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IAC 22 [Re]Connect
Home / Past conferences / IAC22: [Re]Connect / Program / Saturday, April 23rd

Workshops and Main Program Online

All presentations will be recorded and available for [re]play as part of the Talks on Demand for all registered attendees through December 2022. Videos will be made available the date of the scheduled presentation. Main program talks also include a short live Q&A which will not be recorded.

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  • Workshops
    1. 18 Mon
    2. 19 Tue
    3. 20 Wed
  • Main Program
    1. 21 Thu
    2. 22 Fri
    3. 23 Sat

Saturday, April 23

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM CT

Social Event

Location

Outdoor Garden
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Polar Bear Exercise and AMA

Stretch your legs with a walk, yoga, or something else before meeting for an AMA with Lou Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, and Jorge Arango for an hour of conversation. This event is open to all conference attendees with no prior registration required. The Ask Anything session will start at 10:00 AM ET / 7:00 AM PT in the Outdoor Area.

Jorge Arango
Jorge Arango
Louis Rosenfeld
Peter Morville
Peter Morville

11:45 AM to 12:45 PM CT

45 minute talk

Location

Auditorium
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Design systems don’t work unless they talk to content models

Design systems and content models are changing UX practices. Design operations are moving away from creating screen-specific designs toward building and using repeatable systems. Increasingly, content and design are developed and managed independently of each other. There are now two systems influencing the user experience. These developments are changing the nature of information architecture. These systems enable greater flexibility, supporting multichannel experiences, for example. But systems also present challenges. Putting…

Michael Andrews

12:45 PM to 1:15 PM CT

20 minute talk

Location

Auditorium
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Design as Translation

Before entering my current profession as a User Experience Designer, I was trained and worked as a language translator. In literary translation, we have a saying that you can either bring the text closer to the reader, or you can bring the reader closer to the text. With the former, the text is translated in a way that does not push the reader outside of their comfort zone. Derogatory terms…

Rhea Reid
Rhea Reid

1:15 PM to 2:15 PM CT

45 minute talk

Location

Auditorium
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Doubt, daring, and documentation: Reevaluating content in design systems

With this presentation, we look at updated research about content in design systems. We’ll see the results of a survey of more than 200 systems and assess how they do or don’t include content. And we’ll also talk about the contributions content professionals can bring to design systems. These contributions stretch beyond documentation and voice and tone guidelines. There’s a long list of things content strategists can bring to both…

Michael Haggerty-Villa
Michael Haggerty-Villa

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM CT

Networking

Location

Mentor Room
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Group Mentoring Session (Saturday)

Are you new to UX, making a career change, or need direction on future career steps? Meet with a group mentor for conversation and advice. Each host will work with four to five attendees for an hour of discussion. Attendance is free with a main conference ticket.

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM CT

Sponsored Event

Location

Auditorium
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Simplifying towards more meaningful IA

Technology is always getting smarter, becoming more fundamentally conversational, supportive and anticipatory. With this shift, we’ve seen the role of IA evolve from primarily navigating and wayfinding to prioritizing, offering choices, and managing attention. Content used to have to work really hard to tell customers that digital experiences were for them; now customers just expect it. We now have an opportunity to radically simplify our content to create more human…

Andrew Pendleton, Director - Design Systems at Verizon
Andrew Pendleton
Kristen Ames, Senior Manager - Content Strategy at Verizon
Kristen Ames

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM CT

45 minute talk

Location

San Diego Room
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[Re]Connect @ #IAC23

Covid has had an outsize impact on how we live our lives, conduct our work, and confer with our peers. The 2022 IA Conference will be the third time we’ve met as a virtual community, but hopefully we’ll be able to meet in person again for IAC23. This virtual town hall session is a chance to discuss the future of IAC, consider what’s worked well during our run as an…

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Jeffrey Ryan Pass
Ren Pope
Ren Pope
Nathan Rogers

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM CT

20 minute talk

Location

Auditorium
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Safe Tech Audit: IA as a Framework for Respectful Design

Did you know? 60% of school apps leak student information to Big Tech?Most mobile apps create persistent channels to third party data brokers who can share your data far and wide?More than half of US adults don’t know that agreeing to Terms of Use is a contract that may bind them to allow personal data sharing? Your Personal Information is none of anyone’s Business. IA can help keep it that…

Noreen Whysel
Noreen Whysel

4:30 PM to 5:30 PM CT

Keynote

Location

Auditorium
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Closing Keynote

Dana Chisnell talks to us about connection, about bringing human centered research to drive government policies that affect millions of people in daily life, how IA and user centered design are changing how governments deliver services to real people.

Dana Chisnell
Dana Chisnell

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM CT

Social Event

Location

Auditorium
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Closing Remarks / 5 Minute Madness

Following the final keynote by Dana Chisnell we will [re]member the best parts of this year’s conference and continue the conversation with an annual tradition. Five Minute Madness is an opportunity for anyone to share their highlights – whether this was your first time or you have been to every one. Five Minute Madness will run as long as people have something to share. Afterwards socialize in the Rooftop Lounge…

Sponsor IAC

We’re looking for organizations who share our commitment to building and sustaining programs that drive a more inclusive industry. Learn more on the Sponsor IAC23 page or contact us directly at info@theiaconference.com for more information.

Thanks to this year’s sponsors!

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Platinum sponsor
Optimal Workshop
Logo for sponsor Factor Firm
Gold sponsor
Factor Firm
Logo for sponsor Last Call Media
Silver sponsor
Last Call Media
Logo for sponsor Design for Context
Scholarship sponsor
Design for Context

Logo for sponsor A Book Apart
In-Kind sponsor
A Book Apart
Logo for sponsor Balsamiq
In-Kind sponsor
Balsamiq
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In-Kind sponsor
MURAL
Logo for sponsor Rosenfeld Media
In-Kind sponsor
Rosenfeld Media
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Community sponsor
UX Camp DC
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Community sponsor
World IA Day

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