Event Updated: Information Architecture Community Group (IACG) Annual Meeting & After TPAC 24 Recap

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 Information Architecture Community Group (IACG) Annual Meeting & After TPAC 24 Recap Upcoming Confirmed
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 28 September 2024, 16:00 -18:30 Etc/UTC

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[ Information Architecture Community Group ](https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/informationarchitecture/calendar/)Information Architecture Community Group (IACG) Annual Meeting & After TPAC 24 Recap
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The Information Architecture Community Group (IACG) continues to explore the intersection of Information Architecture (IA) and Standards in our virtual Zoom meeting. Please join us to continue our ongoing discussion, exploration, and discovery of IA & Standards

Program:
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Welcome and General IACG meeting

Information Architecture Community Group (IACG)

Today we continue our exploration of IA, Accessibility (a11y), and Standards
The W3C Information Architecture Community Group (IACG) welcomes anyone interested in information architecture (IA), accessibility (a11y), labeling systems, taxonomies, and standards. IACG members participate, discuss, share, support, develop, and learn these topics.

Date:
Saturday 28 September 2024, 12:00–3:30 pm Eastern
Saturday 28 September 2024, 11:00 am – 2:30 pm Central
Saturday 28 September 2024, 09:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific

Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting NY USA

Groups: Information Architecture Community Group (IACG)

 Agenda
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[Agenda](https://github.com/w3c-cg/iacg/wiki/W3C-IACG-Information-Architecture-Community-Group-Wiki-About-Us)12 -1 pm EST **Keynote: Designing Technology for an Aging Population**

**Dr. Jeff Johnson**
If a website or app’s target audience includes older adults, certain
aspects of its design become more important. This talk describes age-
related factors that affect ability to use websites and apps, and
presents design guidelines that reflect the capabilities, usage patterns,
and preferences of older users.

Features:
• Demographics of users of digital technology, by age,
• Age-related factors affecting ability to use computers and online
services,
• Common design problems that decrease usability for older adults,
• Design guidelines that can help designers avoid these common
pitfalls.

Intended audience: IAs, Designers, and developers of all levels.
Also: Q/A engineers, usability testers, and managers.

**Break**

1:15 - 2:15 pm EST **Architecting Standards: Leveraging Information Architecture to Drive Emerging Techn Standards**

**Noreen Whysel**, City University of New York (CUNY)
In this talk, Noreen will show how standards bodies can learn from the
IA field. By adopting user-centered design principles and engaging in iterative feedback loops, standards organizations can create more accessible, relevant and practical standards that align with real-world applications.

She will also explore the fundamental role of existing digital standards in shaping effective Information Architecture (IA) in enhancing user experience across digital platforms, as well as how IA can provide a working framework for emerging technologies like Generative AI, voice interaction and RAG.

Intended audience: Information architects of all levels.
Also: Usability and UX professionals of all levels.

Break
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2:30 - 3:30 pm EST **Designing Products with Information Architecture in Mind: Prioritizing Accessibility and Standards**

**Dr. Rupananda Misra**, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 
Information Architecture plays a critical role in the design of any product, shaping how users navigate and experience it. With nearly 27.2% of people in the U.S. living with some form of disability, including 17.2% with severe disabilities (Census 2014), the need for inclusive design has never been greater. This talk explores how Information Architects can create accessible and empowering products, ensuring that users of all abilities have a positive and seamless experience. By focusing on accessibility and adhering to design standards, we can transform how people with disabilities engage with technology.

3:30 - 4:00 pm EST **Concluding Discussions**

Speakers
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### Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor of Computer
Science at USF-CA. After earning B.A. and Ph.D. degrees
from Yale and Stanford Universities, he worked as a UI
designer, implementer, manager, usability tester, and
researcher at Cromemco, Xerox, US West, Hewlett-Packard,
and Sun. He has taught at Stanford, Mills, the University of
Canterbury (NZ), and USF-CA.

He is a member of the ACM SIGCHI Academy, a recipient of SIGCHI's Lifetime Achievement in Practice Award, and an ACM Distinguished Member.

He has authored articles on a variety of topics in Human-Computer Interaction, as well as the books GUI Bloopers (eds. 1 & 2), Web Bloopers, Designing with the Mind in Mind (eds. 1, 2, & 3), Conceptual Models: Core to the Design of Interactive Applications (eds. 1 & 2, with Austin Henderson), and Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population (with Kate Finn, Ph.D.). Jeff and Kate are currently updating the latter book to produce a 2nd ed.

LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-johnson-aa63b/>

### Noreen Whysel

Noreen is a Brooklyn-based teacher and researcher with over
25 years of experience in the fields of IA and standards
development. She teaches UX design at CUNY City Tech’s BFA
program.

Her recent, published work with Internet Safety Labs, Kantara
Initiative, and the Information Architecture Gateway (IAG) helps
scientists, policymakers and engineers build safe, accessible
and inclusive technologies.

At Decision Fish, she and her husband Brett provide consulting, mentoring and research services to startups and non-profits and host a monthly Behavioral Economics NYC meetup.

Noreen is an avid gardener and practices daily mindfulness meditation with Brett and her cat Luna.

LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nwhysel/>

### Rupananda Misra

Rupananda Misra, Ed.D., is a faculty member and director of
MBS’s User Experience Design (UXD) concentration. A skilled
educator with special expertise in health informatics and
educational technology, Dr. Misra shapes curriculum and advises
students within in MBS’s Computer &amp; Information Sciences track,
particularly within User Experience Design, Information
Technology, and Social Media &amp; Networking concentrations.

Dr. Misra holds a doctorate in Communications, Media, and Learning Technologies Design from Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also completed a post-doctoral fellowship for the world’s largest biomedical library—the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health. Focusing on health informatics, Dr. Misra applied his extensive experience

With web/mobile technologies, human-computer interaction, and design thinking in healthcare to examine the use of participatory and user-centered interaction design methods when creating effective healthcare tools and when generating and evaluating the viability of alternative designs.

Dr. Misra is the author of Digital Games for Minority Student Engagement (IGI Global, 2018).
Additionally, he has published eight papers, and three book chapters, and has given
presentations at numerous conferences.

LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupamisra/>

Special Thanks
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### Moderators, Facilitators, and Organizers:

• **Bev Corwin**, Information Architect and Technology Director, Information Architecture Gateway (IAG)
• **Shari Thurow**, Information Architect and Search Director, Information Architecture Gateway (IAG)
• **Chris Novell**, Information Architect, Information Architecture Gateway (IAG)

### Student Volunteers

• **Tyler Cho**

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