[Sigia-l] AIfIA Leadership Seminar @ 2005 IA Summit

[Sarah A. Rice]

AIfIA is pleased to announce its upcoming Leadership Seminar, taking place 
in March 2005 at the ASIS&T IA Summit in Montreal, Canada. This seminar 
will showcase directions for the field of Information Architecture, and 
provide a place for IA practitioners to share their own challenges and 
advances in the field with their peers.

AIfIA speakers include Louis Rosenfeld, Christina Wodtke, Scott Hirsch, Lee 
Strickland, Paul Ford, Livia Labate, and Jess McMullin. The format will be 
highly interactive, and allow for participants to share ideas and insights 
with the speakers and each other.

In keeping with the overall conference theme, Crossing Boundaries, the 
seminar will cover a wide range of topics spanning multiple facets of IA. 
Sample topics include Enterprise Information Architecture, Security and IA, 
the Semantic Web, IA and Business Strategy, and Globalization. Participants 
will leave with a solid understanding of each topic.

This seminar is intended for those already familiar with and experienced in 
IA. Attendance will be limited to 45 participants; early registration is 
suggested, as all previous seminars have sold out.

For those who couldn't attend The Future of IA Retreat in October 2004, 
this will be an opportunity to learn about emerging practices, and 
participate in an informal, highly interactive forum. For those who did the 
retreat, there will be new and different speakers, and additional topics to 
consider as you plan next steps toward your future in information 
architecture.

For more information about the IA Summit, see http://www.iasummit.org/ -- 
here's the online registration: 
http://www.iasummit.org/2005/registration.htm More information about the 
Leadership Seminar will appear first on the AIfIA members' email list.

Also, AIfIA member Andrew Dillon 
(http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/%7Eadillon/) is scheduled to give
the closing keynote at the IA Summit.