IDEA 2009 – Toronto, Sept 15-16
The IA Institute will be hosting the fourth annual IDEA conference in Toronto from September 15-16. This year’s conference, which is being organized and chaired by Russ Unger, will focus on social and experience design, and will feature an outstanding roster of presenters, including:
- Stephen P. Anderson – product strategy and design consultant
- Christian Crumlish – Curator of the Yahoo! design pattern library, and co-author of the upcoming book Designing Social Interfaces
- Jeff Dachis – CEO, Dachis Group and cofounder of Razorfish
- Erin Malone – Principal, Tangible UX, and co-author of the upcoming book Designing Social Interfaces
- Leisa Reichelt – UX designer and researcher, currently working on the UX for Drupal 7
- Christina Wodtke – Principal Product Manager at LinkedIn, and co-author of the book Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web
- Luke Wroblewski – Director, Product Ideation and Design, Yahoo!
- … and many others!
There will also be a pre-conference workshop on September 14 led by Nathan Curtis of EightShapes; this promises to be an excellent opportunity to learn how to craft effective deliverables from one of the world’s top experts in the field.
Design for the social web is one of the hottest areas in UX today. I encourage you to register today to attend IDEA 2009! (BTW, you can take advantage of special Early Bird pricing if you register before August 15. Update: early bird pricing has been extended til August 22!)
Note: because of previous personal and professional commitments, I’m unfortunately not going to be able to travel to IDEA this year. However, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t go! 
