Bologna 2024

Conference ‘We love reading’
Salaborsa Library, Bologna, 10 April 2024

PROGRAMME (short)
PROGRAMME (long)

The conference will be moderated by Boštjan Gorenc - Pižama.

CONFERENCE OPENING

8.30-9.00
Speeches by international colleagues
Elena Pasoli, Director of the Bologna Children's Book Fair
Elisabetta Lippolis, Coordinator of the Organizing Committee 2024 IBBY World Congress
Sylvia Vardell, IBBY President
Marieta Tzvetkova, FELA President SPEECH (pdf)

9.00-9.10         
A welcome speech by Katja Stergar, Director of the Slovenian Book Agency

PLENARY LECTURES

9.15-9.30           
Pride and care - homemade bread of words
Marko Kravos, President of the Slovenian Reading Badge Society
PRIDE AND CARE - HOMEMADE BREAD OF WORDS (pdf)
9.35-9.50           
Intergenerational hunger for words
Tilka Jamnik, Vice President of the Slovenian Reading Badge Society and the Slovenian Section of IBBY
INTERNATIONAL HUNGER FOR WORDS (pdf)
9.55-10.10          
In search of lost complexity: is AI making us stupid?
Miha Kovač, University of Ljubljana
IN SEARCH OF LOST COMPLEXITY: IS AI MAKING US STUPID? (pdf)

PRESENTATIONS

10.15-10.30      
‘Back to the future’ with the Reading Badge
Petra Potočnik, Slovenian Reading Badge Society
BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH THE READING BADGE (pdf)
10.35-10.50       
To read or not to read 1000 books? Is there a shortcut to staying on top of the annual production of books for children and young adults?
Jerneja Černilogar, Ljubljana City Library
TO READ OR NOT TO READ 1000 BOOKS? (pdf)
10.55-11.10       
Journal, festival, or award? Why not all three!
Andreja Erdlen, Maribor Public Library
JOURNAL, FESTIVAL, OR AWARD? WHY NOT ALL THREE? (pdf)

11.15-11.45        Coffee break

 
ROUND TABLES

11.45-12.30       The superpower of libraries
moderator Sabina Fras Popović, University of Ljubljana
School libraries: Metka Kostanjevec
Public libraries: Maja Kenda
Specialised libraries: Aksinja Kermauner
Slovene National and Study Library in Trieste: Ivana Soban
THE SUPERPOWER OF LIBRARIES (pdf)

12.45-13.30        A Planetarium of Reading: Navigating through the universe of multimedia
moderator Veronika Rot Gabrovec, University of Ljubljana
Periodic press: Alenka Veler - Ciciban and Cicido
Slovenian Periodic Press in Italy: Ivan Mitrevski - Galeb
Radio broadcasting: Klemen Markovčič – Radio Slovenia
TV broadcasting: Maruša Prelesnik Zdešar – TV Slovenia
Film: Petra Slatinšek - Kinodvor
Storytelling: Špela Frlic - Pravljični studio (Storytelling Studio)
A PLANETARIUM OF READING: NAVIGATING THROUGH THE UNIVERSE OF MULTIMEDIA (pdf)

13.30-14.00       Coffee break

PLENARY LECTURE

14.00-14.30      
So few people, yet so many books!
Gaja Kos, critic, editor and writer
SO FEW PEOPLE, YET SO MANY BOOKS! (pdf)

ROUND TABLES

14.45-15.30       Can you imagine a teenager with a book?!?
moderator Nika Pušlar, Itn. (Etc.) Festival of engaged writing
YA readers and Reading Badge: Manca Perko - Slovenian Reading Badge Society
YA fiction author: Janja Vidmar - writer
Project GG4A: Barbara Pregelj - Malinc Publishing House
CAN YOU IMAGINE A TEENAGER WITH A BOOK?!? (pdf)

15.45-16.30       The crème de la crème of Slovene children’s literature
moderator Tina Bilban, President of the Slovenian Section of IBBY
Peter Svetina, writer - 2024 Andersen Award nominee
Damijan Stepančič, illustrator - 2024 Andersen Award nominee
Anja Štefan, writer - 2024 IBBY Honours List
Maša P. Žmitek, illustrator - 2024 IBBY Honours List
Mateja Seliškar Kenda, translator - 2024 IBBY Honours List
THE CRÈME DE LA CRÈME OF SLOVENE CHILDRENŚ LITERATURE (pdf)

16.30                Closing of conference, social event

Conference Organizer: Slovenian Book Agency