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The exciting programme includes a keynote speech from best-selling author, broadcaster, medical doctor and academic Dr Ben Goldacre. Dr Goldacre will also present the Library and Information Science (LIS) Practitioner Researcher Excellence Award.

Other sessions include a review of the DREaM project by Professor Hazel Hall; an opening keynote presentation on the value and impact of library and information services by Professor Carol Tenopir; a series of short delegate-led “one minute madness” presentations; an invited paper that analyses the DREaM network by Dr Louise Cooke; and an open panel discussion on how a UK network of LIS researchers can be sustained. Panellists include Dr Carla Basili of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy), CILIP’s Annie Mauger and DREaM cadre member Jo Alcock.

To book your place, please register here. Registration costs £95 inclusive. There are a number of bursaries available but you need to be quick 

• We are offering 10 travel bursaries of up to £90 to help new professionals and full-time PhD students located outside London with their travel costs. These are being awarded on a first come first served basis. If you joined the profession in 2008 or since then, or are a full-time PhD student, please tick the box on the registration form to indicate your interest in a bursary place – but hurry, there are just a couple of bursary places left!

• Two CILIP groups are offering sponsored places at the DREaM conference for their members: (1) CILIP North West branch is sponsoring a conference place and travel, apply on the the application form by Monday 11th June 2012; (2) the Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) is sponsoring two conference places, apply by sending an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with details of your name, contact e-mail address, employer details and a 50-word statement of how attendance at the DREaM conference will impact your professional practice by Monday 11th June 2012.

To see the full programme for the day, please see the DREaM conference web page.