About the 2006 Summit

Previous IA Summits
2006 Organizing Committee
Key Topics

Previous IA Summits

Crossing Boundaries (2005) – Energizing connections across geographic, academic, and cross-disciplinary boundaries in order to drive best practices and innovation in all of our IA endeavors.
Breaking New Ground (2004) – Strengthening the foundation of the discipline and widening the scope of IA practice.
Making Connections (2003) – Finding ways to make connections between fields within the umbrella of information architecture.
Refining our craft (2002) – Meeting, discussing and sharing with other IAs our experiences.
Practicing Information Architecture (2001) – A conference devoted to how we actually do IA.
Defining Information Architecture (2000) – What is IA?

2006 Organizing Committee

===============================================================

Samantha Bailey, Thomson West/Westlaw, Minnesota, USA.
email: samantha (at) baileysorts (dot) com
Dave Ballantine, Avenue A | Razorfish, Seattle, WA, USA.
email: Dave.Ballantine (at) AvenueA-Razorfish (dot) com
Peter Boersma, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
email: peter (at) peterboersma (dot) com
Lynn Boyden, Symantec Corporation, Los Angeles, USA.
email: lynnboyden (at) gmail (dot) com
Lorelei Brown, National Association of Realtors, Chicago, IL, USA.
email: loreleibrown (at) yahoo (dot) com
Grant Campbell, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
email: gcampbel (at) uwo (dot) ca
Richard Dalton, Vanguard, Pennsylvania, USA.
email: richard_dalton (at) vanguard (dot) com
Andrew Dillon, School of Information, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.
email: adillon (at) ischool (dot) utexas (dot) edu
Chris Farnum, Enlighten, Michigan, USA.
email: crfarnum (at) yahoo (dot) com
Karl Fast, University of Western Ontario,
Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Ontario, Canada.
email: karl.fast (at) pobox (dot) com
Margaret Hanley, The BBC, UK.
email: mairead (at) yahoo (dot) com
Erin Hawk, The Lux Group, Seattle, WA, USA.
email: erinhawk (at) gmail (dot) com
David Heller, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
email: dave (at) synapticburn (dot) com
Nancy Kaplan, University of Baltimore,
School of Information Arts and Technologies, Baltimore, MD, USA.
email: nkaplan (at) ubalt (dot) edu
Livia Labate, Comcast High-Speed Internet
email: liv (at) livlab (dot) com
Donna Maurer, Maadmob Interaction Design, Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia.
email: donna (at) maadmob (dot) net
Evette Mezger , Association of University Centers on Disabilities,
Silver Spring, MD, USA.
email: emezger(at) aucd (dot) org
Gordon Montgomery, Austin, Texas, USA.
email: gordon (at) gmeta (dot) com
Peter Morville, Semantic Studios, Michigan, USA.
email: morville (at) semanticstudios (dot) com
Louis Rosenfeld, Louis Rosenfeld LLC, Michigan, USA.
email: lou (at) louisrosenfeld (dot) com
Dennis Schleicher, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Pennsylvania, USA.
email: dennisschleicher (at) oddpost (dot) com
Gene Smith, nForm User Experience, Edmonton, AB, Canada
email: gene.smith (at) nform (dot) ca
Samantha Starmer, Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington, USA.
email: samanst (at) microsoft (dot) com
Stacy Merrill Surla, MITRE Corp., Maryland, USA.
email: stacy (at) greenfx (dot) net
Don Turnbull, School of Information, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.
email: donturn (at) ischool (dot) utexas (dot) edu
Todd Warfel, Messagefirst, Pennsylvania, USA.
email: todd (at) toddwarfel (dot) com
Thomas Vander Wal, Bethesda, MD.
email: thomas (at) vanderwal (dot) net
Javier Velasco, Center for Web Research, Santiago, Chile.
email: javier (at) mantruc (dot) com

Top of page

updated:2/26/06