# Xander Roozen

**Xander Roozen** is an information architect, content strategist, and product lead with over two decades of experience in the digital industry. He has been actively involved as an organizer and speaker in the European WIAD community since 2015. Additionally, he volunteered as a speaker, volunteer and co-chair of EuroIA (the European IA conference) during most of the 2010s. In 2023, Xander joined the global WIAA team. Currently, he resides and works in Nijmegen, Netherlands, with his family.

### WIAA involvement highlights

* [World IA Day 2026 Eindhoven](https://netherlands.worldiaday.org/events/eindhoven-2026) as an organizer, World IA Day 2024 Ghent as organizer and speaker, World IA Day 2018 Utrecht as speaker, World IA Day 2015 Enschede as speaker
* World IA Association, co-president since 2024
* Website steering committee, member since 2024

### Blog contributions

* Contributor, [World Information Architecture Day 2026 on DESIGNING FOR MEANING](/blog/2025/world-information-architecture-day-2026-on-designing-for-meaning.md)
* Contributor, [Theme of World IA Day 2025-Challenging Changes](/blog/2024/theme-of-world-ia-day-2025-challenging-changes.md)
* Contributor, [Xander Roozen joins WIAA as Co-President](/blog/2024/xander-roozen-joins-wiaa-as-co-president.md)

## Connect with Xander

* LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/xanderroozen/>&#x20;
* Instagram: <https://www.instagram.com/shuggie/>&#x20;
* Medium: <https://medium.com/@shuggie>&#x20;
* Email: <xander.roozen@worldiaday.org>&#x20;


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