Dear LIS teachers, Professionals, Research Scholars, and students, Greetings from MILAN!!! MILAN – Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network is delighted to announce the ‘National Conference on Academic Publishing, Libraries, and Artificial Intelligence(MILAN-APLAI 2024)’ in association with Department Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, and Mysore University Library, Mysuru from 21st to 22nd June 2024 at Mysuru. MILAN is organizing this Two-Day National Conference aiming to investigate the critical issues and challenges posed by AI in academic publishing and assess the profession's readiness to address them. This is a good opportunity to understand, discuss, and deliberate on the important topic – Artificial Intelligence, its impact on academic publishing, and library services. Details of the conference such as ‘Important dates, registration details, themes and subthemes, venue, conference highlights’ are available at https://sites.google.com/view/milan-uom/home I am herewith sharing the details of the Keynote speakers who are experts from Artificial Intelligence discipline: 1. Prof. Srinath Srinivasa, Dean, R & D International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B) Bengaluru 2. Prof. A.G. Ramakrishnan Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru 3. Dr. Mandar Mutalikdesai Vice President - Product AI / Data Science [24]7.ai, Bengaluru 4. Dr. D. S. Guru Professor Dept. of Studies in Computer Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysuru-570006 5. Dr. Rajesh Nagaraja Asst. Vice President Jio Platforms Private Limited Bengaluru 6. Ms. Anjana Sudhi Data Science Senior Manager Accenture Bengaluru 7. Ms. Aparana Gupta Director of Engineering, AI & Data Science Leader Microsoft Bangaluru 8. Mr. Yash S Regional Head AWS Gen AI Innovation Center South Asia & South East Asia Mumbai Participation in the conference will give you an opportunity to visit beautiful Mysuru - Cultural Centre of Karnataka, City of Palaces, and Gardens and enjoy the picturesque surroundings of the Manasagangotri campus of the University of Mysore known for its academic excellence. Conference Website: http://tinyurl.com/tptuj2tm Last date for submitting papers is 15th May 2024 Looking forward to your active participation Thanking you, Yours Sincerely Dr Meera B M President MILAN Conference Chair Librarian (Retired) Raman Research Institute, Bangalore Date: 10th May 2024