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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081009
SUMMARY:IDEA 2008
LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA
DESCRIPTION:Throughout their days, people are engaging with complex informa
 tion to manage their lives.
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\nAnd designers now realize that information
  isn't simply this stuff you find -- the appropriate presentation of inform
 ation helps people make sense of the world around them.
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\nThis conferenc
 e addresses issues of design for an always-on, always-connected world. Wher
 e "cyberspace" is a meaningless term because the online and offline worlds 
 cannot be made distinct. Where physical spaces are so complex that detailed
  wayfinding is necessary to navigate them. Where work processes have become
  so involved, and so digitized, that we need new processes to manage those 
 processes.
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\nThis conference brings together people who are addressing t
 hese challenges head on. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds will discus
 s designing complex information spaces in the physical and virtual worlds.
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\nSpeakers include...
\n* David Armano, VP Experience Design, Critical M
 ass
\n* Chris Crawford, Author & Inventor, Storytron
\n* Bill DeRouchey, Sr
 . Interaction Designer, Ziba Design
\n* Aradhana Goel, Service Design Strat
 egist, IDEO
\n* Andrew Hinton, Lead Information Architect, Vanguard
\n* Jas
 on Kunesh, Independent Design Professional
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\nand more.
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\nPrice:
\nFor
  IAI members, $350 until Aug. 17th, $450 between Aug. 18th - Oct. 7th
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 For non-members, $450 until Aug. 17th, $550 between Aug. 18th - Oct. 7th
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\nThere are student and group discounts. IAI membership is $40/year.
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 Information Architect Institute (IAI) website: http://iainstitute.org/
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