> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.information-architecture.world/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.information-architecture.world/worldiaday/events/world-ia-day-2022.md). # World IA Day 2022 ## Global theme: A Connected World We connect with each other in digital, physical, and blended spaces. We connect with people, products, services, content, and the world in general. This connectedness can be wondrous and yet challenging. Information architecture uncovers and creates new connections that we weren't aware of before. It can inspire us to make new discoveries or reveal new relationships that may urge us to take constructive action, e.g. climate change, the global health crisis, or the supply chain disruption we have experienced during the pandemic. Information architecture contributes to making connections more relevant. It helps us understand which information is important and trustworthy. It provides guidance in a mess of information and helps fight against the disinformation of fake news. It allows us to steer better who and what we are connecting with. It creates places we enjoy being in where people and information meet. In a world where we’re connected yet distanced, how do you facilitate connectedness? How do you help make sense of connections? What new connections have you made recently? How did you support others to discover new connections? In what ways do you think information and information architecture can be used to support, define, or create environments (digital, physical, virtual, or blended) to improve the lives and experiences of people in a connected world? ## Participating locations in 2022 Akron to Zurich // Cebu to Los Angeles //\ Barcelona to Bogota // Manila to Mexico\ \~40 speakers\ 1 place to go ## Global keynote by Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes In a world where we’re connected yet distanced, how do you enable connectedness? {% embed url="" %} ### Architecting A Connected World, by Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes Stephanie’s vision of Architecting Interaction explores how we can create contexts – physical, digital or other – that facilitate interactions and nurture connections. Architecting Interaction, like information architecture, is not an end in itself, but a process. It is a process centered on facilitating connectedness. It connects different stakeholders, helps them make sense of connections, and empowers them to continue building connections in and for the future. \#WIAD22 #AConnectedWorld #WIAD
Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes
[**Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes**](https://www.worldiaday.org/people/stephanie-akkaoui-hughes) is an architect, author, and international speaker. Stephanie lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is founder and CEO of AKKA Architects. ### ## News and Updates about WIAD22 * 2 March 2022 - [Preview of the global event platform open](https://vi.to/hubs/wiad22/schedule) * 17 February 2022 - [World Information Architecture Association announces the WIAD22 Global Program and Keynote](https://medium.com/worldiaday/announcing-the-wiad22-global-program-and-keynote-6705c090689b) * 28 October 2021 - [Announcing the WIAD22 global keynote: Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes](https://medium.com/worldiaday/announcing-the-wiad22-global-keynote-stephanie-akkaoui-hughes-b466891f0d04) * 25 September 2021 - [Advocating a digital-first WIAD22](https://medium.com/worldiaday/advocating-a-digital-first-wiad22-65cf3383d855) Global theme image credit: Stephen Anderson --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.information-architecture.world/worldiaday/events/world-ia-day-2022.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.