Luddy School raises the bar as iConference 2025 host
- Mar 26
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Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
By: Pete DiPrimio
Mar 24, 2025
The Luddy School successfully hosted the mid-March prestigious iConference 2025, one of the world’s top global conferences for informational professionals. ILS Chair Noriko Hara’s long-time vision paid off in a big way, drawing more than 250 professors, students and information professionals. Some traveled more than 8,000 miles to attend.
Noriko Hara dared big and won. The Information and Library Science chair and professor of Information Science aimed to host one of the world’s top global conferences for informational professionals and that vision became last week’s iConference 2025 “Living in an AI-gorithmic World” at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.
Howard Rosenbaum, director of Graduate Programs for Information and Library Science, and professor of Information Science, shared Hara’s vision and worked to enable the Luddy School to host the 20th anniversary of this internationally renowned conference.
Luddy School Dean Joanna Millunchick’s support ensured the Luddy School would host for the first time, showcasing the school’s impressive academic opportunities (including an ILS program ranked No. 9 nationally) and facilities, including the Luddy Artificial Intelligence Center. Millunchick opened the conference by welcoming attendees to Indiana University and Bloomington.
“Where else could the 20th anniversary of the iConference be but Luddy, said Rosenbaum, who served as a co-conference chair along with Hara, Devan R Donaldson, associate professor of Information Science and MLS program director, and Carol Choksy, senior lecturer of Information Science. “We’re at the cutting edge of so much information research. It really made sense for us to host.”