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The ASIS&T European Chapter is delighted to share the conference programme for Information Science Trends 2025, to be held at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School on June 11-12, 2025. The exciting on-site programme includes a keynote from Professor Crystal Fulton (UC Dublin), two presentation sessions, an open workshop on research methods, and various opportunities to network and catch up with colleagues.

Don’t forget to register for in-person attendance (or to view presentations via Zoom). Further background on the event can be seen in the call for participation. Accepted and revised abstracts will appear on the conference’s Zenodo community. Please contact current chapter chair Jesse Dinneen with any questions.

Information Science Trends 2025: Creativity, Transformation, Empowerment

Programme

Location: Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Aytoun St (Manchester UK), rooms BS4.44 and BS3.28.

Day 1 June 11 – all times in BST (UK/Dublin time)

Time
18:00-20:00Conference Dinner – details will be emailed to conference registrants

Day 2 June 12 – all times in BST (UK/Dublin time)

Time
09:30-10:00Doors open, light breakfast provided
10:00-10:05Welcome to IST25 & Introduction to ASIS&T European Chapter, BS4.44
10:05-10:35Keynote, BS4.44:

Crystal Fulton – Re-centring people: Searching for the future of our discipline, education, and engagement with communities.
10:35-10:50Keynote discussion
10:50-11:0515-Minute break
11:05-12:35Presentations, BS4.44:

Dijana Šobota – Trade Union Experiences and Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence and Workplace Transformation: Critical AI Literacy as a Tool for Empowerment

Milena Dobreva & Lucrezia Maciocco – DeCoGLAM: Creating a Community of Practice in Decolonising GLAMs

Amber Cushing – “Fixing” an academic manuscript: a facet of invisible personal information management work
12:35-13:35Lunch (provided), BS3.28
13:35-14:35Open workshop on research methods, BS3.28
14:35-14:5015-Minute break
14:50-16:20Presentations, BS4.44:

Juan Jose Boté-Vericad, Džejla Khattab, Mari Vállez & Lamija Silajdzic – Empowering Project Management through Automation: Power Automate in the GEDIS Erasmus+ Project

Sheila Webber – Information and disinformation in video gaming

Alba Rozas-Fueyo & Juan-José Boté-Vericad – Website optimization for a European project: Analysis of websites of European Erasmus+ projects with good practice badge linked to the KA220 Higher Education category
16:20Closing Words
17:00+Social event (to be decided on site)