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IAC25

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Philadelphia, PA

April 26 – May 2, 2025

Co-Chairs

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Ashley Brewer
Profile image of Michelle Chin
Michelle Chin
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Nirva Shah

Workshops

AI Hands On Workshop

April 30, 2025
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
  • Beginner
Jorge Arango
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Beyond the Site Map and Inventory

April 29, 2025
1:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Carrie Hane
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Connecting Users to Content through Taxonomies

April 29, 2025
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
Heather Hedden
Heather Hedden

Inclusive Design: Creating a Bias-Informed Practice

May 29, 2025
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
David Dylan Thomas
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Introduction to AI: Empowering the Role of IA and UX

April 29, 2025
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Duane Degler

Introduction to Knowledge Graphs for IA Practitioners

April 30, 2025
1:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Bob Kasenchak
Bob Kasenchak
John Tulinsky

Introduction to Retrieval Augmented Generation

April 30, 2025
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Natalie Buda Smith
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Product IA

April 30, 2025
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Intermediate
Dan Brown
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Sessions

A Delicate Balance: Leveraging AI to Support People’s Career Development and Growth

May 3, 2025
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Sunny Choi
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Architecting Trust: Foundational Practices for Human-Centered AI

May 3, 2025
1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
Danielle Miller
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Before AI, there’s IA: Redesigning the Northwestern Libraries Website to Reshape Its Content Architecture and Navigation and Scale with Future Services and Technology

May 2, 2025
8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
Frank Sweis
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Cory Slowik
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Bridging IA and Growth: Advocating for Information Architecture in Tech-Driven Organizations

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Mandana Rafat
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Building an Inclusive Research Practice

May 2, 2025
3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Lori Baker
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Clashing Classification: Negotiation and Diplomacy in the Design and Governance of Information

May 3, 2025
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
Dana Bublitz
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Closing Remarks

May 3, 2025
4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Ashley Brewer
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Michelle Chin
Michelle Chin

Content Observability: Building Effective Feedback and Decision-making Loops

May 3, 2025
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Jeff Eaton
Jeff Eaton
Karen McGrane
Karen McGrane

Designing for Empathy in AI Chatbots: Using Visual Cues and Conversational Tone to Enhance User Experience

May 1, 2025
4:30 PM to 5:00 PM
  • Beginner
Colleen Brand
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Designing Safe, Usable Medical Devices through Inclusive User Research

May 2, 2025
4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
Kat Jayne
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