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.

9:30 AM - 4:45 PM	Registration Open
10:00 - 10:45 AM	New Attendee Welcome
12:00 - 1:15 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.

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

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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