Conference 2024: Human Indexing in a Digital World

Posted on: 01/08/2024

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 conference programme timetable
is now available here.

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
  • and time for free chat with indexing colleagues

The rate for the two-day conference is £50 for SI, ICRIS and CIEP members (and £60 for non-members), which includes access to recordings of the presentations for 12 months.

The booking form is available here.

Please join us at the 2024 SI Conference and on social media with the hashtag #SIConf24. We look forward to seeing you there.

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