WebDirections Conference goers

Schedule

As well as the two day conference don’t forget our optional extra full day of workshops.

By the magic of Microformats, you can download this schedule directly into a scheduling application like iCal or Outlook. But of course, you don’t need to do this - you’ll get a copy of the schedule at the conference.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Time Parkside Auditorium Parkside 110A Parkside 110B
7:30–9:00 am
Registration

(Parkside Foyer)
9:00–9:10 am
Opening comments

(Parkside Auditorium)
9:10–10:15 am
Opening Keynote - Lynne D Johnson

(Parkside Auditorium)
10:15–10:45 am
Morning tea

(Parkside Foyer)
10:45–11:40 am
Accessibility Beyond Compliance
Derek Featherstone
Design
Web Vector Graphics
Dmitry Baranovskiy
Development
Starting & Running a Web Development Business
Kay Smoljak
Management / Strategy
11:40–11:45 am
Changeover

(All rooms)
11:45–12:40 am
Developing for iPhone
Tim Lucas & Pete Ottery
Development / Design
From Disordered to Managed Usability in an Agile Environment
Teale Shapcott
Design
Strategies for Social Media
Grant Young
Management / Strategy
12:40 am–1:40 pm
Lunch

(Parkside Foyer)
1:40–2:35 pm
Context in Mobile Design
Gabriel White
Design
Javascript Libraries
Craig Sharkie, Cameron Adams, Jason Crane, Earle Castledine and Ben Askins
Development
Informing Experience Architecture with Quantitive Insights
Hurol Inan
Management / Strategy
2:35–2:40 pm
Changeover
Changeover
2:40–3:35 pm
Elegant Web Typography
Jeff Croft
Design
The evolution and commercialisation of online video
Nick Bolton
Management / Strategy
3:35–4:05 pm
Afternoon tea

(Parkside Foyer)
4:05–5:05 pm
Predicting the Past - August de Los Reyes

(Parkside Auditorium)
5:05–5:15 pm
Closing comments

(Parkside Auditorium)
5:30–7:00 pm
Opening night drinks

(Bayside Terrace, Sydney Convention Centre)

Friday, September 26, 2008

Time Parkside Auditorium Parkside 110A Parkside 110B
9:00–9:10 am
Opening comments

(Parkside Auditorium)
9:10–10:15 am
Designing Our Way Through Data
Jeffrey Veen

(Parkside Auditorium)
10:15–10:45 am
Morning tea

(Parkside Foyer)
10:45–11:40 am
Creating Sexy Style Sheets
Jina Bolton
Design
Choosing the Right Web App Framework
Lucas Chan
Development
Where’s the Money: The Business of Being Social
Laurel Papworth
Management / Strategy
11:40–11:45 am
Changeover
Changeover
11:45–12:40 am
Jungle Cruise Through the Wild Regions of HTML 5
Michael(tm) Smith
Development / Design
Custom V CMS: Don’t Take Sides
Diana Mounter
Management / Strategy
12:40 am–1:40 pm
Lunch

(Parkside Foyer)
1:40–2:35 pm
Interaction Design Case Studies
Daniel Burka
Design
Web APIs, Oauth and OpenID: A Developer’s Guide
Myles Eftos
Development
Internationalisation: A Guide to Dealing with the Web’s Favourite Twenty Letter Word
Myles Byrne
Management / Strategy
2:35–2:40 pm
Changeover
2:40–3:35 pm
Ajax Security
Douglas Crockford
Development
Integrating Accessibility into Design
Ruth Ellison
Design
Semantic Web for Distributed Social Networks
David Peterson
Management / Strategy
3:35–4:05 pm
Afternoon tea

(Parkside Foyer)
4:05–5:05 pm
Closing Keynote: This, That, and The Other Thing - Mark Pesce

(Parkside Auditorium)
5:05–5:15 pm
Closing comments

(Parkside Auditorium)
5:30–late pm
Closing night party

(Shelbourne Hotel, 200 Sussex St, Sydney)
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“A definite must have for any web professional.”
Dmitry Baranovskiy, Freelance web developer
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