Pre-Conference Workshop

Join Dan Klyn for this half-day workshop, which is designed to equip participants with the BASIC framework for looking at the architectures of complex systems.   Attendees will get out of the conference hotel and into the streets of downtown New Orleans in a facilitated exploration of the myriad ways that features in the built environment are configured by people to store, distribute, and reify different kinds of information. No special…

No longer accepting registrations as of March 5, 2023 We all face difficult conversations at work - with our bosses, with clients, with stakeholders, and with colleagues. Often these can feel frustrating or deflating. ‘We don’t think your team has a strategic role.’‘I don’t want to work with your team.’‘Thanks but I’m going to do it my own way.’‘We don’t have time to try something new.’‘We’ve got more important priorities…

Heard about Card Sorting and Tree Testing but not sure where to start? Ready for some hands-on fun with these techniques? This workshop explores the who, what, when, where, why, and how of Card Sorting and Tree Testing. Great for novices and for intermediate practitioners looking to refine this skillset.

Information architecture and UX are practiced as forms of design—the design of products, systems, and desired futures to satisfy human needs and values. In practice, we use models of ""the design process” that are over 20 years old, if not a half century old. Our field is rapidly changing, and we know that the Double Diamond doesn't tell the full story of how we work. Are existing models of the…