Time;Title;Speakers/Presenters

14:00 – 14:30;Registration & Coffee - Welcome; 14:30 – 15:00;Artificial Intelligence in the Astana IT University: Cultivating Kazakhstan's Next Generation of AI Innovators;Dr. Beibit Abdikenov 15:00 – 16:00;Workshop: Ethical AI for the Library;Andrew Cox 16:00 – 16:30;Coffee Break & Astana IT University Library Visit; 16:30 – 17:30;Workshop: Taming AI for Metadata Enhancement: RAG and Local LLM;Edmund Balnaves 17:30 – 18:30;AI in the Academic Field: Supporting Research and Learning;Moderator: Zhuldyz Orazymbetova ;⠀⠀⠀1. Transforming Services with AI: The Nazarbayev University Library Journey;Yelizaveta Kamilova ;⠀⠀⠀2. Artificial Intelligence and the Evolution of Learning Resources Collections at Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University;Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed ;⠀⠀⠀3. A Comparative Analysis of AI Tools for Research Support: ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot;Sharon Q. Yang, Sharon Whitfield ;⠀⠀⠀4. Linguistic Barriers in Academic Research: Can AI Create a More Inclusive Future?;Frode Opdahl, Aislinn Marmion

Time;Title;Speakers/Presenters

8:30 – 9:00;Registration; 9:00 – 9:30;Opening Session and Welcome; ;⠀⠀⠀1. Opening Speech: Dr. Andrii Biloschitsky, Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation, Astana IT University;Dr. Andrii Biloschitsky ;⠀⠀⠀2. Satellite Opening Remarks: Chairs of the IFLA Bibliography and Information Technology Sections and the Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group;Rehab Ouf, Cory Lampert, Andrew Cox ;⠀⠀⠀3. Welcome Note: Director of Astana IT University Library and Satellite Coordinator;Maral Nuralina ;⠀⠀⠀4. Messages from Sponsors; 9:30 – 10:30;Metadata's New Frontiers: AI-Driven Systems and Standards;Moderator: Rehab Ouf ;⠀⠀⠀1. SGCAT: Using AI to Facilitate Cataloguing;Ng Hui Ling ;⠀⠀⠀2. AI-Powered Bibliographic Control: Automating Cataloging, Standardization, and Data Capture;Claudio Daniel Diaz, María Paz Vergara ;⠀⠀⠀3. From PDF to Prompt: Toward Universal Bibliographic Control Through Machine-Readable Cataloguing Rules;Hannes Lowagie 10:30 – 11:00;Coffee Break; 11:00 – 12:15;Copyright and Other Legal Implications of AI;Moderator: Andrew Cox ;⠀⠀⠀1. Choose carefully: AI Regulation, Copyright, and the Recent IFLA Statements;Stephen Wyber ;⠀⠀⠀2. The U.S. Copyright Office’s Report on AI and Copyright;Christopher Weston ;⠀⠀⠀3. Copyright and AI: Navigating the Ethical and Legal Issues;Jane Secker, Chris Morrison 12:15 – 13:00;Panel: AI & the Metadata Professional Landscape;Moderator: Cory Lampert 13:00 – 14:00;Lunch Break; 14:00 – 14:30;Astana IT University Tour; 14:30 – 15:30;Institutional Responses to AI: Libraries, Standards Bodies and Bibliographic Agencies in Transition;Moderator: Andrew Cox ;⠀⠀⠀1. IFLA Entry Point to Libraries and AI;Andrew Cox ;⠀⠀⠀2. Catalysing Change: An AI Roadmap for Cataloguers at the National Library Board of Singapore (NLB);Haliza Jailani ;⠀⠀⠀3. RDA’s AI Strategy and the Future Development of RDA;Renate Behrens 15:30 – 16:30;Curating in the Age of Generative AI: Global Perspectives on Collections, Ethics, Ownership, and Cultural Responsibility;Moderator: Rehab Ouf ;⠀⠀⠀1. Unexpected AI in the Collections: A Collection Development Case Study on Navigating a New Academic Information Ecosystem;Selena Chau ;⠀⠀⠀2. Cultural Rhythms at Risk: Libraries, Copyright, and AI in the Preservation of African Music;Asmaa Bouaamri, Fredrick Otike ;⠀⠀⠀3. Generative Artificial Intelligence, Copyrights and Licenses from Latin America Approach;Juan Miguel Palma Peña ;⠀⠀⠀4. Reframing Bibliographic Control in the Age of Generative AI: Toward Inclusive Metadata Policies and Practices.;Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri 16:30 – 17:00;Coffee Break; 17:00 – 18:15;Pushing Boundaries to Next Generation Cataloguing: Experiments at the Edge of AI and Metadata;Moderator: Cory Lampert ;⠀⠀⠀1. Results of AI Experimentation for Cataloging at the Library of Congress;Caroline Saccucci, Abigail Potter ;⠀⠀⠀2. Metadata for the Margins: Cyberpunk Cataloging with OpenAI;Amy Andres, Liya Louis ;⠀⠀⠀3. Improving Performance in AI-based Automatic Classification through Feature Augmentation: A Case Study of KDC;Jung Chul, Lee Soo-Sang, Rho Jee-Hyun ;⠀⠀⠀4. Accessibility and Digital Repositories: Describing Digital Collections using LLMs;Anna Schlaack, Stephanie Luke, Ayla Stein Kenfield 18:15 – 18:30;Closing Remarks;