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# London 2026

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***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**

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Top insights from Knowledge Graph Insights</strong></td><td><a data-mention href="/pages/6XKtdmXRUfkmvjFavEU5">/pages/6XKtdmXRUfkmvjFavEU5</a></td><td>Content architect, podcast host, community event organiser</td><td><a href="/files/v5OhEzNbAG2cwWil6G9U">/files/v5OhEzNbAG2cwWil6G9U</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>The meaning of public services</strong></td><td><a data-mention href="/pages/87Jsds6GYWZ1v8WqoJPC">/pages/87Jsds6GYWZ1v8WqoJPC</a></td><td>Lead Content Designer (structured content and information architecture) at The Scottish Government</td><td><a href="/files/SvNgwO5VoxgDy81W1sLt">/files/SvNgwO5VoxgDy81W1sLt</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Content as Linked Data: Growing a spine to carry meaning at scale</strong></td><td><a data-mention href="/pages/aDAKj7WXq3HdDxgkU6kq">/pages/aDAKj7WXq3HdDxgkU6kq</a></td><td>Founder &#x26; Owner at The Content Engineering Agency </td><td><a href="/files/DTXwywAL0WNpsFzWzd3s">/files/DTXwywAL0WNpsFzWzd3s</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Discoverability by Design: Data, Information and AI</strong></td><td><a data-mention href="/pages/V4L7gBwZwWFX6DXREL0g">/pages/V4L7gBwZwWFX6DXREL0g</a></td><td>Chief Data Architect at Government Digital Service (GDS)</td><td><a href="/files/sKRZ90EILaq9rD0OPg2R">/files/sKRZ90EILaq9rD0OPg2R</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Discoverability by Design: Data, Information and AI</strong></td><td><a data-mention href="/pages/UHH7MEdDAKOSdMpmnlw8">/pages/UHH7MEdDAKOSdMpmnlw8</a></td><td>Senior Knowledge, Information and Records Management Policy Lead at Government Digital Service (GDS)</td><td><a href="/files/Lh1zjxIpYLTynV2meDrf">/files/Lh1zjxIpYLTynV2meDrf</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>What is a Game to You?</strong></td><td><a data-mention href="/pages/EPOoyeOfhm1faTVHFgV0">/pages/EPOoyeOfhm1faTVHFgV0</a></td><td>Master's student at City St George's, University of London</td><td><a href="/files/uXnukhcQMdeXvll7sRTx">/files/uXnukhcQMdeXvll7sRTx</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Sponsors

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service">Government Digital Service (GDS)</a></td><td>GDS is the digital centre of government. We serve the public, central government departments and the wider public sector. </td><td><a href="/files/QnuCuIPinSZTaJAEAvuo">/files/QnuCuIPinSZTaJAEAvuo</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.meetup.com/researchthing/">The Research Thing</a></td><td>UX research events curated by/for user researchers.</td><td><a href="/files/rG3LXa1tsLJVYFYm6sq4">/files/rG3LXa1tsLJVYFYm6sq4</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Organisers

<table data-column-title-hidden data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a data-mention href="/pages/Nzge74YLpgoOzOvDACqh">/pages/Nzge74YLpgoOzOvDACqh</a></td><td>Organiser</td><td>Government Digital Service (GDS)</td><td><a href="/files/I8WGCsZgLz9iVigr57Lz">/files/I8WGCsZgLz9iVigr57Lz</a></td></tr><tr><td><a data-mention href="/pages/NT5I0vzVFPXVktNZ9Qbk">/pages/NT5I0vzVFPXVktNZ9Qbk</a></td><td>Organiser</td><td>Department for Business and Trade (DBT)</td><td><a href="/files/McX1GZb5565zcONKLMTo">/files/McX1GZb5565zcONKLMTo</a></td></tr><tr><td><a data-mention href="/pages/qIUPbEC1mChPY75qDhME">/pages/qIUPbEC1mChPY75qDhME</a></td><td>Organiser</td><td>Government Digital Service (GDS)</td><td><a href="/files/HAQOLK0rBnfw4B0jyIto">/files/HAQOLK0rBnfw4B0jyIto</a></td></tr></tbody></table>