NISO Plus was a sell out, and one of the main reasons for that was the caliber of the speakers. A NISO Plus repository is now being created where everyone will be able to access the presentations, videos, Google doc discussions, and other materials from the event. This year, the conference was attended by 251 attendees — including 89 speakers and moderators. Sixteen awardees were honoured — Miles Conrad Award, Ann Marie Cunningham Service Award, NISO Fellow, and NISO Plus scholarships.
One of the key goals for NISO Plus was to facilitate conversations among attendees about important topics for the information community. The level of engagement throughout the three days of the meeting — from the pre-conference workshop on The Potential and Challenges of Today’s AI, led by Bohyun Kim and opening keynote, The Other I-Word: Infrastructure and the Future of Knowledge, by Amy Brand, to the closing keynote on Questioning the Legitimacy of Data by danah boyd — was much appreciated. There was much discussion, knowledge sharing, and idea generation on Twitter as well as in person.
Another key goal was to come up with some concrete outputs that NISO can take forward. As Executive Director, Todd Carpenter, noted in his opening remarks, NISO Plus wasn’t just about Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday — it’s about Wednesday (and beyond!). So NISO Topic Committee members, as well as the staff members, are now working through the Google docs used to collectively share feedback and ideas from each session, as well as comments on Twitter and elsewhere.
Feedback is also being collected from attendees about what worked (and what didn’t!), to help shape next year’s event. NISOPlus21 is scheduled to take place in Baltimore on February 21-23, 2021. Registration will open in September.
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