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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070414
SUMMARY:Web 2.0: The Human Web
LOCATION:Ottawa, Canada
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is geared towards a broad audience including gove
 rnment employees, product managers, business strategists, CTOs, CIOs, marke
 ting specialists, communication experts, technology experts and human-compu
 ter interaction specialists, but especially those who are web designers.
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\nIn the first half of the day Peter Merholz and Maggie Fox address the to
 pic of Web 2.0 as a social media. They will cover the business rational for
  Web 2.0 development and provide motivation for development in this area. M
 any case studies will be reviewed.
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\nIn the second half of the day Mike 
 Atyeo addresses more detailed issues such as designing and testing Web 2.0 
 applications, particularly highly interactive AJAX applications. The import
 ant issue of accessibility will be addressed by Derek Featherstone, an expe
 rt in this particular field.
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\nThe more structured part of the workshop 
 will finish with a panel of our presenters. This will be an opportunity for
  participants to ask any final questions and for presenters to deliver key 
 take-home messages.
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\nFollowing the panel session, attendees who are int
 erested will then participate in an informal "unconference". This will be a
 n opportunity for attendees to talk some more with the presenters and with 
 each other and unwind. The aim is for all attendees to leave the day with a
  clearer idea of how social media can benefit their organizations and to kn
 ow how to make their great ideas become a reality.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081118
SUMMARY:CanUX 2008
LOCATION:Banff, Canada
DESCRIPTION:CanUX is the annual Canadian User Experience workshop. We bring
  world-class instructors together with practitioners for hands-on learning.
  It's a small gathering, limited to 70 participants, with a focus on practi
 cal skills for user experience professionals—web designers, software develo
 pers, information architects, interaction designers, interface designers, c
 ommunications, and anyone else who's passionate about making things work we
 ll for people.
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\nCanUX 2008 presenters include:
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\n* Dave Gray (XPLANE
 )
\n* Brandon Schauer (Adaptive Path)
\n* Luke Wroblewski (Yahoo!)
\n* Lisa
  Anderson and Dennis Wixon (Microsoft Surface)
\n* Yvonne Shek (nForm)
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\
 nConference rates include two nights accommodation, meals, and your confere
 nce fees.
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\nCanUX is held at the world-renowned Banff Centre, a campus-l
 ike environment in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. 
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\nBanff is a 1.5 
 hour drive from Calgary, Alberta.
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