Thursday, 29 August 2024 – ARRIVALS and PRE-CONGRESS SESSION – CITY CENTRE
| 15.00 – 18.00 | Registration of participants and collection of conference material Sala Comunale d’Arte, Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia |
| Free time for city tours | |
| 15.00 | IBBY Forum (reserved to participants registered for the pre-congress session) |
| 18.00 | Welcome Cocktail (reserved to participants registered for the pre-congress session) Starhotel Savoia Excelsior |
Friday, 30 August 2024 – convention centre
| 8.30 | Secretariat Opens |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 9.00 – 10.15 | Opening Ceremony |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Spotlight on Trieste, a Frontier City |
| 10.30 – 11.10 | Keynote Speech: Literature as a Driver of Change – Michael Rosen |
| 11.10 – 11.40 | Coffee Break |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 11.40 – 12.00 | Lecture: The Words to Say – Roberto Piumini |
| 12.00 – 13.30 | Lecture: Poetry in Children’s Literature – Giusy Quarenghi, Adolfo Córdova Lecture: Translating Poetry – Daniela Almansi, Simona Mambrini, Leah Janeczko, Ana Barič Moder, coord. Caterina Ramonda |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Networking Lunch |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 14.30 – 15.15 | IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award Ceremony |
| 15.15 – 16.15 | Round Table: Hearing from Young Readers on Books and Reading as a Driver of Change – coord. Simonetta Bitasi |
| 16.15 – 16.45 | Coffee Break |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 16.45 – 17.25 | Keynote Speech: Disseminating Science in Children’s Books – Telmo Pievani |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | IBBY-iRead Awards Ceremony |
| 18.30 | Light Dinner (“Apericena”) |
SATURDAY, 31 AUGUST 2024 – convention centre
| 8.00 | Secretariat Opens |
| 8.30 – 11.30 | IBBY General Assembly |
| Parallel Sessions | |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Libraries Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change Round Table: Translating Children’s Literature – Julija Potrč Šavli, Francesca Novajra, Anda Bukvić Pažin, coord. Eva Valvo Oral Session: Audience Development Oral Session: Frontiers: Frontier Projects Oral Session: Young Readers Poster Session |
| Parallel Sessions | |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Publishers Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change Oral Session: Audience Development Oral Session: Frontiers: Translation Oral Session: Young Readers Poster Session |
| Parallel Sessions | |
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Oral Session: Actors of Change: Institutions Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change Workshop: BILL, Library of Legality, 2024 Bibliography Oral Session: Audience Development Oral Session: Frontiers: Translation Oral Session: Young Readers Poster Session Reading Session: Reading Silence Aloud – stand up session for reading Silent books together |
| Plenary Session | |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Round Table on Reading Promotion, IBBY-Asahi and IBBY-iRead Winners |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | Networking Lunch |
| Parallel Sessions | |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | Round Table: Diversity & Inclusion in Children’s Books and YA Novels. Gender is not a taboo – Rosy Haine, Sara Saorin, Laura Scarmoncin, coord. Monica Martinelli Meeting of Bookbird Correspondents Oral Session: Actors of Change: Bookshops Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change Lecture: Reading as a right Oral Session: Audience Development Oral Session: Frontiers: Multilingualism Young Readers Workshop: Promoting Reading Awareness Through Literary Translation – Stella Sacchini, Eva Valvo Poster Session |
| Parallel Sessions | |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Round Table: Diversity & Inclusion in Children’s Books and YA Novels. Disability: Difference Is Not a Subtraction – Angelo Enrico Emili, Gusti, coord. Marcella Terrusi and Leigh Turina Round Table: Disseminating Science – Telmo Pievani, Nicola Davies, Sara Segantin, Dario Gasparo, coord. Elisabetta Lippolis Oral Session: Actors of Change: Schools and Universities Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change Round Table: Reading as a Right: IBBY-Asahi and IBBY-iRead winners present their projects Oral Session: Audience Development Oral Session: Frontiers: Multilingualism Young Readers Workshop: Poetry Speaks Many Languages – Chiara Basile, Adolfo Córdova, Caterina Ramonda Poster Session Meeting: Towards an International “Mamma Lingua / Mother Tongue” Programme |
| 16.30 – 18.30 | Free Time |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 18.30 – 20.00 | Presentation of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards |
| 20.00 | Hans Christian Andersen Award Dinner |
sunday, 1 September – convention centre
| 8.00 | Secretariat Opens |
| Parallel Sessions | |
| 8.30 – 9.30 | Lecture: Once Upon a border. Stories to immagine a world without frontiers. Oral Session: Actors of Change: Associations Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change Oral Session: Audience Development Oral Session: Frontiers: Frontier/Travelling Libraries Projects Oral Session: Young Readers Poster Session |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 9.30 – 10.10 | Keynote Speech: Reading in the Brain – Stanislas Dehaene |
| 10.10 – 11.30 | Keynote Speech: Reading for the Brain – Lynne Murray, Kate Nation |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Presentation of the IBBY International Honour List |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Networking Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Round Table: What use of books without pictures? Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland – Marcus Leonard, Silvana Sola, Paola Vassalli, Beatrice Alemagna, coord. Marcella Terrusi |
| Parallel Sessions | |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Round Table: The International Horizons of Academic Children’s Literature Research Published in Scientific Journals – Xavier Minguez, Smiljana Narancic Kovac, Ilaria Tagliaferri, coord. Marnie Campagnaro Oral Session: Actors of Change: Volunteers Round Table: Reading in the Mother Tongue: Books and Libraries for Every Language – Vinicio Ongini, Nicoletta Bacco, Amna Al Mazmi, Leonardo Acone, coord. Marcella Terrusi Oral Session: Audience Development Oral Session: Good Books: the Drivers of Change Oral Session: Young Readers Poster Session Workshop: IBBY camps. Practical tips and tricks to organize an IBBY camp in your country. |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Short Break |
| Plenary Sessions | |
| 16.30 – 16.50 | Presentation of 40th IBBY International Congress, Ottawa Communications |
| 16.50 – 17.30 | Hearing from Young People |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | Closing Ceremony |
| Buffet Dinner |