Information Architecture Conference

Name: Information Architecture Conference 2021
Start: 2021-04-28
End: 2021-04-30

The dedicated conference for information architecture and structured UX practice.

User ResearchContent DesignProduct DesignAIInformation Architecture

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Latest edition

April 2026

Location

Philadelphia, United States

Format

In person

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

Information Architecture Conference

About Information Architecture Conference

The Information Architecture Conference is the principal event for information architecture, a discipline that overlaps with user experience, content design, and findability. It is held in United States cities including Philadelphia.

Lineups have featured well-known IA figures, with themes around navigating complexity and the effect of AI on structure and content.

Editions

2026
14–18 Apr
Philadelphia
4 speakers
2025
26 Apr–2 May
Philadelphia
57 speakers
2024
9–13 Apr
Seattle
42 speakers
2023
28 Mar–1 Apr
New Orleans
60 speakers
2022
21–23 Apr
24 speakers
2021
28–30 Apr
22 speakers
Speakers in 2021Speakers at Information Architecture Conference 2021
28–30 Apr
Alberta Soranzo
The Remote Leader – Distant but Not Removed
Amber Swope
One Is Not Enough: The Case for Separating Management and Delivery Information Architecture
Anita Cheng
How Information Architecture Can Save the World: IA of a Pandemic Response
Arpy Dragffy
Creating an Information Architecture for a Complex Range of User Groups
Carol J. Smith
How Ias Can Shape the Future of Human-AI Collaboration
Clair Rock
The Words You Use Can Make People Confused… and Annoyed
Clifton Simmons
"Du" Good: How Uxers Can Help Change Our Companies & Communities
Dan Brown
The Art and Science of Asking Questions
David Dylan Thomas
The Content Strategy of Civil Discourse: Turning Conflict Into Collaboration
Edwina Lui
One Is Not Enough: The Case for Separating Management and Delivery Information Architecture
Erin Malone
Deconstructing Online Hate for Understanding with the Anti Defamation League (ADL)
Jordan Higgins
Sight & Foresight: Organizing Spatial Information for Predictive Visualization in Augmented Reality
Lee Dale
There Is No Average Person: Why Designing with Intersectionality in Mind Is Critical.
Linda Chadwick-Wirth
Learn to Design for an Aging Population
Mags Hanley
Certain, Grown, Model – Defining Elderhood in Design
Margot Bloomstein
Designing for Trust: Our Opportunity, Our Responsibility
Martina Hodges-Schell
The Remote Leader – Distant but Not Removed
Michael Priestley
Topic-Oriented IA for the Enterprise
Noreen Whysel
Shedding Light on Dark Patterns: A Case Study on Digital Harms
Sam Raddatz
The Words You Use Can Make People Confused… and Annoyed
Savannah Li
Emerging IA and Remote Learning in Higher Education
Yumiko Sato
Disinformation: How Wikipedia Is Contributing to Historical Revisionism in Japan

Speakers in 2021Speakers at Information Architecture Conference 2021

28–30 Apr

Alberta Soranzo
The Remote Leader – Distant but Not Removed
Amber Swope
One Is Not Enough: The Case for Separating Management and Delivery Information Architecture
Anita Cheng
How Information Architecture Can Save the World: IA of a Pandemic Response
Arpy Dragffy
Creating an Information Architecture for a Complex Range of User Groups
Carol J. Smith
How Ias Can Shape the Future of Human-AI Collaboration
Clair Rock
The Words You Use Can Make People Confused… and Annoyed

Clifton Simmons
"Du" Good: How Uxers Can Help Change Our Companies & Communities
Dan Brown
The Art and Science of Asking Questions
David Dylan Thomas
The Content Strategy of Civil Discourse: Turning Conflict Into Collaboration
Edwina Lui
One Is Not Enough: The Case for Separating Management and Delivery Information Architecture
Erin Malone
Deconstructing Online Hate for Understanding with the Anti Defamation League (ADL)
Jordan Higgins
Sight & Foresight: Organizing Spatial Information for Predictive Visualization in Augmented Reality
Lee Dale
There Is No Average Person: Why Designing with Intersectionality in Mind Is Critical.
Linda Chadwick-Wirth
Learn to Design for an Aging Population
Mags Hanley
Certain, Grown, Model – Defining Elderhood in Design
Margot Bloomstein
Designing for Trust: Our Opportunity, Our Responsibility
Martina Hodges-Schell
The Remote Leader – Distant but Not Removed
Michael Priestley
Topic-Oriented IA for the Enterprise
Noreen Whysel
Shedding Light on Dark Patterns: A Case Study on Digital Harms
Sam Raddatz
The Words You Use Can Make People Confused… and Annoyed
Savannah Li
Emerging IA and Remote Learning in Higher Education
Yumiko Sato
Disinformation: How Wikipedia Is Contributing to Historical Revisionism in Japan