Innovation Gathering 2025
Provisional Programme
Tuesday 18 March, 10:00 – 16:00, The Studio, Birmingham (booking in advance is essential)
10:00 Arrival, Refreshments, Networking
10.30 Welcome, Ed Jewell, President of Libraries Connected
10.45 Responsible innovation with AI and machine learning in libraries:
examples from the British Library - Dr. Mia Ridge, Digital Curator at The British Library
11.15 Practical Shared Learning Session 1
- Library Speed Talks
- Group discussions
12.45 Lunch
13.45 Practical Shared Learning Session 2
- Library Speed Talks
- Group discussions
15.15 Books Unbanned - Emma Karin Eriksson, Manager of Youth Civic
Engagement and Creative Expression, Brooklyn Public Library
15.45 Close, Helen Drakard, Membership Engagement Manager, Libraries
Connected


Guest Speakers
Dr Mia Ridge is the British Library’s Digital Curator for Western Heritage Collections. Part of the Digital Research team, she provides advice and training on computational research, AI / machine learning and crowdsourcing. A Co-Investigator on Living with Machines (2018-23), she co-curated the Living with Machines exhibition with Leeds Museums and Galleries (2022-23).
Emma Karin Eriksson, Manager of Youth Civic Engagement and Creative Expression, Brooklyn Public Library [more information to follow]
Library Speed Talks
- Makerspaces - Vale of Glamorgan Libraries
- Meet, Eat, Art – Cambridgeshire Libraries
- Ollerton: Then and Now – Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries
- Open Access – Sutton Libraries
- Poetry Bus Project – Camden Libraries
- Pop-up Libraires – Newcastle Libraries
- Retro Gaming – Cambridgeshire Libraries
- Space to Create – Gloucestershire Libraries
- Tuned In – Merton Libraries
- TBC