EURO IA 2006 - Welcome Speech Recordings -Eric Reiss

Violà - this month IA Voice the first speech recordings from the EURO IA 2006 in Berlin. Thank's very much to the speakers for their permissions to present their presentation slides together with their speech recording. The speech recordings(and upcoming ones) are in chronological order of the conference program. View the images from the conference here at Flickr (search "euroia2006" for all images on the conference).

Eric Reiss - Welcome and Logistics

>> Start Speech Recording(1,8 MB):

eric_reiss_welcome_and_logistics.mp3

- Over 200 Information Architects from all over Europe
- Eight time zones away, Austrailian IA Event(little Phone conference)

EURO IA 2006 - Speech Recordings - Eric Reiss

Eric Reiss - Seven Trends in IA (Highly recommended)
-> Presentation(view this parallel to the Audio) Reiss_trends_in_ia_berlin_2006.pdf

Quick Jump in Audio(11,3 MB):

seven_trends_in_ia.mp3
01:55 Minute - New IA Trends in Europe - coming from the users (compared to USA)
04:35 Minute - Websites have become part of the business plan
04:33 Minute - Trend #1 - Now we're going to make them part of the business
07:25 Minute - Customer Relation Management
08:04 Minute - Trend #2 - Websites have become more focused
11:58 Minute - Trend #3 - Websites are now truly multimedia
13:42 Minute - Trend #4 - Sitemaps are dying
16:38 Minute - Trend #5a - Customization is dead
17:38 Minute - Trend #5b - Two exceptions - Personalization lives
20:15 Minute - Trend #6 - Site search is  maturing
21:30 Minute - Trend #7 - IA is not always part of the job title

Eric Reiss wrote the following book:

EURO IA 2006 - Keynote Speech Recordings - Peter Morville

Peter Morville - Keynote Speech (Highly recommended)
-> Presentation-Ambient Findability (view this parallel to the Audio)

Quick Jump in Audio(22,9 MB):

keynote_speech_peter_morville.mp3
00:40 Minute - Intro Eric Reiss (Eric has some fun with the Austrailians)
04:48 Minute - Start Speech Peter Morville (Ambient Findability)

Interview with Are Halland

Are Halland - Information Architect from Norway

"We all need to blog" was one message from Are during his speech at the first european IA conference, the EURO IA 2005. What he ment to say to the european Information Architects was that we all need to speak out in a clear, strong voice.  Also there is a strong need to communicate, network and to work in projects together.

One year later, at the second EURO IA 2006, I had a chance to talk to Are in the Lobby of the Maritime conference hotel. He gave me some interesting answers on my questions about the IA situation in his country, how he thinks about IA in Europe and where he see's the nexts upcoming IA trends. Among these he thinks for example that Topic Maps will become more important in the future. Let's hear what else he says...

Podcast of this Interview - 25:41 minutes

ia_voice_interview_are_halland.mp3