WIAA Open Office Hours
Once a quarter, the World IA Association hosts an open one-hour session. Meet the community, ask questions, and join from anywhere. Free and open to all.
Join the World IA Association for a quarterly one-hour session to hear updates, ask questions, and meet the community.
About Open Office Hours
Open Office Hours is a relaxed, open conversation. It is not a webinar.
There is no presentation to watch first. Join live, introduce yourself if you want, and participate as much or as little as you like.
Each hour has three parts:
We share what's happening. We give a short update on the Association: World IA Day, the IA Certificate Program, World IA Café, the website, and ways to get involved.
We open the floor. Bring your questions, share what you're working on, or just listen. This is your time with the people behind WIAA and others in the community.
We record the update, not the discussion. We record and post the opening update afterward. The open conversation stays off the record, so everyone can speak freely.
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Next session
September 3, 2026 at 8 AM Pacific
The series launches on September 3, 2026.
This is a good place to start if you're new to WIAA. The first session focuses on two topics:
The IA Certificate Program. Thinking about enrolling in the fall pilot? Meet the instructors, hear how the courses work, and ask anything before the Foundations course begins in mid-September.
World IA Day 2027. Curious about hosting or helping organize an event in your city? We will walk through the call for locations and how to get started.
Held on Zoom. Register for the session and we'll send the calendar invite, the Zoom link, and a reminder before it starts.
How it works
Join from anywhere. Sessions run on Zoom. Register on the event page and we'll send the link and a reminder. No account or membership required.
No background required. You do not need prior IA knowledge or past attendance. Newcomers, students, seasoned practitioners, and past organizers are all welcome.
Catch up afterward. We record and post the opening update so you can catch up on the news even if you could not make it live. The open discussion is not recorded.
Schedule
We meet quarterly. Upcoming sessions:
September 2026 (launch)
IA Certificate Program info session, World IA Day 2027 call for locations
December 2026 (to be announced)
World IA Day 2027 update
March 2027 (to be announced)
World IA Day debrief, State of IA
June 2027 (to be announced)
Mid-year community check-in, IA certificate program update
Themes shift with the community calendar, but the open conversation is always part of each session.
Who it's for
Newcomers curious about information architecture and where to start
Students and career-changers exploring the field
Practitioners who want a regular place to connect between conferences
Past and future World IA Day organizers looking to plug back in
Anyone who has wondered what the World IA Association actually does
Why we do this
The IA community has few regular spaces to connect between major events. World IA Day comes once a year. In-person conferences are expensive and far between.
Open Office Hours offers a simple, recurring way to stay connected to the work, the Association, and each other.
We are a volunteer-run, global association. Staying connected depends on people continuing to show up for one another.
— The World IA Association co-presidents
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