# London 2026 ### Slides and recordings on Noti.st ***Designing for Meaning: Purpose, Experience, and Everything in Between*** Information architecture has always been about more than navigation and labels. It's about whether people can make sense of what they're looking at — and whether the systems we build serve human purposes or just generate noise. This year's global theme puts that question at the centre. We organise content so people can understand it. We build structures that connect people to information that matters. We work in the space between intent and reality — and that work has never been more important. ### **Why now?** Generative AI is producing content faster than ever. But speed isn't meaning. As the systems we work with get more complex, the distinctly human skills of IA — structuring for clarity, designing for inclusion, building for trust — become more critical, not less. ### **Who's it for?** Anyone who cares about how information is organised and understood. IAs, content designers, user researchers, interaction designers, service designers, developers, product managers, technical writers, educators, students — if information is part of your work, you belong here. ### **When and where?** * Tuesday 10th March 2026 * 1800 to 2020 GMT * Virtual ### **Speakers**

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Top insights from Knowledge Graph Insights	larry-swanson	Content architect, podcast host, community event organiser	larry-swanson.png
The meaning of public services	duncan-stephen	Lead Content Designer (structured content and information architecture) at The Scottish Government	duncan-stephen.png
Content as Linked Data: Growing a spine to carry meaning at scale	rafaela-ellensburg	Founder & Owner at The Content Engineering Agency	rafaela-ellensburg.png
Discoverability by Design: Data, Information and AI	jenny-brooker	Chief Data Architect at Government Digital Service (GDS)	jenny-brooker.png
Discoverability by Design: Data, Information and AI	jody-parker	Senior Knowledge, Information and Records Management Policy Lead at Government Digital Service (GDS)	jody-parker.png
What is a Game to You?	shruti-vinodh	Master's student at City St George's, University of London	shruti-vinodh.png

### Sponsors

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Government Digital Service (GDS)	GDS is the digital centre of government. We serve the public, central government departments and the wider public sector.	GDS-CARD-optimised.jpg
The Research Thing	UX research events curated by/for user researchers.	The Research Thing-CARD-optimised.jpg

### Organisers

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rik-williams	Organiser	Government Digital Service (GDS)	rik-williams-ux-architect-optimised.png
dan-howarth	Organiser	Department for Business and Trade (DBT)	ChatGPT Image Jan 30, 2026, 10_46_12 AM.png
marc-stephenson	Organiser	Government Digital Service (GDS)	ChatGPT Image Jan 30, 2026, 10_40_13 AM.png

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