The 2013 ALA Annual Conference is 9 days away! For a list of programs, meetings, and events sponsored by the Office for Intellectual Freedom, IFC, FTRF, IFRT, the Merritt Fund & the Committee on Professional Ethics, check out our main Conference programs page.  You can also do a search for “intellectual freedom” on the handy ALA Conference Scheduler.

Here are some must-not-miss highlights:

Thursday, June 27

• FTRF Board Meeting (9am – 5pm) & FTRF Member Reception (5-6:30pm) – Hilton Chicago

Friday, June 28

• Intellectual Freedom 101 – Hilton Chicago Marquette Room, 12:30-1:30pm
• Gun Violence: Community Voices and Library Responses – McCormick Place S 105a-c, 1-3:30pm
• IFRT 40th Anniversary celebration – Chicago Cultural Center, 7:30-10pm (tickets on sale through June 24)

Saturday, June 29

• IFRT Program: “How a Book is Saved: Challenges and How to Fight Them” – McCormick Place S405, 8:30-10am
• Merritt Fund Reception for a Cause, Hyatt Regency, Wrigley Room, 6-8pm

Sunday, June 30

• Film screening – Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder – McCormick Place S503a, 10:30am-12:30pm
• Ethics Program: “Ethics in Action: Addressing Conflicts of Interest” – McCormick Place N427bc, 1-2:30pm
• ALA Washington Office/ALA OIF program: “We Told You So… Use of the ‘Library Provision’ of the USA Patriot Act and other surveillance issues” – McCormick Place, S501bcd, 3-4pm
  • *Note: this takes the place of the previously scheduled Intellectual Freedom Issues Briefing Session, which has been canceled

Monday, July 1

• IFC/COL program: “Do Not Track Me: A Cross-Generational Discussion of Personal Privacy” – McCormick Place S401, 10:30-11:30am
• IFC/AAP program: “Book on Fire: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Fahrenheit 451” – McCormick Place S401, 1-2:30pm