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Architecture "Making Connections" March 21-23, 2003 Portland, Oregon
Portland
Oregon Hilton "Making Connections", the fourth Information
Architecture Summit, is the largest dedicated meeting for information architecture
professionals. Case Studies, tutorials, seminars, and presentations ranging
from the theoretical to the pragmatic. "Making Connections" is an inclusive
event bringing together presenters and attendees from business and academic communities.
Expect to experience thought provoking and inspiring perspectives on the
theory and practice of IA. Past IA summits have attracted hundreds of representatives
from a variety of disciplines including: - information
science
- human-computer interaction
- graphic and interface design
- experience design
- usability engineering
Coming
together from around the world, the attendees are the real draw of the Summit.
These annual conferences are one of the rare opportunities for practitioners
in the field to meet face to face to share practical experience, new approaches
and the occasional war story. Be certain to take advantage of the
timely and practical preconference seminars
offered by industry leaders: Amy J. Warner,
Lexonomy Janice Fraser and
Lane Becker of Adaptive Path Dan Brown,
Transportation Security Administration Kim Goodwin,
Director of Design at Cooper Jared Spool,
User Interface Engineering Peter Morville and
Karen McGrane, AIfIA
(Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture) Sign
up now to reserve your place at the most important event in the field of information
architecture. The early registration deadline is February 22. "Making
Connections" is sponsored by the Association for Information Science
and Technology. |
| when | | March
21-23, 2003 | | where |
| Portland
Oregon Hilton | | who |
 | The
three-day conference¹s keynote address will be presented by Stewart
Brand. |
A pioneer of the electronic frontier and the founder of the Whole Earth Catalog,
cofounder of The Well, and author of The
Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MIT and, most recently, How
Buildings Learn. Smart
Mobs author, Howard Rheingold, characterizes Brand as someone who "evolved
into a legendary figure, historic even, who is, year in and year out, the most
interesting and influential thinker I know." Other featured speakers include
prominent figures in the field of IA, but many speakers this year are brand new
to IA Summits, with fresh, new experiences, ideas and opinions. |
| what | | Largest
dedicated meeting for information architecture professionals |
| how | Register
here | | |
Special
Thanks to: Christina Wodtke, Jennifer S. Bohmbach, Andrew Dillon, Karl Fast,
Nick Finck, Seth Gordon, Thom Haller, Mike Lee, Andi Lewis, Victor Lombardi, Erin
Malone, Peter Merholz, Earl Morrogh, Peter Morville, George Olsen, Lou Rosenfeld,
Nathan Shedroff, Rashmi Sinha |