​About the event

​Grace’s talk focuses on information architecture (IA), a field she discovered through building a website for a high school class. She discusses IA's core principles of structuring and organizing information for findability and understanding using relatable examples like organizing a kitchen. This talk will follow Grace through her career journey from library and information studies to IA, highlighting the importance of mentorship and the evolution of the field. She'll share insights from her work with the World IA Association and World IA Day, emphasizing the importance of building a global community around this often-invisible but crucial field. 

​About Grace Lau

​Grace Lau is an information architect based in Los Angeles. She has been working in IA for nearly 20 years, collaborating with a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies such as Disney and Blue Shield of California to small businesses and nonprofits. Grace's work focuses on creating intuitive and user-friendly experiences. Her areas of specialization include information architecture, user research, interaction design, content strategy, and taxonomy.

​Beyond her client work, Grace actively contributes to the IA community. She currently serves as the co-president of World IA Day and is a founding president of the DIA Design Guild, a nonprofit organization that aims to create apprenticeship opportunities for aspiring UX professionals.

​Grace's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracelau/

​​Join us for an event with Grace Lau's journey of Information architecture. This event is put on by the World Information Architecture Association and supported by the Rutgers Master of Business and Science Program. The presenters are all volunteers who want to share their professional insights in Information Architecture.

​​We'll record the event; registered attendees will get a link to watch the recording later.