Every year, a number of IFLA Professional Units (Sections and Special Interest Groups) organise unique Satellite Meetings prior to or just after the IFLA World Library and Information Congress.
These 1-3 day meetings are held either in the host country or in countries in the surrounding region.
Satellite Meetings
Art Libraries
Theme: "'Of what is past, and passing, and to come': art library networks in transition"Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2020
Environment, Sustainability and Libraries joint with Preservation and Conservation
Theme: "Environmentally inspiring and engaging buildings, research, education and library services"Deadline for proposals: 2 March 2020
Health and Biosciences Libraries joint with Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH)
Theme: "Health literacy: libraries and communities working together for health & wellbeing"Deadline for proposals: 16 March 2020
Information Technology joint with Reference & Information Services Sections
Theme: "Artificial Intelligence in Discovery and User Experience"Deadline for proposals: 6 March 2020
Knowledge Management joint with Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship
Theme: "Human-Centered Knowledge Management: Connecting, Inspiring & Engaging "Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2020
Latin America and the Caribbean
Theme: "Effective Leadership: How to Inspire, Engage, Enable, Connect"Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2020
Library and Research Services for Parliaments
Theme: "The parliamentary life of information: how library and research services provide value for parliaments, Members and citizens "Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2020
Library Theory and Research with Social Science Libraries and IFLA Journal
Theme: "International Research in LIS: Challenges and Opportunities"Deadline for proposals: 7 March 2020
new: Local History and Genealogy joint with Asia and Oceania
Theme: "Challenges and Opportunities for Genealogy, Local History and Regional Memory Fields in Libraries and Other Memory Institutions in a Highly Mobile Society"Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2020
Public Libraries joint with Metropolitan Libraries, Literacy and Reading and Libraries for Children and Young Adults
Theme: "Reading Journeys: exploring the journeys into and through reading for children and adults"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2020