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Diversity Events at SLA's 2006 Annual Conference in Baltimore

Filed under GSLIS Events and Meetings
Posted by GSLIS, May 09, 2006
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GSLIS students, please note: one of the speakers is Tracie D. Hall, a member of the MLIP program’s first cohort.

SLA’s Annual Conference is fast approaching. As you plan your conference experience, don’t forget to add the Annual Diversity Breakfast to your schedule. The topic this year is “What is Diversity?”

WHEN: Tuesday, June 13th - 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
WHERE: Convention Center Room 329
MENU: Buffet including pastries, sliced fruit, coffee, juice, scrambled eggs
COST: US$20 (Ticketed Event #600)

Moderated by: Jeffrey Dreiblatt, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Liz Blankson-Hemans, Dialog, a Thomson business
Linda Absher, Portland State University

Speakers:

Giandomenico Picco, Under Secretary General of the United Nations, is the Personal Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations. He is also the CEO of GDP Associates, Inc. in New York City, and President of the non-governmental Peace Strategies Project in Geneva, Switzerland.

Tracie Hall, Director,
Office for Diversity and the Spectrum Initiative American Library Association

Presented by:
Diversity Leadership Development Committee
European Chapter
Science and Technology Division

Sponsored by: Thomson Scientific and Dialog

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DIVERSITY NO-HOST DINNER
WHEN: Tuesday, June 13th - 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: TBA

RSVP by June 1st to Linda Absher at absherl@pdx.edu

The Diversity No-Host Dinner provides an informal opportunity for attendees of the diversity breakfast to meet with diversity liaisons from Chapter and Divisions. The dinner will enable attendees to share ideas and network with representatives and other members interested in diversity issues.

Presented by: Diversity Leadership Development Committee

Register at http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2006/index.cfm

If you are not a SLA member, click here to join and save on your conference registration: http://www.sla.org/content/membership/joinsla/index.cfm