After a smash hit first year in Canada, following several years of great success in Australia, Web Directions North returns to Vancouver, with two days of workshops, a two day conference featuring renowned, inspiring expert speakers from across the globe, and the now legendary post conference trip to Whistler.
Web Directions speakers are real world experts bringing insights, experience and expertise you’ll go a long way to get anywhere else. Our speakers walk the walk, not just talk the talk. You’ll also get the chance to meet, exchange ideas, and network with your peers from across Canada, North America and the World. Web Directions is a must for all designers, developers, product managers, and anyone who works with the web.
Speakers:
Topics:
- 3 Stages of Dynamic Systems
- Ajax Security
- Bedroom to Boardroom
- Closing Keynote
- Composition Tools for Web Type
- Developing with AIR and Silverlight
- Future of Web Interfaces
- Government 2.0
- Information Visualization as a Medium
- Innovation is Overrated
- Mobile Web Design & Development
- Plays Well with Others
- Real World Accessibility
- Return of the King of Web Standards
- Serious Business
- Visions for the Web’s Future
- What Makes a Design Seem Intuitive?
- Where’s Your Web At?
- The Why and How
- Working with Ajax Frameworks
This looks like a really good conference. It appears to be an excellent chance to rub noses with some of the industry’s top designers and developers for Web 2.0 applications. I would personally like to go to meet Jonathan Snook who has an excellent blog on Ajax, Flex and CakePHP.