Web Directions North » Web Directions Executive Summary

Why should you or your team members attend Web Directions North? Here’s the executive summary about the conference, the content, the speakers, and the great value. (Download the one page PDF of this page)

Who Should Attend?

Web Directions focusses on practical and inspiring concepts, technologies and techniques for people whose day to day job is building web sites, applications and services. It’s for web designers, front and back end developers, product managers, Information Architects, and anyone else responsible for building great web solutions.

The Conference

• Highly focussed, practical yet inspiring content you can use right now
• World leading industry experts with years of hands on experience in their fields
• Tailored for web designers, developers, product managers, and others whose day to day responsibility is making and managing web sites and applications
• Web Directions Expo - learn more about the tools and services you need

The Content

• Web Site Design
• Web application and user interface Design
• Ajax
• Javascript and CSS
• User testing
• Rich Internet Application technologies, tools, platforms and techniques
• Accessibility
• Online communities, social media and social applications
• Innovative data visualizations
• Designing for the mobile web, and other new web enabled devices
• Wikis, blogs and social software in the Enterprise and Government
• Marketing in the age of social media

The speakers

• Jonathan Snook
• Josh Williams
• Indi Young
• Jeffrey Zeldman
• Cameron Adams
• Anil Dash
• Kimberly Elam
• John Allsopp
• Derek Featherstone
• Brian Fling
• Tara Hunt
• Boris Mann
• Brian Oberkirch
• Dave Shea
• Matt Webb

and many more

The Value

For a two day conference with world leading speakers, Web Directions North represents oustanding value, even if travel is involved. Here’s why

• Very reasonably priced at just $795 CDN (before December 1st, $895 after)
• Includes all catering - breaks and lunch for both days, and the fully catered reception and closing night party
• Rooms at the Hyatt Regency are just $149 CDN for our attendees
• The cost of living in Vancouver is reasonable, keeping expenses outside the conference low
• There are reasonably priced non stop flights from all over North America, and beyond

The Promise

You and your team will leave

• Equipped with techniques and concepts ready to be put to use in your work
• Inspired by the projects people are doing right now across a broad range of commercial, government and not for profit areas
• Connected with more of your peers.

We promise you.

Dave Shea, Maxine Sherrin, Derek Featherstone, John Allsopp