MLA ’20 vConference Featured Speakers You Don’t Want to Miss!

MLA is excited to announce Esther Choo, John Brownstein, and Chris Shaffer as keynote speakers at the MLA ’20 vConference and Exhibits, the full-featured experience of virtual learning and networking. With their well-known leadership, expertise, experience, and passion, these speakers are sure to inspire as they address health disparities, the development and application of data mining and citizen science in relation to work with the COVID-19 pandemic, and medical library leadership in scholarly communication.

John P. McGovern Award Lecture Sponsored by NEJM Group When: Monday, August 10, 2020, 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., central Title: How Health Care Inequities Have Been Exacerbated by COVID-19 Speaker: Esther Choo
Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture When: Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., central Title: Digital Epidemiology and the COVID-19 Pandemic Speaker: John S. Brownstein
Janet Doe Lecture Sponsored by McGraw-Hill When: Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., central Title: The Move to Open: Medical Library Leadership in Scholarly Communication Speaker: Chris Shaffer, AHIP
NLM Update When: Friday, August 14, 2020, 10:15 a.m.–11:00 a.m., central Speakers: Patricia Flatley Brennan, director, NLM Dianne Babski, interim associate director, Library Operations, NLM Amanda J. Wilson, Engagement and Training, NLM

You need to register for the MLA ’20 vConference to participate in the McGovern, Doe, and NLM Updates. The Leiter Lecture will be live streamed publicly. Be sure to visit the MLA ’20 registration page for additional details on registration options.

Don’t miss these dynamic keynote speakers! For more information on each speaker and their sessions, please visit MLANET.

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