Introduction to the conference
by mr. Rolf Hapel, Library Director,
Aarhus Municipal Libraries, Denmark

Mrs. Mirja Ryynänen, MP,
Parliament of Finland

Mrs. Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen,
the Danish Minister of Culture

Mr. Ross Shimmon,
General Director of IFLA

Mr. Ioannis Koukiadis, MEP, Professor of Law, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Mr. Asbjorn Langeland, Director, General Directorate for Public Libraries, Norway and Mr. Jens Thorhauge, Director, Danish National Library Authority

Mrs. Mirja Ryynänen, MP, Parliament of Finland, Mrs. Maija Berndtson, Director, Helsinki City Library, Finland and Mr. Bernard Smith, Head of Unit, DG XIII/E2, Cultural Heritage Applications

Mrs. Maria José Moura,
Directora dos Servicos de Bibliotecas, Instituto Portugues do Livro e das Bibliotecas

Mr. Chris Batt, Chief Network Adviser, the Library and Information Commission, UK

Mr. Ioannis Trohopoulos, Library Director, Veria Central Public Library, Greece and Mr. Ioannis Koukiadis, MEP, Professor of Law, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Mrs. Bettina Windau,
Bertelsmann Foundation, Bereich Ôffentliche Bibliotheken - Public Libraries Division

Mrs. Breda Karun, Slovenia and Mr. Ramazan Vozga, manager, Library Training Centre, National Library, Albania

Ms. Tina Pihl, Information Officer, Mrs. Winni Vitzansky, Director and Mr. Mogens Damm, President, all from the Danish Library Association

Mr. Traian Brad, President, National Association of Public Libraries, and Librarians from Romania and Mr. David Fuegi, Education for Change, UK

Gathering around the stand with library brochures and leaflets from all over Europe

Reception
at the Royal Danish Library

Mrs. Ibolya Billedi, Hungary and Dr. Zoltán Ambrus, President, Association of Hungarian Librarians

Mr. José Carreira Marques,
Mayor of Beja, Portugal