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["Livia Labate" <liv AT livlab.com>]

Para quem estiver planejando uma escapada em outubro:

Future of Information Architecture Retreat
Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA
October 1-3, 2004

http://aifia.org/news/000374.php

This weekend retreat is an opportunity for IAs from around the globe to come 
together in an informal and beautiful setting to discuss and share ideas 
about the future of Information Architecture. Where are we heading? What is 
the career path for an IA? What is on the horizon for the next 5 years and 
how do we plan to approach it?

Supported by AIfIA under the Event Sponsorship Program 
[http://aifia.org/pg/ia_events_sponsorship.php] and organized by AIfIA 
members, we will be gathering for a weekend to talk with one another, share 
ideas, peek into the future and see what it holds for us. If you want to 
help shape the direction our field is taking, get to know other Information 
Architects, and enjoy a beautiful place near the Pacific Ocean, this is the 
weekend for you. It will be a IA cocktail hour that goes for an entire 
weekend, sprinkled with a few presentations and occasional deer leaping 
across the grounds.

Rather than have everyone preach to each other, it should be a time to make 
connections, and problem solve together, as a true retreat should be. So far 
we have Margeret Hanley speaking on career opportunities for IAs, Jess 
McMullin unveiling trends that will shape the next five years in IA, Peter 
Merholz pondering the relationships of comics, urban planning and emergent 
phenomenon to IA and Victor Lombardi offering design patterns for design 
management.

This is a small gathering - only 40 slots are available! It's an 
unprecedented opportunity to have real conversations in an intimate setting. 
To sign up now fax the completed Attendee Information form (25kb PDF - 
http://aifia.org/documents/future_of_ia_2004.pdf) to the Asilomar Conference 
Grounds.

Note: this registration takes care of all meals from Friday night to Sunday 
lunch, as well as accommodation. No extra fees are collected by the 
association-- this is by us, for us!

Want to do more than just attend?

Would you like to present? Lead a workshop? Please send us a short (1 
paragraph) description of the breakout session or workshop you would like to 
lead to retreat AT boxesandarrows.com. The committee will review, and work 
toward putting together a program that will wow and titillate. Here are some 
ideas we've come up with, but don't necessarily have leaders for that might 
stimulate your thoughts:

* Collaboration models: How do we work better with our peer designers and 
developers? What is the IA's role in the organization?
* Cultural perspectives: How will information use be different in Africa vs. 
San Francisco in 5 years?
* Is ROI really relevant?
* How do you get access to the C-level folks? What do we have to say to 
them?
* Is the web ready for a paradigm shift? Will it be social networks, new 
search techniques, or...?
* How do we market our skills to the world? How do we communicate our 
business value?
* IA Published magazine: Could AIfIA or Boxes and Arrows take this on? Would 
this be a good way to making us an "established" field? What other things 
could we do to push the next realm of marketing?

Descriptions are due August 16th, 2004. Send them to 
retreat AT boxesandarrows.com.
(mentira, pode continuar enviando :) )

Want to spend some time not talking about IA?

Asilomar is in an incredible location. In Pacific Grove on the Monterey 
peninsula, it is close to the Monterey aquarium, and affords activities like 
bike riding and kayaking, as well as low-key activities like beach combing 
and bonfires. The conference grounds themselves are unique: designed by 
Julia Morgon in the Arts and Crafts style, every building has a fireplace 
and a common space, and many rooms have fireplaces as well. The birthplace 
of AIfIA, we're sure you will be inspired by this tranquil and magical spot 
to invent as well.

Draft Schedule

Meal Schedule:
Breakfast: 7:30
Lunch: 12:00
Supper: 18:00

Friday, October 1, 2004

Start        End        Session
13:00      17:00      Registration
                            (Chiara Fox)
16:00      17:00      Deliverables/Get to Know You Chat
17:00      19:00      Supper
19:00      wee hrs   Party off-site (Andi)

Saturday, October 2, 2004

Start        End        Session
9:00        9:30        Welcome
                            (Christina Wodtke)
9:30        10:30      Ten Trends for 2010
                            (Jess McMullin)
10:30      11:00      Coffee Break
11:00      12:00      User Experience and Offshoring
                            (Liam Friedland)
12:00      13:30      Lunch
13:30      14:30      Taking IA Careers to the Next Level
                            (Margaret Hanley)
14:30      15:30      Design Patterns for Design Management
                            (Victor Lombardi)
15:30      16:00      Coffee Break
16:00      17:30      The Future of IA Tools
                            (Victor Hsu)
17:30      19:00      Supper
19:00      20:00      The IA of Things: A Discussion
                            (Bill DeRouchey)


Sunday, October 3, 2004

Start        End        Session
9:00        12:00      Scenario Planning including break
                            (Jess McMullin)
12:00      13:00      Lunch
13:00      14:00      Beyond the Page
                            (Gene Smith)
14:00      15:00      Rebooting Information Architecture
                            (Peter Merholz & Livia Labate)
15:00      15:15      Goodbyes
                            (Christina Wodtke)


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Livia Labate
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