We are happy to announce the following invited speakers at the LIBER 40th Annual Conference:

- Neelie Kroes (Vice President European Commission, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda)

- Rick Luce  (Vice Provost and Director of Libraries for Emory University): E-science and roles for research libraries

- Herbert Van de Sompel (Los Alamos National Laboratory): Towards a machine friendly scholarly communication system

- Alma Swan (Key Perspectives): Open Access Repositories. Their current and future place in the research workflow

- Lorcan Dempsey (Vice President, OCLC Research and Chief Strategist): Transforming libraries into ubiquitous information spaces

Topics are tentative. More details will follow in the coming days and weeks.