Goals
The IA conference exists to promote discourse and learning about the intentional design of information environments. It is a gathering of practitioners from around the globe, who practice and teach Information Architecture and other design-related disciplines.
Our theme – Architectures of Trust: Building What Endures
AI moves fast, but speed and capability alone don't earn adoption — trust does. As intelligent systems take on more of our decision-making, information architects face a new imperative: designing information experiences that enable machines without leaving humans behind. That nuance, that capacity for empathy and context, is exactly what makes the systems we design worth relying on.
This year, the IAC community comes together to explore trust as the true foundation of information architecture — spanning usability, accessibility, ethics, and the working relationship between human judgment and machine intelligence. Trust isn't a feature we bolt on; it's the foundation upon which everything else is built. Join us as we architect the systems and practices that endure.
For any questions, please reach out to the event organizers at iacspeaker@gmail.com
Who We Want to Hear From
We're looking for informative talks and practical half-day workshops from information architects, and from the wider circle of IA-adjacent practitioners and academics who shape how people find, understand, and trust information. This includes (but isn't limited to):
If your work is about structuring meaning, guiding understanding, or building the scaffolding people rely on — we want your proposal.
What We're Looking For
Trust shows up everywhere in our field right now, and we want the program to reflect the full range of it. We welcome sessions on:
Foundations: core IA practice, usability, accessibility, and the enduring principles that hold up regardless of what technology arrives next
Ethics: how we build systems that are honest, fair, and accountable to the people who use them
Human + machine: the working relationship between human judgment and machine intelligence, and where each should lead
New frontiers: emerging practices, tools, and roles (including AI-driven ones) that are reshaping how we do this work
Case studies: real projects, real trade-offs, real lessons learned, wins and failures alike
We welcome first-time speakers as warmly as conference veterans. If you're not sure your idea fits, submit it anyway. We'd rather see it than miss it.
A note on AI: Our community holds a genuine range of views on AI, from practitioners actively building with AI, to those approaching it with real skepticism or choosing not to work with it at all. Both perspectives belong at IAC. We're not looking for advocacy or alarmism; we're looking for thoughtful, evidence-informed talks that help our community reason well about these tools, regardless of the conclusion you've reached. Sessions should be constructive and grounded, and we ask all speakers and attendees to engage viewpoints other than their own with rigor, good faith, and kindness.
Proposals can be submitted until September 20th, 2026.
As a bonus, IAC27 is delighted to be partnering with Button Conference this year, and we want to extend the perks of this partnership to our IAC community through our Call for Proposals ticket raffle! We have a free ticket to the virtual Button Conference for one lucky person selected from everyone who submits a proposal during our early bird submission period, which is open until September 9th, 2026.
The raffle winner will be informed on September 10th!
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