Web Directions South 2007 | Web Directions

Hard to believe, but it’s already been six months since Web Directions South 2006. Which, if you do your sums right, means only 6 months until Web Directions South 2007. That’s right, plans are already well under way for the next installment.

Each year we’ve tried to get a little bit more comprehensive, with space for more attendees, more chances to get together with your peers, meet old friends and make new ones, share ideas, maybe even get a job or find a new expert.

While we aren’t quite ready to spill the beans on everything that will be happening with Web Directions South this year, we can tell you:

It will be on - September 25th to 29th 2007, with two days of workshops (6 in total, covering a broad range of design, development, and other web related issues), a 2 day conference and expo, as well as a social day at the beach, not unlike our recent Whistler trip for Web Directions North - with surfing lessons, beach volleyball, and much more.

This year the conference takes place in Darling Harbour, Australia’s premier conference centre.

We won’t be neglecting the traditional WDS focus of standards based web design and development, accessibility and usability, but there’ll also be a strong focus on emerging areas of interest including

• Designing and developing for the Mobile Web
• Developing Communities and social networks
• Rich Internet Applications
• Startups

Plus, we’re introducing a whole new track focussing on strategic and management issues, such as building and managing great web teams, legal issues associated with accessibility and intellectual property, search engine optimization and more. All from industry leaders with a tonne of experience in these areas.

In all, there’ll be nearly 30 speakers, with a dozen or so internationals, including 4 international keynote speakers with incredible track records across a broad spectrum of the web, to inspire, entertain and educate, and a breakfast with someone who literally changed the way the web works for all of us.

In short, if you are a web professional, Sydney in late September is the place to be.

We’ll have more news over the coming weeks, and you’ll be able to book your places from early May, with great discounts for those who get in early (so start saving now, for about the price of a cup of coffee a day). Subscribe to our RSS feed for news as it happens, and we’ll see you in September!

Maxine and John

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