Personalities with great influence will be representing distinct voices during the conference and exhibition at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual. Participants intend to be challenged by reputable and sought-after speakers from various fields of literary expertise. Keynote speakers will surely make the gathering a great source of information and an impactful event.
The 2022 ALA Annual is set to inform, educate, update, empower, and influence librarians, librarian staff, academics, authors, publishers, and the likes about the developments in the industry of books and the stewardship of these documents. Consequently, there are about 20 main speakers at the conference; 17 will be speaking onsite, and 3 will be empowering participants virtually. This is on top of the more than 300 authors and illustrators on eight LIVE stages and another 25 from the Live podcast booths.
The Opening General Session will be unwrapped by the ALA President herself, Patricia “Patty” Wong, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel. Wong has been active with the American Library Association for more than three decades now. On the other hand, Rosenworcel is said to be “the most powerful federal policymaker when it comes to information access.”
On June 26, 2022, Dr. Carla Hayden from the Librarian of Congress will grace the participants by discussing the role of libraries and librarians in the age of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news proliferation.
The list of authoritative speakers also includes the likes of Maria Hinojosa, a Pulitzer Prize winning-journalist; John Cho, a popular actor and author; Grace Lin, a New York Times bestselling author/illustrator; Tiffany Haddish, a Grammy award-winning comedian, actress, and producer; and, R.L. Stine, a New York Times bestselling author, short story writer, television producer, and screenwriter.
Also, the on-screen actor and behind-the-scenes producer and director Channing Tatum is one of the virtual speakers, which will be moderated by Cody H. Carolin, a literary producer. The digital experience will also be joined by two empowered women: Jodi Picoult, the New York Times bestselling author of 28 novels, and Jennifer Finney Boylan, the bestselling author of more than 12 books.
At the Closing General Session, the ALA Annual’s participants will be empowered and challenged by Luvvie Ajayi Jones and Dr. Nicole A. Cooke. Jones is a world-renowned speaker and author, and Dr. Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina.
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