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Washington, D.C., May 13, 2004 — The 2004 SLA Annual Conference will conclude with former National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Bill Ivey delivering a keynote presentation on the arts and culture during the event’s Closing General Session, Wednesday, June 9th, at 9:00 a.m. in the Delta Ballroom of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee USA. 

Ivey is currently the Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Vanderbilt University and Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy. He is currently working with Vanderbilt University to develop a center for the study and development of policy relating to the support, creation, and distribution of the arts by government and private enterprise.

From May 1998 through September 2001, Ivey served as the seventh Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal cultural agency. His Challenge America Initiative has garnered more than $25 million in additional Congressional appropriations for the Endowment.

Ivey leads a host of compelling speakers and presenters during the final day of open sessions and continuing education courses at the SLA Conference.  For schedule details, keynote biographies and session descriptions; go to the SLA Conference Web site at www.sla.org/nashville2004.

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