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Leading gathering for IAs, UXers, and Content Strategists since 2000 • April 14th - 17th, 2027 in Philadelphia • #IAC27 • https://linktr.ee/theiaconf

IA Conference Save the Date April 14 to 17 in Philadelphia, PA
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IAC26 Book and Author Fair announcement featuring person in library holding stack of books. Event on April 16, 2026, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM in Philadelphia, PA. Opportunity to purchase books and meet IA and UX authors.
IAC26 Opening Reception announcement featuring photo of attendees networking and conversing. Welcome reception on April 15, 2026, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM in Philadelphia, PA.
IAC26 Karaoke Night event announcement. Community sing-along and performance on April 17, 2026, 7:00 PM in Philadelphia, PA. Open to all attendees regardless of experience.
IAC26 last call for registration graphic. Text reads "Last chance to register before the conference" with conference dates April 14-18, 2026 in Philadelphia, PA and Register Today call-to-action button.
IAC26 Game Night event announcement. Friendly competition with community members on April 17, 2026, 7:00 PM in Philadelphia, PA. Games provided, attendees welcome to bring their own.
IAC26 First-Timers Dinner announcement. Small dinner groups hosted by IA community veterans help newcomers connect before the conference begins. Wednesday, April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
IAC26 registration reminder graphic. Text reads "We can't believe it's almost time for IAC!" with conference dates April 14-18, 2026 in Philadelphia, PA and Register Today call-to-action button.
Curious Squid sponsor announcement for IAC26. Curious Squid is a boutique design agency based in Washington, DC specializing in information architecture, UX strategy, and product design with a mission to make information systems accessible and empowering.
Factor sponsor announcement for IAC26. Factor is a consulting firm helping Fortune 500 companies operate faster through information architecture, taxonomy, shared language, and workflow optimization for enterprise transformation.
DesignHammer sponsor announcement for IAC26. DesignHammer is a web strategy, design, development, analytics, and support firm based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, celebrating 25 years of custom and open-source solutions.
Additional hotel rooms available for IAC26 at Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District. Conference rate of $125 per night. Hotel located across from Arch Street Meeting House. Philadelphia, PA.
IA Roundtable: Polycrisis, Positionality, Hyperlocality, and Information Architecture at IAC26. Discussion session for IA thought leaders, educators, and practitioners exploring how to advance information architecture as a discipline to address global social and environmental challenges. April 14, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
From Nice-to-Have to Must-Have: Building the Executive Case for Information Architecture talk at IAC26 by Karen Brown. Presentation on translating IA value into business outcomes that secure executive buy-in and funding. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Building Governance and Findability: Blue Shield of California's Navigation Redesign talk at IAC26 by Grace Lau. Presentation on transforming healthcare website information architecture through user research, governance frameworks, and systematic methodology. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Experience Rot: The Organic Decay Into Complexity talk at IAC26 by Jared Spool. Presentation on how continuous feature additions increase complexity, decay user experience, and create competitive vulnerabilities. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
IA for Evil talk at IAC26 by Erin White. Presentation on deceptive patterns, harmful information architecture practices, and strategies for resisting work that collides with values. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Acquiring Global Customers One Signup Step at a Time: How I Use IA to Drive Conversion talk at IAC26 by Favour Adeniyi. Presentation on using strategic information architecture to transform signup funnels and drive conversion at scale. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
If You Use a Folder Structure, You'll Never Get This Right talk at IAC26 by Dorinne Hammons. Presentation on AI-driven file systems, semantic indexing, and the future of data organization beyond folder hierarchies. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
IAC26 workshop spotlight featuring UX Skills for Business Strategy and Beyond Resilience: Cultivating Emotional Endurance in the Age of Overwhelm. Two workshops focused on professional impact and personal wellbeing for UX practitioners. April 14 and 17, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
AI Essentials for IA and UX practitioners workshop at IAC26 led by Duane Degler. Educational session on AI technologies, responsible design, and evolving roles for information architects and UX practitioners in AI development. April 14, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Vibecode Like an Information Architect workshop at IAC26 led by Sophia Prater. Educational session on building AI-generated applications using information architecture skills, object-oriented thinking, and the ORCA Process. April 14, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Experience Rot: The Organic Decay Into Complexity talk at IAC26 by Jared Spool. Presentation on how continuous feature additions increase complexity, decay user experience, and create competitive vulnerabilities. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Shiny Tools Are Making Us Forget the Basics talk at IAC26 by Sam Raddatz. Presentation on prioritizing strategic thinking over design tools through a three-stage process: outline, wireframe, then design. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Special hotel room rate promotion for IAC26 at Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District. Conference rate of $125 per night available through March 14, 2026. Hotel located across from Arch Street Meeting House. Philadelphia, PA.
Is the Global Menu Disappearing? Framing Navigation Design in the Age of AI talk at IAC26 by Robin Silberling. Presentation on how AI reshapes navigation while maintaining fundamentals of discovery, orientation, movement, and trust. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
The Process of Least Resistance talk at IAC26 by Pavel Samsonov. Presentation on how tooling and methods shape design decisions, undermining research-based UX strategy through post-hoc reasoning. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Wrangling Medicare's Complexity: How IA Brought Clarity to AARP's Medicare Experience talk at IAC26 by Michelle Polyak. Presentation on unifying fragmented Medicare resources through content inventory, taxonomy design, and tree testing. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Stress-Aware Form Design talk at IAC26 by Robin Camille Davis. Presentation on reducing cognitive load in web forms through information architecture, UX design principles, and inclusive practices for anxious users. April 17, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Sea Change: Charting a Course Through Murky Work talk at IAC26 by Rachel Price. Presentation on navigating ambiguous information architecture projects across organizational boundaries with stakeholder confidence and collaborative clarity. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
How AI Can Amplify Your Impact (Without Replacing You) talk at IAC26 by Lisa Ellis and Mia Donnell. Presentation comparing AI-assisted versus human-led research for information architecture navigation projects. April 17, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Navigating Complexity: Practical Tools for Collaborative Clarity talk at IAC26 by Matt Arnold. Presentation on organizational sensemaking tools including EOA, Narrative Prototyping, Wayfinding Principles, and Fuzzy to Feasible Diagnostic. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Crash Course or Crash Out: A First Timer's Taxonomy Tale talk at IAC26 by Jessica DuVerneay and Taylor Loredo-Payberah. Presentation on redesigning Texas Commission on Environmental Quality website information architecture for civic clarity and accessibility. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Making Taxes Less Taxing: Lessons Learned from IRS Direct File talk at IAC26 by Theresa and Johanna. Presentation on information architecture and design principles for simplifying complex government processes through the IRS Direct File tool. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Escape Room Rules: Physical Design Principles for Digital Facilitation talk at IAC26 by Laura Nash. Presentation on applying escape room design principles to improve digital workshop facilitation and group learning experiences. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Scaffolds, Not Skyscrapers: Information Architecture in Complex Systems talk at IAC26 by Jennifer Briselli. Presentation on reimagining information architecture for dynamic, adaptive environments using complexity science principles. April 17, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Product Blueprints: Documenting the IA of Products talk at IAC26 by Dan Brown. Presentation on creating documentation standards for product information architecture and enabling constructive team conversations about product structure. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Architecting Access: Designing a Clear, Scalable, and Secure Access System for Netflix Studio talk at IAC26 by Jordan Kolasinski. Presentation on using information architecture to redesign global access management systems for clarity and security. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Ethics as Information Architecture: Why AI Safety Requires IA Thinking talk at IAC26. Presentation on building ethical AI systems through information architecture principles and structural constraints on information flow. April 17, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Architecture Walk: Architecture Is A Way of Seeing walkshop at IAC26 led by Dan Klyn. Educational walking tour exploring Louis Kahn, Richard Saul Wurman, and Philadelphia architecture through information architecture frameworks. April 17, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Shitty Maps: The Trojan Horse for Real-Time Sensemaking talk at IAC26 by Joe Elmendorf. Presentation on using simple visual tools to build shared understanding and surface misalignment during team conversations. April 18, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Beyond Resilience: Cultivating Emotional Endurance in the Age of Overwhelm workshop at IAC26 led by Alba Villamil. Educational session for design professionals covering self-awareness, empathetic boundaries, emotional regulation, self-care, and self-compassion skills. April 17, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Intro to Artificial Intelligence workshop at IAC26 led by Duane Degler. Educational session for IA and UX practitioners covering AI fundamentals, applications, ethics, and roles for information architects in human-centered AI systems. April 14, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Valentine's Day promotional offer for IAC26 conference registration. Special discount code available for main conference tickets.Valid April 12-16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Valentine's Day promotional offer for IAC26 conference registration. Special discount code valentine available for main conference tickets. April 14-16, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Stop Making Journey Maps and Personas, Complete a SAC (Scenario Alignment Canvas) Instead workshop led by Jen Blatz. Virtual educational session on using scenario-based alignment for faster UX research planning and team collaboration. March 19, 2026.