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Let's meet at WIAD Barcelona

Date and time: Sat, Feb 23, 2019; 08:00 – 17:00 UTC
Location: Barcelona, Spain

About the Meetup

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Join us on Saturday, February 23 2019, to celebrate World Information Architecture Day (WIAD) in Barcelona!

World Information Architecture Day is returning to Barcelona to celebrate the practice and education of Information Architecture. It’s going to be a packed day, celebrated in over 60+ locations worldwide on the same day. This year's theme is "Design for Difference"!

(And... this is a FREE* event to join!)

This is an event taking place in all corners of the globe from Los Angeles to Rome, from Saint Petersburg to Tokyo, and from Barcelona to Boston. In thinking globally we're recognizing that the human condition is universal and by including a globally diverse audience, we innovate.

Receive all the latest WIAD 2019 Barcelona news: sign up for email updatesor follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. We will also post regular updates to our local WIAD Barcelona 2019 website too.

Also, find more WIAD locations by visiting the official site of World IA Day.

We look forward to seeing you in on 23 February 2019!

Barcelona Local Organisers,
Denisa Marinescu, Kevin van Reenen and Natalia Heredia

Schedule

09:30 - ENTRANCE: Registration
10:00 - WELCOME: Introductions and Keynote
10:20 - TALKS: 3 Speakers and Q&A
11:40 - BREAK: Drinks and Snacks (provided)
12:00 - TALKS: 3 Speakers and Q&A
13:20 - LUNCH: Food and Drinks (provided)
14:00 - TALKS: 3 Speakers and Q&A
15:20 - BREAK: Drinks (provided)
15:30 - CLOSING: Thoughts, Thanks, and Prizes*!
16:00 - SOCIAL: Networking and fun!

*Prizes
We have some fantastic prizes to give away from Local and Global sponsors including: 10 x tickets to Museu del Disseny de Barcelona (Design Museum), FandangoSEO trial accounts, 1 x Axure License, Rosenfeld discounts, Loop 11 trials and annual subscription. Plus all attendees will receive a digital goodie bag!

Speakers

We will have talks in either English or Spanish.

Ethan Parry (EN) - Service Designer & UX Researcher, Hanzo: https://hanzo.es/
Carlos Pons (ES) - UX Designer, Oracle NetSuite,
Sergio Estella (EN) - Chief Design Officer & Founder, Vizzuality
Veronika Jermolina (EN) - Snr User Researcher, Ministry of Justice UK
Mario Ferrer (EN) - Snr UX Writer, King
Marina Deulofeu Guardia (ES) - Experience Design Leader, Everis
Josh Morales (EN) - Design Strategist, Interactius
Bojana Jam (EN) - Lead UX Designer, Typeform
Mabel Lazzarin (EN) - Digital Strategy Leader & UX Consultant, Insitum

(EN) - In English
(ES) - En Español

For full talk details visit our speakers profile on our WIAD19 BCN page.

Venue

Everis Livinglab - Innovation and co-creation to stay ahead of the game

Address: 6 Carrer de Pedro i Pons, 08034, Barcelona
Website: English or Español

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Hosted By

Blanes, Spain

Esther Fuldauer

UX Strategist at CityLens Consulting

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