2026 Keynote Speaker: Jamar Rahming
Jamar Rahming is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cuyahoga County Public Library and president-elect of the Public Library Association. With more than 20 years of library leadership experience, he is nationally recognized for innovative, community-centered initiatives and award-winning library service. He has received multiple national honors, including Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers and the ALA’s I Love My Library Award.
Past Keynote Speakers
| Year 2025 2024 2023 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 | Speaker Tracie D. Hall Bill Goldstein Ellen Jovin Dave Isay Emily Esfahani Smith K.C. Boyd Tad Hills Jadeep Mansour Sarah Vowel Jack Gantos Nancy Pearl Andrew Xia Fukuda Richard Paul Evans Adriana Trigiani Ellen Meister Susan Isaacs Chris Crutcher Mike Lupica Roger Rosenblatt Mick Foley David Baldacci Sarah Long M.E. Kerr |
