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Calling all ID/A SIG members to participate at the 2008 STC Summit in Philadelphia. 

I hope to see many members of the ID/A SIG at the upcoming conference. Don’t forget to stop by the table at the opening reception and pick up your SIG button and Pen (handy writing tool to use during the rest of the conference). Speaking of the opening reception, why not volunteer and meet your fellow SIG members while helping to distribute the above mentioned tchokies! Half-hour time slots will be available from set-up at 6:45-7:15, 7:15-7:45, 7:45-8:15. Please email David Caruso with your availability. 

 Also at the conference, the SIG will be represented at the Networking lunches all 3 days of the conference. If you choose to sit at our SIGs table (and we hope that every member would) please let David know if you would like to be a moderator/discussion starter. This calls for an extrovert who can mingle and get the networking going. Nothing cast in stone, but it is always easier if there is someone identified to start the conversation. That person could be you! 

OK, that’s it for my pitch to recruit volunteers. I really hope everyone who is going to the conference also takes the opportunity to explore Philadelphia. It really is the city where this country started and some of the most important documents ever written were conceived and when quill was put to parchment, a nation was born. There will be a social event as in years past but the details are as yet undetermined. Look to this page for details as they emerge. 

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David L. Caruso, ID/A SIG Conference Manager 

The Information Design and Architecture SIG would like to announce a call for those interested in participating in a progression at the 2008 STC Summit in Philadelphia. Last year in Minneapolis we had great attendance for a group of fantastic speakers on a wide array of topics related to the ID/A community. I would encourage everyone to review the official Call for Proposals posted on the STC site. If you think you have a topic or would like to present a case study from your experience, please contact David Caruso directly with all your information no later than October 5, 2007 (next Friday – sorry for the minimal notice).

Information Architecture Summit (9th). Miami, Florida. April 12-14 2008, pre-conference sessions April 10-11 2008.

The committee is now calling for submissions for presentations, panels, research papers, pre-conference workshops, posters and management track content. The 2008 theme is “Experiencing Information.” For more information, details about submission procedures and deadlines please see the summit website, http://www.iasummit.org

First annual Interaction Design Association conference. Savannah, Georgia. February 8-10, 2008.

Keynotes from Alan Cooper, Bill Buxton, Sigi Moeslinger, and Malcolm McCullough, and talks from Jared Spool, Dan Brown, Régine Debatty, Matt Jones, Aza Raskin, Jenny Lam, Sarah Allen, and Molly Wright Steenson. Workshops led by Marc Rettig, Darja Isaksson, Todd Warfel, and Jeff Patton.

More on the conference: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Register here: http://www.regonline.com/ixda_interaction08  Submit a Lightning Session topic here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Jx8Syhywkw_2bumLuV1KJZGQ_3d_3d

Oz-IA/2007, the conference for Information Architecture down under. Sydney. 22nd/23rd of September, the weekend immediately prior to Web Directions South (http://www.oz-ia.org/2007/ http://www.webdirections.org/).

To view the program, visit http://www.oz-ia.org/2007/program http://www.oz-ia.org/2007/presenters Register now, pay later if you wish: http://www.oz-ia.org/2007/register  

dux07 sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGGRAPH and AIGA. Changing Roles and Shifting Landscapes. Chicago, Illiniois. November 5 to 7, 2007. http://www.dux2007.org

The STC homepage has been updated to include a save the date announcement http://www.stc.org/55thConf/index.asp for June 1 to 4, 2008. Check back as the call for proposals is anticipated to be posted soon. As in previous years, I hope to coordinate a progression from the ID/A community. Anyone with suggestions as to a possible theme or ideas for contributions is welcome to leave them in the comments of this post. I can tell you that even though our timeslot was not the greatest, our progression in Minneapolis was well attended and well received.

–David Caruso

Interaction Design Association (IxDA), First Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia, USA, February 8-10, 2008.

Confirmed keynote and session speakers for the conference currently include Alan Cooper, Bill Buxton, Sigi Moeslinger, Malcolm McCullough, Jared Spool, Regine Debatty, Dan Brown, Molly Wright Steenson, Aza Raskin, Sarah Allen, and Matt Jones. The organization will host pre-conference workshops taught by Marc Rettig, Darja Isaksson, and Todd Warfel.

The call for presentations is open through September 15, 2007.

Submissions are invited for Lightning Session slots, each of which is 25 minutes in duration on a single topic. Single or duo speakers are allowed, but no panels. There are 14 open Lightning Session slots. Lightning Session speakers will receive free admission to the conference. (more…)

Information Architecture Institutes’s Second Annual IDEA Conference, New York City, October 4-5, pre-conference workshop on October 3. http://ideaconference.org/

IDEA stands for Information: Design, Experience, Access. The pre-conference event offers hands-on training by David Bishop from MAYA Design in methods for gathering, organizing, and diagramming domain knowledge for interaction and services design.

IDEA is unique in the way it brings together designers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to address designing complex information spaces. Presenters come from design, interaction design, information architecture, visualization, communication design, design planning, exhibit design, librarianship, media art, cultural criticism, computer networking, geographic information systems and other fields. 2007 speakers confirmed so far include Michael Wesch (The Machine is Us/ing Us), David Rose (Ambient Devices), David Weinberger (Everything is Miscellaneous), Sylvia Harris (Information Design Strategist), Kevin Slavin, (area/code), Jake Barton (Local Projects), and Fernanda Viegas with Martin Wattenberg (Many Eyes).

If you’re in Washington, DC you can take advantage of the offerings of three groups that have lots to offer. If you’re not in Washington, these groups may inspire you to start your own activities or find similar ones in your area.

UPA DC, the Washington DC chapter of the Usability Professionals Association (http://www.upa-dc-metro.org/), meets each month and there is a local conference scheduled for October 13 (http://www.upa-dc-metro.org/conference/2007/index.php)

DCIA, DC Information Architects, is a Yahoo Group with a website (http://www.dc-ia.com/) that includes job postings.

Refresh (http://refresh-dc.org/ ) is an innovative group of web designers.