRS)

3:50pm EDT

State of the Bookselling & Publishing Nation 2019 Auditorium (lower level, MaRS)Noah Genner

4:25pm EDT

A Crisis Management Lens for #MeToo and the Media Industry Auditorium (lower level, MaRS)Melissa Mack

5:10pm EDT

Closing Remarks Auditorium (lower level, MaRS)Noah Genner

5:15pm EDT

Tech Forum & ebookcraft Closing Ceremony Auditorium (lower level, MaRS)Elder Whabagoon

5:30pm EDT

Tech Forum Reception Concourse (lower level, MaRS)