SLA New England would like to invite the Simmons community to the 2016 Fall Conference, Friday, September 30th. This year's conference is at the Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center, conveniently located between Hartford, Boston, and Providence.

The conference theme "Building Skills, Creating Value" frames the day as we look to provide information professionals opportunities to further develop existing capabilities, no matter the stage of their career. Our keynote speaker will be Tracy Z. Maleeff (@LibrarySherpa) principal of Sherpa Intelligence, a research and social media consulting firm in the Philadelphia area.

The entire list of sessions are available at http://newengland.sla.org/archives/139807. Below is a selected list of sessions.

• Tracy Z. Maleeff, Principal, Sherpa Intelligence will discuss "Networking As A Professional Skill."

• Paul Galvin, MD, Associate Professor Framingham State, "Mindful communication"

• Toby Pearlstein, Retired Director of Global Information Services, Bain & Company, Inc., and Jim Matarazzo, Dean and Professor Emeritus of the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College will present on "Sustainability Through Strategic Focus -- Understanding and Demonstrating Contribution."

• Ellen Cartledge-Janpool, MLS,MBA,CDF, Reference Librarian, Simsbury Public Library and President, Transition Services for You, "The Non-Linear Librarian Career Path: Reboot, Recharge, Reset"

Register for this event at https://slanefall2016.eventbrite.com/. Fees are SLA Members – $65 | Students/Retired/Under-employed – $35 | Non-members – $80.

We hope to see you in Southbridge! There is also a carpooling site to help with transportation: https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpooling.html?c=newengland_sla