Bookings are now open for the Society of Indexers 2024 online conference ‘Human Indexing in a Digital World’. The conference will take place via Zoom on Wednesday 18th September and Thursday 19th September 2024.
The rate for the two-day conference is £50 for SI, ICRIS-affiliated and CIEP members (and £60 for non-members), which includes access to recordings of the presentations for 12 months.
The booking form is available at https://www.indexers.org.uk/events/conference-2024-human-indexing-in-a-digital-world/.
The conference main sessions and presenters are:
- AI (artificial intelligence) tools in publishing and implications for indexing (George Walkley and Tanya Izzard)
- Software: current states of play of the main dedicated indexing programs (Pierke Bosschieter and Stephen Ullstrom)
- The Frankfurt Kabuff as creative publishing critique and its unusual index (Beth Driscoll, Claire Squires and Paula Clarke Bain)
- Wikipedians: improving online information about indexing (Mary Coe and other indexer–Wikipedians)
Plus parallel breakout discussion sessions including:
- client relations
- embedded indexing
- multi-author works
- peer review
- students and new professionals forum
- time for free chat with indexing colleagues
The conference programme timetable is now available via the conference page at https://www.indexers.org.uk/training-development/conferences/conference-2024/.
Please join us at the SI 2024 online conference and on social media with the hashtag #SIConf24. We look forward to seeing you there.
ISC/SCI members can access the discount code in the member area.