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MLA 2025 Annual Conference Schedule at a Glance

*Schedule is subject to change. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

6:00 - 9:00 PM Welcome Reception at Lansing Shuffle*

* Requires preregistration.

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

9:30 AM - 4:45 PM Registration Open
10:00 - 10:45 AM New Attendee Welcome
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Opening Keynote: Overcoming Fear to Channel Your True Voice with Wade Rouse
12:30 - 2:00 PM Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
12:30 - 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open
2:00 - 3:00 PM Breakout Sessions
3:00 - 3:30 PM Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:30 - 4:30 PM Breakout Sessions
4:45 - 5:30 PM Discussion Sessions
6:00 - 7:00 PM Cocktail Hour
7:00 - 8:00 PM Michigan Library Awards Dinner**
8:00 - 9:00 PM Michigan Library Awards Ceremony**

** Additional fee for vendors and those not registered to attend on Wednesday.

Thursday, October 30, 2025

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Registration Open
8:00 - 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 AM Morning Keynote: Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America with Barbara McQuade
10:00 AM - 10:45 PM Exhibit Hall Break
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall Open
10:45 - 11:45 AM Breakout Sessions
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM Lunch
12:15 - 1:15 PM Lunch Keynote with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
1:30 - 2:30 PM Breakout Sessions
2:30 - 3:00 PM Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:00 - 4:00 PM MLA Annual Meeting
4:15 - 5:15 PM Breakout Sessions
6:30 - 9:00 PM All-Conference Reception at the Library of Michigan

Friday, October 31, 2025

8:00 - 11:30 AM Registration Open
8:00 - 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 AM Breakout Sessions
10:15 - 11:15 AM Breakout Sessions
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Closing Keynote: Ships and Shipwrecks: Navigating Our Libraries Through the Age of Al with Nick Tanzi
 

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