Academic and Research Libraries Section, Metropolitan Libraries Section joint with School Libraries Section

Theme: "Academic, metropolitan and school libraries: cooperation and sharing"

Deadline for proposals: 27 March 2016

Access to Information Network – Africa (ATINA) Special Interest Group

Theme: "African Libraries - Enhancing Community Access to Information and Knowledge for Development "

Deadline for proposals: 30 January 2016

Acquisition and Collection Development Section

Theme: "Shedding Light on the Reverse Side of Acquisitions - Using Deselection to Build Stronger Collections"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

Africa Section

Theme: "Creating an Enabling Environment for Africa: Taking the Cape Town Declaration Forward'"

Deadline for proposals: 20 November 2015

Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

Theme: "Animal Agriculture Information Systems: An International Perspective"

Deadline for proposals: 5 March 2016

Art Libraries Section

Theme: "The Sea So Great, Our Boats So Small: The IFLA Risk Register and Art Documentation at Risk"

Deadline for proposals: 11 March 2016

Asia and Oceania Section

Theme: "Access to information for sustainable communities"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2016

Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS), Information Technology and Classification and Indexing Section

Theme: "Improvement of the discoverability of AV and Multimedia by transforming raw data into linked open data"

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2016

Bibliography Section

Theme: "Opening the National Bibliography: Transforming Access to Data and Building Connections"

Deadline for proposals: 21 February 2016

Cataloguing Section joint with Information Technology Section

Theme: "Let´s make IT usable! Formats, systems and users"

Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016

Classification & Indexing Section

Theme: "Reclaiming subject access to indigenous knowledge"

Deadline for proposals: 12 February 2016

Committee on Standards

Theme: "IFLA Standards Making a Difference?"

Deadline for proposals: 14 February 2016

Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section

Theme: "ILL is dead! Long live resource sharing!"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2016

Education and Training Section joint with Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section and Information Technology Section

Theme: "All about E-Learning: Connection. Collaboration. Community"

Deadline for proposals: 22 March 2016

Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group

Theme: "Green Libraries – Together, for All"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2016

Genealogy and Local History Section joint with the Asia & Oceania Section

Theme: "The Social Web: its relevance for family, oral and local history"

Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2016

Government Information and Official Publications Section

Theme: "Government Information Publishing Programmes: Past, Present and Future"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

Government Libraries joint with Library Research Services for Parliaments Sections

Theme: "Government and Parliamentary Libraries as innovators: supporting communities of practice"

Deadline for proposals: 8 March 2016

Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Theme: "From action to impact: health information professionals connecting communities"

Deadline for proposals: 26 February 2016

Indigenous Matters Section

Theme: "Sustaining the circle of knowledge: with your contribution and my contribution, indigenous communities thrive!"

Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016

Information Technology Section

Theme: "Skills and Knowledge for Citizens in an Open Data and Technology Environments"

Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016

Information Technology Section joint with Preservation and Conservation Section and News Media Section

Theme: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Current State of Born Digital News"

Deadline for proposals: 29 April 2016

Knowledge Management Section

Theme: "Using social media at work: How to share knowledge, improve collaboration and create a mutual savoir-faire?"

Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2016

Latin America and the Caribbean Section

Theme: "Limitations and exceptions for libraries in the copyright legislation of the Latin America and the Caribbean countries: a call for action"

Deadline for proposals: 12 February 2016

Law Libraries Section joint with Public Libraries Section and Government Information and Official Publications Section

Theme: "Bringing the Law to the Library: connections, collaboration and community in support of access to justice and the rule of law"

Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2016

Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section

Theme: "Meeting the needs of parliamentary clients: a knowledge sharing session"

Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2016

Library Buildings and Equipment Section

Theme: "What comes after the “Third Place”? Visionary libraries – spaces and users"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

Library History Special Interest Group, Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, in co-operation with the American Library Association Library History Round Table

Theme: "Libraries and Immigrants: Historical Perspectives"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2016

Library Theory and Research Section

Theme: "Participatory Projects in Libraries: connecting collaborative communities"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2016

LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group

Theme: "Connections and collaboration among LIS schools from developing countries"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2016

Metropolitan Libraries Section

Theme: "Regenerating the public library? Rebranding, retail and Dewey-less versus traditional models"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

National Information and Library Policy Special Interest Group

Theme: "The role of National Libraries in contributing towards the development of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

New Professionals Special Interest Group

Theme: "Failing successfully in a librarian's career: is a setback an opportunity to grow, or just an unwelcome incident on the road to success?"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

Preservation and Conservation Core Activity

Theme: "Preparing for disasters – methods and case studies for the safeguarding of documentary cultural heritage"

Deadline for proposals: 7 March 2016

Preservation and Conservation Section joint with Rare Books and Special Collections Section, and Audiovisual and Multimedia Section

Theme: "Quality management and preservation in the age of mass processing"

Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2016

Rare Books and Special Collections Section joint with Preservation and Conservation Core Activity

Theme: "Theft in libraries – facing the hidden truth"

Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016

Reference and Information Services Section

Theme: "Connecting Reference to the Wider Community"

Deadline for proposals: 13 February 2016

Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group

Theme: "Connections. Collaboration. Community."

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2016

School Libraries Section

Theme: "Inclusion for School Library Implementation"

Deadline for proposals: 30 January 2016

Science and Technology Section

Theme: "The Role of Libraries and Librarians in Scientific and Technological Data Management & Archiving"

Deadline for proposals: 19 February 2016

Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section

Theme: "The Role of Stakeholders in the New Serials World"

Deadline for proposals: 20 February 2016

Social Sciences Libraries Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section

Theme: "User Experience (UX) and Social Science Libraries in the Digital Age"

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2016