Schedule

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Registration

April 16, 2026

8:00 AM

Paz Perez

IAC26 Opening Keynote

April 16, 2026

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Morning Break

April 16, 2026

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM

From Nice-to-Have to Must-Have: Building the Executive Case for Information Architecture

April 16, 2026

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Jessica DuVerneay

Taylor Loredo-Payberah

Crash Course or Crash Out: A First Timer’s Taxonomy Tale

April 16, 2026

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Michelle Polyak

Wrangling Medicare’s Complexity: How IA Brought Clarity to AARP’s Medicare Experience

April 16, 2026

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Lunch Break

April 16, 2026

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Shiny Tools Are Making Us Forget the Basics

April 16, 2026

1:30 PM to 1:45 PM

Jordan Kolanski

Architecting Access: Designing a Clear, Scalable, and Secure Access System for Netflix Studio

April 16, 2026

1:45 PM to 2:00 PM

IA for Evil

April 16, 2026

2:00 PM to 2:15 PM

Navigating Complexity: Practical Tools for Collaborative Clarity

April 16, 2026

2:30 PM to 3:00 PM

Robin Silberling

Is the Global Menu Disappearing? Framing Navigation Design in the Age of AI

April 16, 2026

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Afternoon Break

April 16, 2026

3:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Acquiring Global Customers One Signup Step at a Time: How I Use IA to Drive Conversion

April 16, 2026

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Dan Brown

Product Blueprints: Documenting the IA of Products

April 16, 2026

4:30 PM to 5:00 PM