World IA Day 2019 Pittsburgh

WORLD Information Architecture Day PITTSBURGH PRESENTS: 2019: DESIGN FOR DIFFERENCE As information architects and user experience designers, we are responsible for creating worlds of experiences, environments, services, and systems that have lasting impact on numerous people. While we don’t have a Hippocratic Oath, it is our responsibility to consider the consequences our design decisions have on people. Research is a foundational step in the design process. It ensures that we understand and account for diverse user needs within communities, both in our own domains and globally. There is no average user; there is no ‘norm’. We seek to understand and design, among other factors, for: * Difference in ability and disability * Difference in access to information and technology * Difference in language and cultural understanding * Difference in age, gender, and identity * Difference in experience World IA Day (Saturday, February 23, 2019) is an annual, global, conference-like celebration of the practice and education of Information Architecture, with distributed events organized by local volunteers. This year in PITTSBURGH, spend a fabulous day hearing from experts in our community and participating in a choice of workshops. The conference's excellent value is made possible, for an affordable ticket fee, by our wonderful local sponsors—including headlining sponsor TEKSYSTEMS DIGITAL [https://www.teksystems.com/en/services/digital-experience]. WORLD IA DAY 2019 PITTSBURGH AGENDA _(Subject to change)_ * Enjoy coffee and breakfast fare * Opening keynote by CASEY BUCHANAN-SMITH * Lightning talks by JACK MORGAN and ASHLEY DEAL & RAELYNN O'LEARY * Workshops delivered by ANNE GIBSON and by KIM ZAHLER * Enjoy a catered lunch * Lightning talk by ANDREW TWIGG * Second keynote by ANTHONY LEVIN-DECANINI * Closing panel discussion led by ANNA ABOVYAN _THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR YOUR INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION, AND TO OUR SPONSORS FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT._ _For more information visit WIAD Pittsburgh 2019 [https://www.worldiaday.org/events/pittsburgh/2019]. _