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The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T AM), formerly the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T AM) and the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS AM), is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. The ASIS&T AM gathers leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share innovations, ideas, research, and insights into the state and future of information and communication in play, work, governance, and society.

ASIS&T AM has an established record for pushing the boundaries of information studies, exploring core concepts and ideas, and creating new technological and conceptual configurations — all situated in interdisciplinary discourses.

Of special interest:

• Themes: Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology (2016); Knowledge Innovations: Celebrating Our Heritage, Designing Our Future (2000); Knowledge: Creation, Organization and Use (1999)
• Co-located events: ICKM – International Conference on Knowledge Management (2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018), ASIS&T Knowledge Management Summit (2002)
• Social events: SIG KM Happy Hour (2013-15); SIG KM et al Speed Meeting (2008-2007)
• KMedu events:
  2021 panel: Career Development in Knowledge Management
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  2015 panel: Knowledge Management in LIS Education: Bridging Research and Practice
  2011 panel: Emerging Trends in Knowledge Organization and Information Organization Course Curriculum
  2008 panel: Knowledge Management Career: Perception Versus Reality
  2005 track: Information Science Education
  2004 panel: Challenges in Knowledge Management Education
  2002 panel: Evolution of Knowledge Management Education
  2000 panel: Teaching Knowledge Management

Conference History:

89th ASIS&T AM 2026 is either in Bangkok, Thailand or in Daegu, South Korea

88th ASIS&T AM 2025, November 14-18, 2025, Washington, DC, USA

Conference Theme: Difficult Conversations: The Role of Information Science in the Age of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Conference program TBD

87th ASIS&T AM 2024, October 25-29, 2024, Calgary, AB, Canada

Conference Theme: Putting People First: Responsibility, Reciprocity and Care in Information Research and Practice

Pre-conference Workshops:
Generative AI and the Future of Information Science Education

Panels:
Exploring the Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in GLAM Collections
Knowledge Organization Systems and Provenance: Experiences and Challenges (SIG-CMR)
The Evolving Role of Information Professionals in Navigating Places, Spaces, and Nurturing New Discourses in the In-Between

86th ASIS&T AM 2023, October 27-31, 2023, London, United Kingdom

Conference Theme: Making a Difference: Translating Information Research into Practice, Policy, and Action

Paper Sessions:
Knowledge Organization and Cultural Analytics
Search and Learning

Panels:
From Data to Action: Leveraging Open Data to Drive Knowledge-Based Intelligent Governance
Search Systems and Artificial Intelligence: Enhancing Searching as Learning Approaches to Counter Misinformation
Managing Information Gaps and Non-Information
Reflecting on Two Decades of Information Horizons Theory and Method: Applications and Innovations
Toward Evidence-Based Cataloging Ethics: Research, Practice, and Training in Knowledge Organization
Theorising Information Literacy: Opportunities and Constraints

Alternative Events:
Storytelling for Translational Research Impact

2023 ASIS&T Mid-Year Conference, 11-13 April 2023, Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Expanding Horizons of Information Science and Technology and Beyond

Panels:
Humanistic Foundation of Information Science in the Data Intelligence Age (SIG-HFIS)

Paper Sessions:
Titles n.a.

85th ASIS&T AM 2022, October 29 – November 1, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Conference Theme: Crisis, Transition, Resilience: Re-Imagining an Information-Resilient Society

Note: Virtual Poster Sessions (Oct 3) and Workshops (Oct 8-9)

Paper Sessions:
Organizing Knowledge; Information Retrieval and Discovery; Information Resilience; AI and Machine Learning Techniques; Information Policy and Ethics; Professional Information Practices

Pre-conferemce Workshops: (Oct 29)
Successfully Aging with Our Information and Our Information Tools (Endorsed by SIG-KM & SIG-USE)

Conference Panels:
Knowledge Management in an Information-Resilient Society (SIG-KM)
Alternative event: Building Your Data and People Manager Skills to Help Lead in MCBK (Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge)

Co-located Conferences:
Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Meeting (ALISE), Oct 24-26
Information Science Summit, Oct 28

84th ASIS&T AM 2021, October 30 – November 2, 2021, Salt Lake City, UT, USA / Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Information: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, and Relevance

Conference Panels:
Career Development in Knowledge Management (SIG-KM)

83rd ASIS&T AM 2020, October 22 – November 1, 2020, Pittsburgh, USA Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Information for a Sustainable World: Addressing Society’s Grand Challenges

Note: The conference was originally scheduled for October 23-28, 2020

Paper Sessions:
Knowledge Management

Welcome Reception/SIG-Rush:
SIG-KM

82nd ASIS&T AM 2019, October 19-23, 2019, Melbourne, Australia

Conference Theme: Connecting People and Information in the Physical and Virtual Worlds

Pre-conference Workshops & Tutorials (Oct 19):
Methods and Measures, or How Do We Study Learners and Learning with Information? (SIG-InfoLearn)

81st ASIS&T AM 2018, November 10-14, 2018 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Conference Theme: Building an Ethical and Sustainable Information Future with Emerging Technologies

Pre-/Post-conference Workshops & Tutorials (Nov 10/14):
Culture, Community, and Voice in Knowledge Organization Systems (SIG-CR workshop); Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services course; Deep Learning for Social Media Processing tutorial; Information Experience Design: Uniting Information Research with Practice tutorial

Co-located Conferences:
International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), Nov 9-10

80th ASIS&T AM 2017, October 27 – November 1, 2017, Washington D.C., USA

Conference Theme: Diversity of Engagement: Connecting People and Information in the Physical and Virtual World

Workshops:
Building a Research Agenda for Multi-Perspective Knowledge Representation (SIG/CR); Knowledge Books – Living Knowledge and Active Learning

13th Annual Social Informatics (SIG-SI) Research Symposium: The Social Informatics of Knowledge, Oct. 28

79th ASIS&T AM 2016, October 14-18, 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark

Conference Theme: Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology

Tracks:
Research Knowledge Structures and Practices

Panels:
Bibliometrics and Information Retrieval: Creating Knowledge Through Research Synergies (SIG/MET); Global/Local Knowledge Organization: Contexts and Questions (SIG/CR); Crowdsourcing Approaches for Knowledge Organization Systems: Crowd Collaboration or Crowd Work? (SIG/CR); Digital Liaisons Virtual Uncommons: Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives via Digital Libraries (SIG/DL)

Co-located Conferences:
International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC), Oct 13-16
European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop, Oct 15

78th ASIS&T AM 2015, November 6-10, 2015, St. Louis, MO, USA

Conference Theme: Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community

Seminars/Workshops:
Knowledge Audits from A to Z (SIG/KM)

Panels:
Knowledge Management in LIS Education: Bridging Research and Practice (SIGs/KM & ED); If You Build It, Will They Come? – A Discussion of Use Cases and Barriers of Using the Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) Available as Linked Open Data (LOD); Cultural Diversity in LIS Research: National and International Communities as Context (SIGs/KM & IEP); Impact-Driven Work: Tearing Down the Firewalls Between Research and Practice (SIGs/KM & IEP)

Sessions:
Examples of Crimes against Knowledge or Examples of Knowledge Sharing (SIGs/KM)

3rd Annual SIG/KM Happy Hour: Knowledge Sharing and Hoarding

77th ASIS&T AM 2014, October 31 – November 5, 2014, Seattle, WA, USA

Conference Theme: Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities

Paper Tracks:
Knowledge Organization; Knowledge Management

Workshops:
Knowledge Audits from A to Z (SIG/KM)

Panels:
Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) as Linked Data Services

2nd Annual SIG/KM Happy Hour: Crimes Against Good Knowledge Management

76th ASIS&T AM 2013, November 1-5, 2013, Montreal, QC, Canada

Conference Theme: Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries

Paper Tracks:
Social Media, Knowledge Management and Cloud Computing; Knowledge Validity, Quality and Discovery

Panels:
Maximizing the Usage of Value Vocabularies in the Linked Data Ecosystem

1st Annual SIG/KM Happy Hour: The Ten Commandments for Knowledge Behavior

Co-located Conferences:
International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), Nov 1-2

75th ASIS&T AM 2012, October 26-30, 2012, Baltimore, MD

Conference Theme: Information, Interaction, Innovation: Celebrating the Past, Constructing the Present and Creating the Future

Workshops:
Knowledge Audits From A to Z (SIG KM); Taxonomy: Theory to Practice

Panels:
Semantic Metadata as Linked Data Building Blocks

74th ASIS&T AM 2011, October 9-12, 2011, New Orleans, LA, USA

Conference Theme: Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work

Paper Tracks:
Knowledge Organization, Information and Knowledge Management

Workshops:
Knowledge Management of Social Networks (SIG KM); Theory of Knowledge, Search and Taxonomies; Collaborative Information Seeking – Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice; What Do We Mean?: The Management of Information Organizations vs. the Organizational Management of Information?

Panels:
Emerging Trends in Knowledge Organization and Information Organization Course Curriculum

73rd ASIS&T AM 2010, October 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Conference Theme: Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem

Paper Tracks:
Knowledge Organization; Information and Knowledge Management

Seminars:
Taxonomy Tools: Requirements and Capabilities; Getting Started with Business Taxonomy Design

Panels:
Knowledge Organization: Evaluating Foundation and Function in the Information Ecosystem; Role of Communities of Practice in Recent Responses to Disasters – Tsunami, China, Haiti, and Katrina; Linked Data – Enabling Standards and Other Approaches

Co-located Conferences:
International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), Oct 22-23

72nd ASIS&T AM 2009, November 6-11, 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Conference Theme: Thriving on Diversity – Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World

Workshops:
SIG USE Symposium: Collaborative Information Seeking and Sharing (10th Anniversary)

Panels:
Evolving Curricula in LIS-Focused Bioinformatics Programs (SIGs ED, BIO, CR, KM, STI); The DataNet Partners: Sharing Science, Linking Domains, Curating Data (SIGs KM, SI, STI); DataONE: Protecting the Future of Environmental and Ecological Data (SIGs DL, STI, KM); Web Service-based Applications: Optimizing Indexing, Searching, and Terminology Services (Standards Committee)

71st ASIS&T AM 2008, October 24-29, 2008, Columbus, OH, USA

Conference Theme: People Transforming Information – Information Transforming People

Tracks:
Knowledge Organization

Panels:
Knowledge Management Career: Perception Versus Reality (SIG ED and KM); Tagging As A Communication Device: The Impact of Communities on Transforming Tag Information (SIG-TAG, SIG-KM and SIG-CR); Issues in the Transformation of Health and Medical Information (KM, MED); Civic Engagement, Youth, and Community: The Role of Place, Education, Information, and Technology in Shaping Civic and Political Discourse (SIG-KM); Knowledge Sharing and Management in Open Access e-Resources & Communities (KM, DL)

SPEED MEETING: A Special Session to Introduce Attendees to Each Other in Person and via Web Cast (KM, BWP, MGT, VIS, STI)

Co-located Conferences:
International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), Oct 23-24

70th ASIS&T AM 2007, October 19-24, 2007, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Conference Theme: Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science

Seminars:
Taxonomies in Search

Panels:
Applying Theories of Knowledge Creation to KM Practices in Business and Government (SIG KM); Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) Standards (Standards Committee and SIG CR); Traditional and Non-Traditional Knowledge Management in Research and Practice (SIGs KM, LT, CR); Seeking Knowledge in a Social World: Epistemological Pathways (SIG USE); Who is Tagging Information? (SIGSs USE, CR, KM); Tagging and Social Networks: The Impact of Communities on User-Centered Tagging (SIGs TAG, KM, CR); Problems with the Distribution of Health and Medical Information (SIGs KM, MED); Social Capital 2.0: New ICTs and New Social Forms (SIGs KM, CRIT)

Speed Meeting (SIGs KM, BWP, MGT)

69th ASIS&T AM 2006, November 3-8, 2006, Austin, TX, UAS

Conference Theme: Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All

Workshops:
Workshop on Blogs and Wikis: How They Can Improve Conference Communications (SIGs BWP, DL, KM)

Panels:
The Reality of the Global, Digital Workplace: Innovation in Knowledge Management (KM, MGT); Knowledge Sharing in Online Communities: Digital Trends in Practice (SI, KM, USE); Virtual Communities & Social Networks: The Impact of Blogs on Online Community and Social Engagement (KM)

68th ASIS&T AM 2005, October 28 – November 2, 2005, Charlotte, NC, USA

Conference Theme: Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together

Paper Tracks:
Knowledge Management, Information Organization; Information Science Education

Seminars:
Hands On Taxonomies – an Introduction to Creation and Maintenance of Controlled Vocabularies

Panels:
Collaboration in Digital Libraries: Luminous Ideas from Health Informatics, Academic Libraries, and Historical Archives (SIGs KM, DL); Evaluating Success in Search Systems (SIGs Metrics, DL, KM, USE); Business Case Studies in Knowledge Management (SIG KM); Building Business Bridges: Useful Knowledge Management Practices for Both Libraries and Corporate Organizations (SIGs KM, MGT); Knowledge Management Practices in Organizations Undergoing Fundamental Change (SIG MGT)

Co-located Conferences:
International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), Oct 27-28

67th ASIS&T AM 2004, November 12-17, 2004, Providence, RI, USA

Conference Theme: Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts

Tracks:
Knowledge Management and Use

Panels:
Information Related Management Issues: Examining the Applicability of Research Methodologies (SIGs KM, MGT); Blogs and K-Logs in Knowledge Management (SIG KM); LibQUAL+: Library Service Quality Assessment (SIG MGT, KM); Managing Information from Scientific Research Projects: Exposing Hidden Knowledge (SIG STI); Challenges in Knowledge Management Education; Knowledge, Information and Behavior: A Tribute to Patrick Wilson (SIG HFIS); Diffusion of Knowledge in the Field of Digital Library Development: How Is the Field Shaped by Visionaries, Engineers, and Pragmatists? (SIGs HFIS, DL); Reference Services and Knowledge Bases: When is Help Helpful? (SIG STI)

66th ASIS&T AM 2003, October 19-22, 2003, Long Beach, CA, USA

Conference Theme: Humanizing Information Technology: From Ideas to Bits and Back

Tracks:
Information Organization

Panels:
A Science of Public Knowledge? Theoretical Foundations of LIS (HFIS); Genres & Knowledge Organization (CR, HFIS); Maturity Models and Benchmarks in Knowledge Management (KM, MGT)

65th ASIS&T AM 2002, November 18-21, 2002, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Conference Theme: Information, Connections, and Community

Panels:
Innovative uses of Knowledge Management to Maintain Competitive Advantage (SIG MGT, KM); Evolution of Knowledge Management Education (SIG KM); Visualizing Knowledge Domains (SIG CR, VIS); Knowledge Management and Organizational Climate (SIG KM); Community and Forms of Knowledge (SIGs KM & HFIS)

Co-located Conferences:
ASIST Knowledge Management Summit, Nov 16 (Theme: Knowledge Management in the 21st Century: Moving Forward, Sustaining the Momentum)

KMedu relevant:
Evolution of Knowledge Management Education (SIG/KM panel); Knowledge Management and Knowledge Science Curriculum Programs in Institutes of Higher Education Examination of Case Studies Associated with an Emergent Discipline (Poster)

64th ASIS&T AM 2001, November 4-8, 2001, Washington, DC, USA

Conference Theme: Information in a Networked World: Harnessing the Flow

Technical Sessions:
Trends in Knowledge Management Initiatives: From the Enterprise Level to the Team Level (SIG MGT); Affective Issues in Knowledge Management: Social Capital, Narrative, and Learning (SIG KM); Knowledge Management-The Practitioner’s View (SIG KM); Knowledge Management: Contested Grounds (SIG KM); Knowledge Management/Competitive Intelligence Convergence (SIG MGT); Metrics and Knowledge Management (SIG KM)

63rd ASIS AM 2000, November 13-16, 2000, Chicago, IL, USA

Conference Theme: Knowledge Innovations: Celebrating Our Heritage, Designing Our Future

Paper Tracks:
Emerging Models for Knowledge Management

Technical Sessions:
Digital Libraries & Their Role in Knowledge Dissemination & Creation (SIG DL); Innovative Computer-Based Medical Knowledge Resources (SIG MED); Knowledge Management in Theory (SIG KM); Teaching Knowledge Management (SIG KM)

62nd ASIS AM 1999, October 31 – November 4, 1999, Washington, DC, USA

Conference Theme: Knowledge: Creation, Organization and Use

Paper Tracks:
Knowledge Discovery, Capture and Creation; Classification and Representation; Information Retrieval; Knowledge Dissemination; Ethical, Cultural, Social & Behavioral Aspects

1999 ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, May 24-26, 1999, Pasadena, CA, USA

Conference Theme: Evaluating and Using Netorked Information Resources and Services

Technical Sessions:
Accessing Knowledge Through the Window: Database Providers’ Methods for Evaluating Network Interfaces (SIG CRS)

61st ASIS AM 1998, October 24-29, 1998, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Conference Theme: Information Access in the Global Information Economy

Seminars:
Building the Virtual “Intranet” Knowledge Center; The Role of Information Management In Knowledge Management; Stimulating Creativity and Innovation Through Information

1998 ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, May 17-20, 1998, Orlando, FL, USA

Conference Theme: Collaboration Across Boundaries: Theories, Strategies and Technology

Continuing Education Courses:
Building the Virtual “Intranet” Knowledge Center

Technical Sessions:
Leveraging Knowledge Through Collaboration: Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice (SIG MGT)

60th ASIS AM 1997, November 1-6, 1997, Washington, DC, USA

Conference Theme: Digital Collections: Implications for Users, Funders, Developers and Maintainers

Seminars:
Building the Virtual “Intranet” Knowledge Center; Organizing and Representing Knowledge Graphically Using Classification Structures (SIG CR, HCI, VIS)

1997 ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, May 30 – June 4, 1997 Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Conference Theme: Information Privacy, Security, and Data Integrity

Continuing Education Courses:
Building the Virtual “Intranet” Knowledge Center

Technical Sessions:
Knowledge Management Databases: Managing Access and Security, SIG MGT
Quality of Knowledge from KDD Processes — Using AI Tools and Techniques in the Data Mining Step. SIG ALP

59th ASIS AM 1996, October 19-24, 1996, Baltimore, MD, USA

Conference Theme: Global Complexity: Information, Chaos and Control

Seminars:
Building the Virtual “Intranet” Knowledge Center

1996 ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, May 18 – 22, 1996, San Diego, CA, USA
Conference Theme: The Digital Revolution

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58th ASIS AM 1995, October 9-12, 1995, Chicago, IL, USA

Conference Theme: Converging Technologies: Forging New Partnerships in Information

Panels:
Classification and Technology: New Roles for Maps of Knowledge (SIG CR)

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