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January 30, 2012
Follow the UX Leader - Workshops on Advanced Web Practices
Vancouver: 2011 Oct 24, 25, 27, 28
Ottawa: 2011 Nov 7, 8, 9, 10
Jamaica: 2012 Jan 30, 31, Feb 2, 3
February 01, 2012
Interaction12: Dublin
1-4 February, 2012
Dublin, Ireland
February 11, 2012
World IA Day
11 February 2012 1 DAY. 14 CITIES. World IA Day 2012 is about bringing the Information Architecture community together. We’re...
February 17, 2012
UX Hong Kong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
17-18 Febuary 2012
February 24, 2012
Symposium on Usability, Information Design, and Information Interaction to Communicate Complex Information
24-25 February 2012
Greenville, NC, USA
March 21, 2012
IA Summit 2012 - Cross Your Channels
21-25 March 2012
New Orleans, LA, USA
April 18, 2012
UX London
18-20 April 2012 The Cumberland Hotel, London http://2012.uxlondon.com/ Inspirational Learning for User Experience Designers UX London is a unique three-day...
May 14, 2012
UX-Lx: User Experience Lisbon
14 to 16 May 2011 Lisbon, Portugal www.ux-lx.com UX Lx is a three day event set in sunny Lisbon,...
May 16, 2012
WebVisions Portland
16-18 May 2012
Portland, OR, USA
June 18, 2012
Pervasive Information Architectures as Architectures of Meaning for Complex Cross-channel Systems
Newcastle, UK
News
January 09, 2012
Share your IA Stories and Win Prizes
The IA Institute has launched its newest contest: IA Stories on Flickr IA Stories. In celebration of the first-ever World... Read more >
December 20, 2011
IA Institute Newsletter - #6.9 2011
Holiday Greetings from the IA Institute, with Big Thanks to our Volunteers, World IA Day Locations Announced and How to Celebrate World IA Day Your Way, Salary Survey - Last Chance to Participate, Member Discount to WebVisions New York and Portland, plus new resources, events and job postings. Read more >
December 12, 2011
World IA Day Announces 14 Locations
World IA Day has just announced 14 locations for February 11, 2012 1 DAY. 14 CITIES. World IA Day 2012... Read more >
Partners and Sponsors
The American Society for Information Science and Technology's Information Architecture SIG is the home of the SIG-IA mailing list and the ASIST Bulletin. The Bulletin's IA Column features guest writers from the field of IA. Visit their site to read the current IA Column.
For details on these and other Member Discounts contact membership [at]iainstitute[dot]org or login to our member center and visit the Member Discounts link.
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Join us at two great conferences in 2012!
Share your IA Stories and win prizes.
World IA Day 2012
11 February 2012
1 DAY. 14 CITIES.
Learn from world-class IA minds, network, showcase new ideas and attend events tailored specifically to your community.
Follow: @WorldIADay
IA Summit 2012
21-25 March 2012
New Orleans, USA
ASIS&T and the IA Institute present five days of workshops and conference sessions.
Follow: @IASummit
To learn more about IA, visit The Journal of Information Architecture or read our Editorial Insert in the January 21, 2008 edition of Fortune Magazine. [download PDF]
For a more lighthearted view, check out the 2010 Explain IA Contest.
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