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February 21, 2015
1:30 pm - 6:30 pmWorld Information Architecture Day, Zürich
«Architecting Happiness»
Keynotes by Andrea Resmini and Peter Morville
Stay in the Loop
Talks
Adam Ungstad
Start with Information Architecture.Case Study of an Enterprise IA Project for FIFA.
Switzerland's first World Information Architecture Day: Join us for an afternoon full of insights from fabulous international and Swiss speakers.
If you are new to Information Architecture or an experienced professional, we would love to meet you and share the ways Information Architecture makes a difference in our lives. There are 100 spots and participation is free.
What is Information Architecture?
Information Architecture (IA) are structures that we use to make sure that the information people need is easy to find and to understand. So when you use a website, a mobile application or go into a store and you can find what you need and everything makes sense, that means the information architecture is doing its job.
What is World IA Day?
World IA Day connects the world through Information Architecture. World IA Day is a free one-day annual conference organized by the Information Architecture Institute and held simultaneously in dozens of cities across the world. More infos: 2015.worldiaday.org
Who is the WIAD for?
Information architects, user experience designers, business owners, content specialists, developers and all you web enthusiasts.
Speakers
Peter Morville
Semantic Studios, USAPeter Morville is a pioneer of the fields of information architecture and user experience. He is founder and president of Semantic Studios (since 2001) and gives conference keynotes and workshops throughout the world. Peter is author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Intertwingled, Search Patterns, and Ambient Findability.
Andrea Resmini
Jönköping International Business School, SwedenAndrea Resmini is an assistant professor, architect, information architect, compulsive reader, pensive writer, videogamer, piano player and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Information Architecture. He is the author of two books, Pervasive Information Architecture and Reframing Information Architecture.
Memi Beltrame
Less A Mess, ZürichMemi Beltrame is a Zurich based UX Designer and has been working in the web industry for almost 18 years. He started his own agency "Less A Mess“ in 2013, focussing on strategy and data driven prototyping specializing in complex scenarios. He is the author of Protostrap, a data-driven-prototyping framework for highly interactive and heavily content-oriented projects. He has been giving talks since 2008, mostly about UX and content strategy.
Natalie Meystre
EPFL, LausanneTrained as an architect, Natalie specialized in ergonomics, architecture and the creation of websites and has been practicing this at the polytechnical school at Lausanne EPFL since 2001. Natalie offers strategic analysis and is in charge of the development of web layouts and of the respect for orthodoxy, appearance and validity of all EPFL websites. In brief, she's EPFL web evangelist.
Adam Ungstad
UNGSTAD Information Architects, GenevaAdam Ungstad is an information architect who has done consulting work for global organizations including FIFA and the United Nations. Prior to working as an independent consultant, Adam was a Senior Information Architect for the CIO of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Adam has previously done presentations for the IA Summit and Euro IA and is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Christoph Schmid
Interactive Things, ZürichChristoph is service design director and partner at Interactive Things, a user experience & data visualization studio located in Zurich, Switzerland. He advised and formed digital products and cross-platform experiences for Swisscom, Migros, Hello Wallet, National Geographic and Swiss Post. His work has been exhibited in Switzerland and China and has been awarded with the European Multimedia Award and the European Newspaper Award.
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13:00 Registration – Doors open
Grab your badges, meet old friends, meet new friends and prepare for our awesome lineup.
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13:30 Welcome
Howdy from team WIAD Switzerland.
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13:45 Opening Keynote
Making Places.
Information Architecture in a Post-Digital World.
Andrea ResminiWhat happens when we all are co-creators, products become services, information is accessible and remediable on the move 24/7, and cyberspace is not some 3D simulation but a part of the world around us?
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14:30 Where is Wally’s Lab?
plan.epfl.ch: Best IA Practices in Academic Context.
Natalie Meystre14'000 people work and study on the vast EPFL campus made up of a series of randomly arranged buildings dating from 1978 to 2014. Finding places and people’s offices, as well as one's way back, is a huge challenge. This talk shows how by combining IA and IT skills we produced a killer web app for orientation on the campus.
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15:00 Coffee Break
Time for coffee, conversations and asking our speakers for autographs
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15:20 Coping with Complexity.
How to Design for Large Amounts of Data.
Memi BeltrameThis talk is about the data driven design approach in prototyping – a content-first approach that aims at achieving a high level of data fidelity. Interactive prototypes rely heavily on great information architecture. Well designed content models help to create prototypes that allow to simulate and test workflows from start to end. A case study of an application for managing large scale events will be used to illustrate how data driven prototyping can make the difference between a good and a great prototype.
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15:40 Start with Information Architecture.
Case Study of an Enterprise IA Project for FIFA
Adam UngstadThe world’s governing body for football, FIFA, produces a wide range of official documents including manuals, circulars, pamphlets, statutes, contracts and correspondence, to name a few. Managing, publishing and archiving this large collection of content in a variety of formats for a global audience is key to FIFA’s operations and communications strategy, but no simple task. This case study looks at an enterprise information architecture project completed for this large collection of official documents produced by FIFA since its inception over 100 years ago.
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16:00 Information Anatomy.
Design for the Intangible E-Health Application.
Christoph SchmidTo build an overall architecture of a project with a developing scope can be challenging, especially if the requirements and framework conditions are not specified beforehand. On the basis of a project still in progress, this presentation shows an approach to build parts of an application by following a modular structure. Thus, tangible design solutions can be achieved even though the broader context is not known in detail.
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16:40 Coffee break
Grab a snack and don't forget to look out for our goodies from UIE Library and Proto.io!
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17:00 Closing Keynote
The Architecture of Understanding:
Planning and Placemaking for Happiness.
Peter MorvilleIf we hope to move forward, the UX community must go deep. We've been seduced by surface at the expense of understanding. We think we're designing software, websites, and experiences. But we're not. We are agents of change. Until we accept this mission, we will forever repeat our mistakes. How can we work together when we're divided by silos? How will we innovate while blinded by cultural illiteracy? The things we make are reflections of the language we use and the ways we organize and understand ourselves.
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17:50 Goodbye
Raffle and a whole lot of Thank Yous
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18:10 Networking @ Einfach Bar
Let's have a drink! Bring all your new and old IA friends, we made a reservation at "Einfach Bar" for a large group.
Venue
Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, Foyer
Falkenstrasse 11
8008 Zürich
From Zürich Main Station take
- Tram 4 or 11 to «Opernhaus» (stops next to the venue)
- S-Bahn to «Bahnhof Stadelhofen» (3 minute walk)
Thanks to our local sponsors who made this event possible.
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