The US National Forum on Information Literacy is having a 20th Anniversary Celebration on October 15 and 16, 2009: Empowering Future Generations: Information Literacy in Washington, D.C., USA. On the 15 there is an Anniversary Dinner with a Keynote Address from Arthur J. Rothkopf, Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The 16th includes a Panel Discussion: Empowering Future Generations: Information Literacy – A National Strategic Plan. Questions to the conference co-chairs: Dr. Lana W. Jackman, lj@infolit.org (also teh contact for sponsorship offers) or Dr. Sharon A. Weiner, sw@infolit.org More details regarding the conference agenda, keynote speakers, registration etc. will be available at http://www.infolit.org/Photo by Sheila Webber: outside the Silver Pavilion, Kyoto, Japan, 2005 (Source: Information Literacy Weblog)

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