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> Reminder - a number of places are still available for the below. Book > soon to avoid disappointment. > > OCLC Europe, the Middle East & Africa would like to invite you to our 20th > Anniversary Forum 29 March, to be held at The British Library Auditorium, > St. Pancras. Registration Free of Charge.. The programme will include a > 4-hour feature (with suitable refreshment breaks and lunch). > > Further Details: Gillian McLeod, > Tel: 0121 456 4656; Fax: 0121 456 4680, > Email: [log in to unmask] > website: www.oclc.org/europe) > > PROGRAMME > 9.00-9.30am > Registration and refreshments > 9.30-10.00am > Welcome and OCLC Update > Janet Lees, Director, OCLC Europe, the Middle East & Africa > 10.00-10.10am > Introduction and outline of the day (including housekeeping) > Kathy Fryer, Manager, Marketing Communications > 10.10-11.00am > "And the future will happen" . > As the rate of technological change shows no signs of decreasing, the real > risk faced by the Library community is not that the third wave of change > smashes through us, it is that the third wave passes us by completely. > The purpose of this event is to enable Libraries to review information > about what the near future holds and the kinds of changes that will need > to be considered to enable them to develop their effectiveness and value > into this new century. The future will happen, the current concern is the > part, if any, the Library community will play in shaping that future. > Keith Trickey, lecturer at Liverpool Business School and trainer and > consultant with Sherrington Sanders > 11.00-11.45am > Refreshments and group discussions > 11.45-12.05pm > Report back > Group Leaders > 12.30-1.30pm > LUNCH > 1.30-2.15pm > OCLC Regional and product strategy > Don Muccino, Executive Vice President & COO, OCLC Ohio > 2.15-3.00pm > OCLC Governance update > Janet Lees & Ian Mowat, Librarian at Edinburgh University > 3.00-3.30pm > OCLC Product update > Catherine Bonser, Manager, Product Support > 3.30-4.00pm > Champagne and canapes > (A toast to OCLC Europe, the Middle East & Africa) > 4.00 > Conclusion of Forum