Web Directions North | February 6 - 10, 2007 �

This page is a guide to help work out the different areas covered by the 20 or so speakers at Web Directions North. Please note that some sessions may cover areas they have not been tagged with. All sessions involve individual presentations by one, two or at most three presenters, rather than panels - so each session will be a very in-depth focus on its subject areas.

Tags

• Accessibility
• Ajax
• APIs
• Backend
• Big Picture
• Business
• CSS
• Design
• Development

• DOM
• Ethnography
• HTML
• Javascript
• Mashups
• Microformats
• Mobile
• User Experience
• Web Standards
• Workflow

Accessibility

Sessions with this tag gave a significant focus on web site and or/web application accessibility

Sessions with this tag

• Session 2: Web Apps - all this and accessible too
• Day 1: Closing Keynote

Ajax

Sessions with this tag gave a significant focus on developing with Ajax.

Sessions with this tag

• Session 2: Web Apps - all this and accessible too
• Session 3: Transcendent design with Javascript and CSS
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

APIs

Sessions with this tag gave a significant focus on developing web applications and/or mashups using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Sessions with this tag

• Session 6: Web Apps 2
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

Backend

Sessions with this tag focus on back end development issues

Sessions with this tag

• Session 6: Web Apps 2
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

Big picture

Sessions with this tag tackle big picture issues - concepts, ideas, future directions

Sessions with this tag

• Opening Keynote
• Session 4: Microformats - more than just promise
• Day 1 Closing Keynote
• Day 2 Opening Keynote
• Session 5: Old Media New Technology
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

Business

Sessions with this tag have a significant focus on business issue - business models, processes, opportunities

Sessions with this tag

• Day 2 Opening Keynote
• Session 5: Old Media New Technology
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups
• Day 2 Closing keynote

CSS

Sessions with this tag have a significant focus on designing for the web with CSS. This might be theoretical, practical, or a combination of both.

Sessions with this tag

• Opening Keynote
• Session 1: Design and Coding at the cutting edge
• Session 3: Transcendent design with Javascript and CSS
• Session 4: Microformats - more than just promise

Design

Sessions with this tag have a significant focus on web page and front end web app design.

Sessions with this tag

• Opening Keynote
• Session 1: Design and Coding at the cutting edge
• Session 3: Transcendent design with Javascript and CSS
• Session 4: Microformats - more than just promise
• Day 2 Opening Keynote
• Session 5: Old Media New Technology
• Session 6: Web Apps 2
• Session 7: The Design Process
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

Development

Sessions with this tag have a significant focus on developing front ends or back ends for the web

Sessions with this tag

• Opening Keynote
• Session 1: Design and Coding at the cutting edge
• Session 2: Web Apps - all this and accessible too
• Session 3: Transcendent design with Javascript and CSS
• Session 4: Microformats - more than just promise
• Day 2 Opening Keynote
• Session 5: Old Media New Technology
• Session 6: Web Apps 2
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

DOM

Sessions with this tag will have a significant focus on programming the Document Object Model (DOM)

Sessions with this tag

• Session 2: Web Apps - all this and accessible too
• Session 3: Transcendent design with Javascript and CSS
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

Ethnograpy

Sessions with this tag will have a significant focus on ethnography (”the study of people”). Techniques from ethnography are increasingly commonly used in the research stages of product design.

Sessions with this tag

• Day 2 Opening Keynote

HTML

Sessions with this tag have a significant focus on coding for web front ends. This could be theoretical or practical considerations.

Sessions with this tag

• Opening Keynote
• Session 1: Design and Coding at the cutting edge
• Session 3: Transcendent design with Javascript and CSS
• Session 4: Microformats - more than just promise

Javascript

Sessions with this tag have a significant theoretical and or practical component focussing on the use of Javascript

Sessions with this tag

• Session 2: Web Apps - all this and accessible too
• Session 3: Transcendent design with Javascript and CSS
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

Mashups

Sessions with this tag

Sessions with this tag have significant focus on mashups - “websites or web applications that seamlessly combine content from more than one source into an integrated experience”

• Session 5: Old Media New Technology
• Session 8: the Business and technology of mashups

Microformats

Sessions with this tag focus on the microformat approach to semantic web markup.

Sessions with this tag

• Session 4: Microformats - more than just promise

Mobile

Sessions with this tag have a focus on designing or developing for mobile and handheld devices

Sessions with this tag

• Session 1: Design and Coding at the cutting edge
• Day 2 Opening Keynote

User Experience (UX)

Sessions with this tag have a significant focus on user experience design.

Sessions with this tag

• Day 2 Opening Keynote
• Day 2 Closing Keynote

Webstandards

Sessions with this tag focus on issues and techniques with standards based web development - CSS, HTML, and accessibility.

Sessions with this tag

• Opening Keynote
• Session 1: Design and Coding at the cutting edge
• Session 2: Web Apps - all this and accessible too
• Session 3: Transcendent design with Javascript and CSS
• Session 4: Microformats - more than just promise

Workflow

Sessions with this tag focus on workflow processes in web site and or web app design.

Sessions with this tag

• Session 6: Web Apps 2
• Session 7: The Design Process