Ages 19-60

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

Middle School Matters - What Libraries Can Do to Support Reading in Middle School

Room 105

Host: Sujata Noronha

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

Publishing through Times of Crisis

Room 108

Host: Namrata Tripathi

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

New Worlds

Design Room

Host: Christopher Myers

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

Building for the Future

First Floor Collab Space

Hosts: Aparna Kapur, Jayapriya Vasudevan

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

The Real Deal

Room 101

Host: M T Anderson

11:00 AM – 11:50 AM

Strangeness as a Structural Choice

Room 111

Host: Frances Hardinge

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Many Selves, One Being

Room 105

Host: Angie Kang

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM

A Meeting of Minds

Design Room

Host: Corinna Luyken

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Refreshing A Classic

First Floor Collab Space

Hosts: Anushka Ravishankar, Bijal Vachharajani, Priya Kuriyan

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Craft vs AI

Room 101

Hosts: Huthuka Sumi, Kanishka Gupta

12:00 PM – 12:40 PM

A Tribute to Childhood

Stage 2 - Talks, Conversations, Panels

Hosts: Christopher Myers, Namrata Tripathi

12:00 PM – 12:50 PM

The Poetry of Picture Books

Room 106

Host: Leonard Marcus

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM

Readers of Sport

Stage 2 - Talks, Conversations, Panels

Hosts: Kunal Majgaonkar, Menaka Raman

3:00 PM – 3:50 PM

Layers of Meaning

Stage 2 - Talks, Conversations, Panels

Hosts: Angie Kang, Canato Jimo, Nina Sabnani, Priyankar Gupta

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

Historical Frenemies

Stage 2 - Talks, Conversations, Panels

Host: Amish Tripathi