Monday, October 6, 2025

 Time

 Event

11:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Registration/Exhibitor Setup

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

ALISE Pre-Conference Workshop

Additional Registration Fee - $25

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

 ALISE Scholars Program

*By Invitation Only

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

ALISE After Dark

Opening Night Reception, All attendees welcome to attend.

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Past Presidents Reception

*By Invitation Only

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

 Time

 Event

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

7:30 am - 8:30 am 

Leadership Orientation Breakfast

Committees, taskforces, SIG conveners, and appointees are invited to attend the orientation led by ALISE's Past President and ALISE's President-elect.

9:00 am - 10:15 am

Welcome Address from ALISE President & Opening Plenary Session:

The year will culminate with the conference keynote plenary speaker being one of our own - our fellow LIS faculty colleague from the UCLA iSchool, Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, who is also an ALISE member and author of the New York Times bestseller Algorithms of Oppression (2018).

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Breakout Series 1

Breakout Sessions (Mix of Juried Papers, Juried Panels, and SIG Sessions)

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Breakout Series 2

Breakout Sessions (Mix of Juried Papers, Juried Panels, and SIG Sessions)

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Break

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Breakout Series 3

Breakout Sessions (Mix of Juried Papers, Juried Panels, and SIG Sessions)

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Break

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Breakout Series 4

Breakout Sessions (Mix of Juried Papers, Juried Panels, and SIG Sessions)

6:15 pm - 7:30 pm 

Works in Progress (WIP) Poster Session and Reception

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

 Time

 Event

6:30 am - 7:30 am

Wellness Session (TBD)

7:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Registration

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Council of Deans, Directors, and Chairs Breakfast and Meeting

8:30 am - 10:00 am 

Breakout Series 5

Breakout Sessions (Mix of Juried Papers, Juried Panels, and SIG Sessions)

10:00 am - 10:30 am 

Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Breakout Series 6

Breakout Sessions (Mix of Juried Papers, Juried Panels, and SIG Sessions)

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Awards Luncheon

Annual Business Meeting will begin immediately following the awards ceremony which will include the 125th Anniversary Celebration!

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

ALISE/Jean Tague Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Research Poster Competition and Dessert Reception

Winners Announcement

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Break - Q&A for JELIS

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm 

Breakout Series 7

Breakout Sessions (Mix of Juried Papers, Juried Panels, and SIG Sessions)

Thursday, October 9, 2025

 Time

 Event

9:00 am - 11:00 am

ALISE Board Meeting
*Breakfast Provided