The third annual World Information Architecture Day returns to Ann Arbor this year on Saturday, February 15.
World Information Architecture (IA) Day is a global celebration of information architecture, a full day where people in our community can learn about recent research, network with peers, and showcase new ideas.
Organized globally by the Information Architecture Institute, World IA Day marks the anniversary of the release of the “polar bear book”, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Peter Morville and Lou Rosenfeld. This year, World IA Day will take place in 24 cities, 15 countries, and 6 continents.
The World IA Day Ann Arbor event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. The event will be held at the University of Michigan Modern Language Building, Auditorium 4 (map and directions).
Here’s the schedule:
- 8:30am to 9:30am: Registration
- 9:40am to 10:40am: Form Follows Forces, Abby Covert and Dan Klyn
- 10:45am to 11:45am: Undiscovered Public Knowledge & IA: James Kalbach
- 11:50am to 12:50pm: Inside the Caution Tape: Boundaries of Architectural Practice: Paul Dannels
- 12:50pm to 2:00pm: Lunch (on your own)
- 2:10pm to 3:00pm: Lightning Talks, Claire Barco, Michael Beasley, Sean Marshall, Vanessa Moore, & Juan Pasquier
- 3:05pm to 4:05pm: Architecting the Information of Society: from Projects to Pursuit, Dan Cooney
- 4:10pm to 5:10pm: Architecting the Information of Society: from Projects to Pursuit, Jonathan Morgan and Karl Fast
I’ve had the pleasure of attending World IA Day Ann Arbor for the past two years; it’s an amazing event. I hope you consider attending!
