2026 AKML & Symposium (2 Oct 2026)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Registration is for

In-Person Attendance ONLY

All IGS Members in Good Standing Will Receive Instructions on How to Livestream the Event Online Prior to the AKML

The 74th Annual

Alfred Korzybski

Memorial Lecture

and the Symposium on

Language,

Listening,

Literacy,

and Algorithms

October 2nd-4th, 2026

Call for Papers and Proposals

Co-Sponsored by the

New York Society for General Semantics

the International Bateson Institute

the Media Ecology Association

the Tomkins Institute

and the 404 Festival of Art and Technology

featuring

Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, six Locus awards, the PEN Malamud Award, and the Media Ecology Association's Mary Shelly Award. His novella “Story of Your Life” was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). His most recent short story collection, Exhalation (Knopf, 2019), was listed as one of the Top Ten Books of 2019 by The New York Times, and included in President Barack Obama’s 2019 reading list. In 2023, he was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI.

The lecture, dinner, and symposium are being held at the historic Players Club in Gramercy Park, Manhattan.

Registration is free for IGS members and their guests, but all attendees must be registered in advance in order to gain admittance to the club. More information regarding the dinner and symposium schedule will be made available at a later date.

Please note that as an historic 19th century landmark, the site is not handicap accessible. Dress code is business casual and is strictly enforced, including no sneakers, shorts, ripped jeans, t-shirts).

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2026 AKML & Symposium (2 Oct 2026)