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Eliška Bartošová

  • Czech Republic Libraries Association and Erasmus+ Coordinator
  • Czech Republic
  • Eliška Bartošová graduated in Environmental Studies from the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University. She is a co-founder of the informal working group Sustainability in Libraries, and works as a project manager at the Association of Libraries ČR, where she is in charge of the project Digital Odyssey in Libraries and Erasmus+ accreditation. 
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Michal Broža

  • Head
  • UN Information Office, Prague
  • Czech Republic
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Oksana Brui

  • Ukrainian Library Association
  • Ukraine
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Ioana Crihana

  • National Association of Librarians and Public Libraries of Romania (ANBPR)
  • Romania
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Andrew Cranfield

  • EBLIDA Director
  • Netherlands

  • Andrew Cranfield holds a BA in Library and Information Science and an MA in Cultural Studies and has spent most of his professional career working in the Danish library sector, both public and academic.
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Francis De Bonnaire

  • European Coordinator
  • Belgium
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Camilla Donà dalle Rose

  • EBLIDA Project Assistant
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Lenka Dostálová

  • Moravian Library Brno
  • Czech Republic
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Kristine Fjord Tolborg

  • Director of Chora 2030
  • Denmark
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Tomáš Foltýn

  • Director General
  • The National Library, Prague
  • Czech Republic

  • Tomáš Foltýn is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at the University of Pardubice, where he studied Cultural History. In 2007, he began working at the National Library of the Czech Republic, initially as a project manager in the Digitization Department and later as Head of the Metadata Creation and Management Department. In February 2012, he became Head of the Department for Strategic Planning of Library Collections Digitization, and in January 2013 he was appointed Director of the Collections Management Division. He held this position until 1 May 2021, when he was appointed Director General of the National Library of the Czech Republic.
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Robert Fritz

  • Virovitica Public Library
  • Croatia
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Jelena Glišović

  • Serbian Library Association
  • Serbia
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Klaas Gommers

  • Netherlands Public Library Association
  • The Hague, Netherlands
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Anneli Haapaharju

  • Chair
  • Finland’s Swedish Library Association
  • Finland
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Andrew Harbison

  • Director
  • WebJunction, OCLC
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Lukáš Houdek

  • Documentary filmmaker, journalist and photographer
  • Prague, Czech Republic

  • Lukáš Houdek studied Romani studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. He was the coordinator and one of the leading figures of the HateFree Culture project, he is dedicated to topics related to corporeality and intimacy, and has carried out a number of artistic and journalistic projects on the topic of minorities, prejudice and historical or personal traumas. Today he is a reporter for Heroine magazine.
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Mia Karvonen

  • Board member
  • Finland’s Swedish Library Association
  • Finland
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Ilona Kish

  • Director
  • Public Libraries 2030, Brussels
  • Belgium

  • Ilona Kish previously served as Secretary General of Culture Action Europe, a European Umbrella association promoting arts and cultural associations across Europe. She has extensive experience advocating towards the EU institutions and running awareness-raising campaigns, as well as a thorough working knowledge of both the operational and political functions of the various EU institutions.
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Enda Leaney

  • Dublin City Libraries
  • Ireland
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Sean McNamara

  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS)
  • Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alenka Melkić

  • Zagreb City Libraries
  • Croatia
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Sharon Memis

  • IFLA Secretary General
  • Netherlands
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Silvija Perić

  • Virovitica Public Library
  • Croatia
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Thomas Sture Rasmussen

  • SDG coordinator for the Danish Library Association and project lead on WEEK17
  • Denmark
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Tomáš Řehák

  • Director
  • Municipal Library of Prague
  • Czech Republic
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Oleh Serbin

  • Ukrainian Library Association
  • Ukraine
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Hanka Šandová

  • Centrum technického vzdělávání Půda
  • Městská knihovna Polička
  • Czech Republic
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Irena Šťastná

  • Director
  • Ostrava City Library
  • Czech Republic
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Ton van Vlimmeren

  • Former-President
  • Lifelong Member of EBLIDA
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Erna Winters

  • EBLIDA President
  • Netherlands

  • Erna Winters has worked in Dutch public libraries for nearly 40 years, including 24 years as a director. In 2024, she became Network Manager for Public Libraries at the KB National Library of the Netherlands. She brings extensive experience in advocacy, policy, and strategy, is a co-founder of Public Libraries 2030, and is committed to strengthening libraries’ voice and impact across Europe, including within the European Parliament and European Commission.
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Merve Yavuzdemir

  • General Directorate of Libraries and Publications
  • Türkiye
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