It’s a wrap! This year’s International Conference on Technical Communication was a special one, as it was the first time we were holding it online. From this constraint came a fantastic opportunity, with an amazing panel of speakers, great interaction between attendees worldwide, and insightful discussions about evolutions of the discipline.

A lot of fun was had by all at the event, and to keep the momentum going here are the much awaited conference takeways:

• Presentations and resources mentioned are now available on the conference page: 9th International Conference on Technical Communication: Evolutions of the Discipline
• Quotes from the first networking session: What brings technical communicators together?
• Quotes from the second networking session: How will technical communication careers evolve?
• Bonus! The results of our survey: What have they become? Career evolutions after graduating in technical communication at Université de Paris.
• Attendee takeways:

Developing a network for professional development when STC or other organizations aren’t available

It’s important to have conversations with tech comm practitioners in different contexts/spaces. We can learn so much from each other that way

Listening to what’s happening in Europe in terms of research and industry was great!

Updating a layer instead of adding a layer = minimalism well defined

Rething what you’re going to create and design it in a smart way.

Alexandre’s notion of recycling.

It is great to bring together our research findings

I liked the concept of information literacy. We may not think of it whenever we’re crafting content.