Dear Information Architecture Community, These are increasingly turbulent times. As we, the IAC21 co-chairs, meet to plan next year’s conference, we can’t help but reflect on the current protests and uprisings in the United States in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless other Black lives taken from this world by the police and other forms of …
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IAC21 Anywhere
The information architecture conference
April 28-30 • online
Workshops and social activities begin April 19
Emergence
Now is the time to (re)emerge.
We have a unique opportunity to ascend from the destruction, fear, and uncertainty of 2020 and forge a new vision for our community. Working together, we can emerge stronger, better, and more open-minded—but the prospect is risky. And success is not guaranteed.
IAC21 Podcast: Behind-the-Scenes with the Co-chairs
This inaugural IAC podcast provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the information architecture conference and explores why you should attend this year’s conference! David Dylan Thomas, author and speaker, interviews the co-chairs of the conference: Grace Lau, Claire Morville, Teresa Nguyen, and Cassini Nazir. For more than 20 years, the IA conference has been the preeminent event for …

Meet the IAC21 Diversity Student Scholars
Please welcome this year's Diversity Student Scholars! IAC Scholars share in the prestige and opportunities that become available when they are selected. The Scholarship Program has three primary purposes: To nurture and sustain the professional development of the scholars,To establish a network of scholars over time who become mentors to other promising newcomers, andTo support the …

The Information Architect with an identity crisis: Grace Lau
By Grace Lau
This blog post introduces another of the co-chairs for IAC21. When not planning the conference, Grace Lau is also the co-president for World IA Day, the nonprofit entity behind World IA Day (the annual event), and co-founder of DIA Design Guild, LLC, a design consultancy uplifting aspiring and transitioning UX designers and researchers. Why did you get into Information Architecture? 15 …
The Information Architecture of a Student Co-Chair
Reflecting on the past year is mind-blowing to say the least. It was almost a year ago now that I was announced as the first student liaison for the 2021 IA conference. My photo on the website has stayed the same, but a lot has changed. My title has transitioned to Student Co-Chair, and I have worked tirelessly to live up to that name by engaging students as speakers, volunteers, and attendees, …
Poster submission deadline has been extended!
Have an idea that you want to share with the IA community? The deadline for IAC21 poster night has been extended an additional week to February 17, 2021. New to the IA/UX/tech community? In the midst of a job change that you don’t want to talk about? Have an idea you want to share, but haven’t fully fleshed out? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then submit a poster for IA …
22 years and counting
We’re 22 years old! Be part of the world’s most prestigious gathering for information architecture, while fostering a truly unique conference. The IAC is attended every year by hundreds of movers and shakers in information architecture, user experience design, and content strategy.
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