Inside Local Groups
Local Group Directory
Below is a listing of IA Institute Local Groups and official local group partners. To add your group to the list or for information about starting a group in your area, contact the Local Groups Leader.
We now have a Meetup group located at http://www.meetup.com/iainstitute/ and have the capability of adding cities to share this group. If you would like to add your local group to this account, contact our development manager, Bev Corwin.
Argentina
Buenos Aires
An IA group is forming in Buenos Aires.
Founded in 2012
Contact: gonzalo.auza@inter-cultura.com
Australia
Canberra
Canberra IA Cocktail Hour
Twitter: @iacanberra
Founded in 2002
Regular meetings on the last Thursday of the month. Format is usually a
presentation, chat and often dinner. Details via Twitter.
Contact: Andrew Boyd at facibus@gmail.com
Sydney
Sydney IA Peers
Monthly meetings - discussion & drinks
Contact: Eric Scheid at eric@ironclad.com.au
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
UX Rio
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1925229
Twitter: @uxrio
Founded in 2009
Contacts:
Owner: Monica M Fernandes
Managers: Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa
São Paulo
São Paulo IA Group
Founded in 2007
Contact: Carolina Leslie at www.lulileslie.com
Canada
Quebec
UX Quebec
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6725331238
Toronto, ON
Tronto UX Irregulars
Website: http://uxirregulars.org/
Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/UXIrregulars
Founded in 2005
Egypt
Cairo
An IA group is forming in Cairo with professors affiliated with Cairo University and the American, French and German Universities in Cairo.
Founded in 2012
Contact: Perihan ElBaz at perihanm@hotmail.com
France
Paris
UX Paris
Founded in 2008
Contact: Sylvie Daumal at sylvie.daumal@gmail.com
Germany
Berlin
Berlin IA Cocktail Hour
Website: http://berliniacocktailhour.blogspot.com/
Founded in 2007
Occasional meetings; blog
Presentations and Meetings at bars; average active membership 20-30
Contact: Jan Jursa at jan.jursa@gmail.com
or Sabine Stössel at stoessel@ubibene.de
Frankfurt
IA Cocktail Hour Frankfurt/Main
Founded in 2008
Occasional meetings; networking site
Presentations and Meetings at bars; average active membership 20-30
Website: http://ia-ffm.mixxt.de/
Contact: Norbert Hadwiger at norbert at nh@nohad.com
or Wolf Nöding at wolf.noeding@iavoice.com
Indonesia
Jakarta
IAI Jakarta
Founded: 2011
Contact: Isnaeni.Achdiat@id.ey.com
Italy
Architecta
http://www.architecta.it/
Founded: 2013
Board: http://www.architecta.it/architecta/il-direttivo-di-architecta/
Iran
Name of Group: Iran IA
Location: Tehran, Iran
Website: http://uxiran.com
Facebook: http://fb.com/uxiran
Twitter: @uxiran
Contact: Parham Baghestani, parhamb@gmail.com
Japan
Tokyo
IAAJ: Information Architecture Association Japan
Website: http://www.iaaj.org/
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/120054384736086/
Founded 2002
Sponsors annual IA Summit Redux and informal cocktail hours
Contact: Atsushi Hasegawa at hase@concentinc.jp
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
UX Cocktail Hours Amsterdam
Yahoo! Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UXCocktailHoursAmsterdam/
Founded in 2001
Bi-monthly presentations at bars and offices usually with sponsored drinks and snacks; average active membership 25-50
Contact: Peter Boersma at peter@peterboersma.com
Panama
UX Panama
Website: http://www.uxpanama.net/
Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/lista-ux-panama?pli=1
Romania
IROAI
Website: http://www.iroai.org
Twitter: @iroai
Institutul Roman de Arhitectura Informatiei
Fondat in 2008
Contact: Bogdan Stanciu at iroai.org@gmail.com
South Africa
Johannesburg
South Africa UX Forum
Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/sa-ux-forum?pli=1
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2750787123
Officers: Damian Dplanet Stephens, Jason Hobbs, Philip Barrett
Founded in 2007
Turkey
Istanbul
Turkey IA Group
Monthly meetings and local events
Phone: +90 212 290 76 61
Contact: emrah.yayici@uxservices.com
United Kingdom
Brighton
UX Brighton
Website: http://uxbrighton.org.uk/
Twitter: @uxbri
London
London-IA Yahoo! Group
Yahoo! Group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/london-ia/
Contact: Claire Rowland claire@usefulinc.com or Kate Simpson kate@tangledom.com
United States
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta IA Meetup Group (now IxDA Atlanta)
Website: http://www.ixda.org/local/ixda-atlanta
Founded in 2006
Bi-monthly meetings and happy hours
Contact: Maria Cordell at mcordell@gmail.com
Austin, TX
Austin IA Group
Founded in 2007
Contact: Mike Steckel at MSteckel@gmail.com
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Parlay: A Gathering for Baltimore User Experience People
Ning Group: http://baltimoreparlay.ning.com/
Founded in 2009
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte User Experience Meetup Group
Website: http://www.charlotteux.org/
Founded in 2010
Organizer: Berman Painter
Chicago, IL
Chicago Content Strategists
Website: http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Content-Strategists/
This montly meetup is for anyone who cares about Web/interactive-based content--editors, content strategists, writers, content managers, translators, communicators, and information architects, to name a few.
Founded in 2009
Contact: Kristen Groh
Cincinnati, OH
Greater Cincinnati Tri State Area
Website: http://www.meetup.com/iainstitute/
Founded in 2009
Contact: Bev Corwin at office@bevcorwin.com
Cleveland, OH
User Experience in Northeast Ohio
http://www.uxneo.com/
Founded in 2010
Grand Rapids, MI
IXDA Grand Rapids
http://ixdagr.org/
Founded in 2012
Houston, TX
Houston Experience Design
Founded in 2011
Contact: Austin Govella at austin.govella@gmail.com
Indiana/Illinois
Northern Indiana/Illinois
Founded in 2008
Contact: Christopher Kosovich at chris@kosovich.com
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles IA Meetup Group
Website: http://ia.meetup.com/55/
Founded in 2007
Contact: Chris Chandler at chris.chandler@gmail.com
Madison, NJ
Northern NJ IA Meetup Group
Website: http://ia.meetup.com/54/
Founded in 2007
Contact: Bruce Esrig at esrig@alumni.princeton.edu
Twin Cities UX Meetup
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/TC-UX-Meetup/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/127362964865/
Meets monthly
Organizers: Bill Dorman, Keith Dvorak
New York, NY
NYC IA Meetup Group
http://ia.meetup.com/14/
Founded in 2003
Monthly meetups at cafes and bars
Contact: Anders Ramsay at andersr@gmail.com
New York, NY
UXNYC
Twitter hashtag posting upcoming UX events in NYC
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23UXNYC
Contact: Michele Marut on twitter @MicheleMarut
Philadelphia, PA
PhillyCHI
Website: http://phillychi.acm.org/
Meets once a month to network and discuss current topics in HCI.
Contact: Crystal Kubitsky at phillychi@gmail.com
Raleigh/Durham, NC
Triangle UXPA
Website: http://triupa.org/
Triangle UXPA is a local chapter of the Usability Professionals Association, hosts monthly cocktail hours and annual World Usability Day activities. Watch for upcoming full-day workshops on user research, sketching for design, and documentation/wireframe best practices.
Founded in 2005
Contact: Triangle UXPA Email Form
Richmond, VA
RUX Monthly Meetup
Website: richmondux.com
Meetup: http://meetup.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.
Contact: info@richmondux.com
Founded in 2008
Rochester, NY
IA/UX Rochester
Linkedin group: http://linkd.in/IAUXROC
Meetup: http://meetup.coworkingrochester.com/
Founded in 2012
Contact: iauxroc@gmail.com
San Francisco, CA
BayDUX
http://www.baychi.org/baydux/
Founded in 2003
Contact: info@baydux.org
Seattle, WA
Seattle Asis&t PNW & IA Meetup
http://www.asistpnw.org/
Founded in 1978
Meets 2nd Thursdays at Elysian Pub on Capitol Hill 7-9 pm
Contact: Aaron Louie ajlouie@gmail.com or Corprew Reed corprew@corprew.org
Washington, DC
DCIA
DC-IA on LinkedIn
Founded in 2001
Bi-monthly presentations and informal meetings at cafes and offices; jobs and events email list; 600+ members; average event size 10-25
Contact : Stacy Surla or Dan Brown at DC-IA on LinkedIn
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