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- 10:55 AM | Derick Dreher | John C. Haas Director, The Rosenbach | Welcome
- 11:00 AM | Judy Guston | Curator and Director of Collections, The Rosenbach | The Odyssey (Greek) | Lines: 1–20
- 11:05 AM | Ethan Vincent and Pascale Spinney | Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) | La Ci Darem
- 11:10 AM | His Excellency Daniel Mulhall | Ambassador of Ireland to the United States | Telemachus | Pages: 3–4 | Lines: 1–66
- 11:15 AM | Richard Wade Vague | Author, Economist, and Chairman, Governors Woods Foundation | Telemachus | Pages: 4–5 | Lines: 67–122
- 11:20 AM | John Brady | President and CEO, Independence Seaport Museum | Telemachus | Pages: 12 | Lines: 389–432
- 11:25 AM | Fergus Carey | Ethan Vincent | Publican, Fergie’s Pub | AVA | Telemachus | Ballad of Joking Jesus | Pages: 15–16 | Lines: 545–614
- 11:35 AM | Prof. Paula Marantz Cohen | Dean, Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University | Nestor | Pages: 22–24 | Lines: 118–183
- 11:40 AM | Kelly Lee | Chief Cultural Officer, City of Philadelphia | Nestor | Pages: 24–26 | Lines: 199–264
- 11:45 AM | Sade A. Olanipekun-Lewis | Regional Director, Gov’t & Airport Affairs, American Airlines | Proteus | Pages: 37–38 | Lines: 294–330
- 11:50 AM | Lisa Washington | Corey Bonar | Attorney, Rosenbach Member | AVA | Proteus | Who Goes with Fergus? | Pages: 41–42 | Lines: 434–505
- 11:55 AM | Dr. Michael J. Barsanti | Edwin Wolf 2nd Director, The Library Company of Philadelphia | Calypso | Pages: 45–46 | Lines: 1–65
- 12:00 PM | Prof. James Murphy | Director Emeritus of Irish Studies, Villanova University | Calypso | Pages: 50–52 | Lines: 243–307
- 12:05 PM | Prof. Kermit Roosevelt | Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School | Calypso | Pages: 52–53 | Lines: 308–381
- 12:10 PM | Lenore Steiner and Perry Lerner Ethan Vincent | Rosenbach Bloomsday Chair | Rosenbach Supporter I AVA | Calypso | Seaside Girls | Pages: 53–54 | Lines: 382–431
- 12:15 PM | Darin Kelly and John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 12:30 PM | Cynthia Affleck | Member, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Lotus Eaters | Pages: 63–64 | Lines: 239–278
- 12:35 PM | Eric Kraeutler | Partner, Morgan Lewis | Lotus Eaters | Pages: 66–67 | Lines: 338–394
- 12:40 PM | Susan Sherman | President and CEO, Independence Foundation | Lotus Eaters | Pages: 70–71 | Lines: 549–572
- 12:45 PM | Robert Urquhart | Member, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Hades | Pages: 73–74 | Lines: 37–90
- 12:50 PM | Jac Rivers | Chief of Staff, Community and Culture, City of Philadelphia | Hades | Page: 91 | Lines: 839–877
- 12:55 PM | Barbara Sutherland | Chair, Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation Board of Directors | Hades | Pages: 93–94 | Lines: 960–1005
- 1:00 PM | Ulysses Students | Rosenbach Ulysses Course Graduates | Aeolus | Pages: 107–109 | Lines: 464–528
- 1:05 PM | Ulysses Students | Rosenbach Ulysses Course Graduates | Aeolus | Pages: 111–113 | Lines: 604–672
- 1:10 PM | Andrea Goulet | Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Pennsylvania | Lestrygonians | Pages: 138–139 | Lines: 650–703
- 1:15 PM | Michael Naidoff | Member, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Lestrygonians | Pages: 144–145 | Lines: 896–936
- 1:20 PM | Siobhan and Jim Reardon | President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia | Instructor, | the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College | Scylla and Charybdis | Pages: 151–153 | Lines: 1–89
- 1:25 PM | Jake Marini | Vice President and University Secretary, Drexel University | Scylla and Charybdis | Pages: 154–155 | Lines: 141–188
- 1:30 PM | Chris Domes | President, Neumann University | Scylla and Charybdis | Pages: 170–171 | Lines: 828–878
- 1:35 PM | Rebecca Romney | Proprietor, Honey & Wax Booksellers | Scylla and Charybdis | Pages: 174–175 | Lines: 997–1029
- 1:40 PM | Lenore Steiner and Perry Lerner | Rosenbach Bloomsday Chair | Rosenbach Supporter | Announcement of Bloomsday Essay Contest Winners
- 1:45 PM | Darin Kelly and John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 2:00 PM | Prof. Nathalie Anderson | Director, Creative Writing Program, Swarthmore College | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 180–181 | Lines:1–75
- 2:05 PM | Christopher Lindsay | Rosenbach Member | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 187 | Lines:299–336
- 2:10 PM | Derick Dreher | John C. Haas Director, The Rosenbach | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 193–194 | Lines: 585–641
- 2:15 PM | Ernest Hilbert | Poet | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 198–199 | Lines: 800–841
- 2:20 PM | Frances and Michael Baylson | Doctor | Senior U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 207–208 | Lines: 1176–1226
- 2:25 PM | William and Natalie McLaughlin | Founder, Irish American Business Chamber & Network | Wandering Rocks | Pages: 208–209 | Lines: 1226–1282
- 2:30 PM | Pascale Spinney | AVA | My Girl’s a Yorkshire Girl
- 2:35 PM | James Delaney | Member, Irish American Business Chamber & Network Board | Sirens | Pages: 211–213 | Lines: 63–132
- 2:40 PM | Joan Carter-Williams and Ethan Vincent | Teacher, Edwin M. Stanton School | AVA | Sirens | The Bloom Is on the Rye | Pages: 214–215 | Lines: 185–231
- 2:45 PM | Inga Saffron and Ken Kalfus | Architecture Critic, Philadelphia Inquirer | Author | Sirens | Pages: 217–219 | Lines: 337–418
- 2:50 PM | George Matysik | Executive Director, Share Food Program | Sirens | Pages: 220–221 | Lines: 444–497
- 2:55 PM | Andrew Nurkin and Corey Bonar | Deputy Director, Enrichment and Civic Engagement, Free Library of Philadelphia | AVA | Sirens | M’appari | Pages: 225–226 | Lines: 663–716
- 3:00 PM | Derick Dreher and Corey Bonar | John C. Haas Director, The Rosenbach | AVA | God Save Ireland
- 3:10 PM | His Excellency Daniel Mulhall | Ambassador of Ireland to the United States | Cyclops | Pages: 241–244 | Lines: 52–205
- 3:30 PM | Charles Stainback | Director, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College | Sirens | Pages: 226–227 | Lines: 717–755
- 3:35 PM | Eileen Cunniffe and Pascale Spinney | Bloomsday Volunteer | AVA
Sirens | The Croppy Boy | Pages: 233–234 | Lines: 1028–1076
- 3:40 PM | Emilie Parker and Pascale Spinney | Hirsig Family Director of Education, The Rosenbach | AVA | Sirens | The Last Rose of Summer | Pages: 236 | LInes: 1151–1195
- 3:45 PM | Grover Silcox | Feature Reporter and Producer, WLVT PBS39 | Sirens | Pages: 237–239 | Lines: 1234–1294
- 3:50 PM | Darin Kelly and John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 4:05 PM | Kim Andrews | Executive Director, Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia | Cyclops | Pages: 255–256 | Lines: 679–719
- 4:10 PM | Marita Krivda Poxon | Feature Writer, Irish Edition | Cyclops | Pages: 266–267 | Lines: 1192–1238
- 4:15 PM | Jim Cotter | Host and Managing Editor, WHYY’s Articulate | Cyclops | Pages: 268–269 | Lines: 1258–1295
- 4:20 PM | Kalela Williams and Corey Bonar | Director of Neighborhood Library Enrichment Programming, Free Library of Philadelphia | AVA | Cyclops | Sinn Fein Amain | Pages: 271–272 | Lines: 1393–1437
- 4:25 PM | Edward Pettit | Sunstein Manager of Programs, The Rosenbach | Cyclops | Pages: 273 | Lines: 1465–1501
- 4:30 PM | Tom Teti | Actor | Cyclops | Pages: 276–277 | Lines: 1621–1675
- 4:35 PM | Susan Muller | Member, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Nausicaa | Pages: 285–286 | Lines: 78–122
- 4:40 PM | Ulysses Students | Rosenbach Ulysses Course Graduates | Nausicaa | Pages: 295–296 | Notes: 505–567
- 4:45 PM | Jack Noonan | President Emeritus, Bloomfield College | Nausicaa | Pages: 299–300 | Lines: 674–714
- 4:50 PM | Margaretta Noonan, Corey Bonar and Ethan Vincent | Rosenbach Member | AVA | Nausicaa | The Moon Hath Rais’d | Pages: 300–301 | Lines: 715–771
- 4:55 PM | Elizabeth Mosier | Author | Nausicaa | Pages: 301–302 | LInes: 772–821
- 5:00 PM | Daniele Clay | Guide, The Rosenbach | Nausicaa | Pages: 312–313 | Lines: 1246–1306
- 5:05 PM | Darin Kelly and John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 5:15 PM | Claire Saint-Amour | Student, Yale University | Oxen of the Sun | Pages: 315–316 | Lines: 60–110
- 5:20 PM | Eileen Kennedy | Member, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Oxen of the Sun | Pages: 344–345 | Lines: 1379–1406
- 5:25 PM | Robert Heim | Member, Free Library of Philadelphia Board of Trustees | Oxen of the Sun | Pages: 346 | Lines: 1440–1464
- 5:30 PM | Robert Berry | Rosenbach Ulysses Course Instructor and Ulysses “Seen” Artist | Circe | 401–403 | 1752–1817
- 5:35 PM | Charles McMahon | Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Lantern Theater Company | Circe | Pages: 421–422 | Lines: 2478–2514
- 5:40 PM | Prof. Paul Saint-Amour | Rosenbach Ulysses Course Instructor and Professor, University of Pennsylvania | Circe | Pages: 469–472 | Lines: 4023–4150
- 5:45 PM | Ted Howell | Rosenbach James Joyce Course Instructor and Professor, Rowan University | Circe | 473–475 | Lines: 4151–4245
- 5:50 PM | Mark Moore | Director, PCOP Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program | Circe | Pages: 494–497 | Lines: 4865–4967
- 5:55 PM | Daniel Simpson | Poet, Writer, and Technical Support Specialist, Library of Congress | Eumaeus | Pages: 501–502 | Lines: 1–59
- 6:00 PM | Arthur Spector | Chair, Rosenbach Board of Directors | Eumaeus | Pages: 508–509 | Lines: 320–366
- 6:05 PM | Miriam Spector | Vice Chair, Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation Board of Directors | Eumaeus | Pages: 509–510 | Lines: 367–421
- 6:10 PM | TBD | Eumaeus | Pages: 540–541 | Lines: 1770–1806
- 6:15 PM | TBD | Eumaeus | Pages: 542–543 | Lines: 1866–1894
- 6:20 PM | Darin Kelly and John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 6:30 PM | Michael Toner and Mal Whyte | Actor and Founding Bloomsday Reader | Actor | Ithaca
- 6:55 PM | Darin Kelly and John McGillian | Musical Interlude
- 7:05 PM | Drucie McDaniel | Actor and Founding Bloomsday Reader | Penelope | Pages: 610–644 | Lines: 102–1610
