Hello everyone - this is your last call to submit your proposals to speak at Netspeed 2018! Netspeed is one of Western Canada's premier library technologies conferences. This year it will be held on October 11th and 12th at the Strathcona County Community Centre (attached to the Strathcona County Public Library) in Sherwood Park, AB. The deadline for submissions is *Wednesday May 16th.* Successful submissions will receive complimentary registration to the conference (note that there is a maximum of two complimentary speaker registrations per session. Those receiving the complimentary registration must be actively presenting during their session). We've got great keynotes lined up already - User experience librarian and expert Joe Marquez from Reed College, Oregon, and digital literacy and youth digital culture researcher Catherine Burwell of the University of Calgary. <https://goo.gl/forms/2yYKgIB2DFCWpsJc2> CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL VIA GOOGLE FORMS. <https://goo.gl/forms/2yYKgIB2DFCWpsJc2> Want some ideas about topics? Click here to see a list of ideas on our website. <http://www.netspeedconference.com/call-for-presentations.html> __________________________ *Lauren Sergy, MLIS* *Communications Strategist* The Alberta Library #700, 10707-100 Ave Edmonton, AB T5J 3M1 www.thealbertalibrary.ca <http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca/> t: 780.414.0805 x 230 [image: http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca/images/TAL_Google_logo_4.jpg] *The Alberta Library would like to respectfully acknowledge that our member institutions are situated on Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 territory and the Métis Nation of Alberta homelands.*