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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070211
SUMMARY:Web Directions North
LOCATION:Vancouver, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Put together by designers and developers, for designers and dev
 elopers, Web Directions North is brought to you by Dave Shea, Derek Feather
 stone, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp. 
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\nOver two days and nights, Web
  Directions North is packed tight with sessions by renowned, inspiring, ent
 ertaining speakers and experts, parties, and more.
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\nCome along and hear
  Kelly Goto, Andy Clarke, Adrian Holovaty, Douglas Bowman, Dan Cederholm, J
 oe Clark, Molly Holzschlag, Derek Featherstone, Veerle Pieters, Jeremy Keit
 h and many other present and future web luminaries, covering Ajax and Javas
 cript, CSS, Microformats, mashups, standards based web design and developme
 nt, accessibility, web app development, XHTML and HTML and more. 
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\nBegi
 nning with an optional day of workshops from some of the web’s best educa
 tors, and rounded off with two optional days of skiing and boarding at Whis
 tler, Web Directions North is 2007’s web design and development event not
  to be missed.
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\nRegister until December 31 for just $CDN895 (about USD$
 770), and includes two tight-packed, fully catered days of renowned speaker
 s, an offical reception and closing night party.
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\nWorkshops are just $C
 DN395 (~USD$340) for a full, fully catered day with world experts Andy Clar
 ke and Aaron Gustafson, Derek Featherstone, or Kelly Goto.
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\nFor confere
 nce attendees and their family, each day at Whistler is just $CDN120 (~USD$
 100, including transfers too and from Whistler and Vancouver, and lift tick
 ets)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080117
SUMMARY:Beyond Agile: Delivering Better Software, Faster
LOCATION:Virtual
DESCRIPTION:So often in the race to develop better software and get product
 s to market quickly, we miss the point.  Often product managers are caught 
 in the middle of a continual tug of war between design and development trad
 e offs with competing priorities and artificial time lines.  Finding the ri
 ght balance can be tricky but the benefits are huge.  This presentation wil
 l help you avoid some of the most common mistakes in software development b
 y highlighting  proven strategies you can use to drive product enhancements
 , lower development costs and accelerate your time to market.   You will le
 arn tips and tricks for leveraging user experience design together with Agi
 le development best practices to break projects into small steps, create re
 alistic time frames, meet deadlines, and deliver new features and releases 
 every few weeks while incorporating constant feedback and improvements.  Th
 ese techniques are based on real world experiences and are applicable at an
 y stage in the development cycle.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080302
SUMMARY:Future of Web Apps MIAMI
LOCATION:Miami, Florida, USA
DESCRIPTION:Following a massively successful recent London event, the Futur
 e of Web Apps is hitting the East Coast of the US for the very first time.
 \nAimed at developers and web entrepreneurs, FOWA brings together web visio
 naries to discuss the technologies, platforms and business models you shoul
 d be using to launch the next generation of successful web apps.
\nFOWA Mia
 mi is all about having a full-on FOWA experience - from the conference day 
 in the amazing Carnival Center building, to BarCampMiami day and a bonanza 
 beach party mixer, we're pulling out all the stops to make this a must-atte
 nd event.
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\nWhat's on the agenda at FOWA?
\n    *  What makes the next g
 reat startup?
\n    * Open social: plug in to a new platform
\n    * The fu
 ture of web apps is beyond the browser
\n    * Launch a web app in 40 minut
 es
\n    * The problem with social networks
\n    * The Future of APIs
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 nProgram chairs for the event are Brian Oberkirch and Tantek Celik.
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\nEA
 RLY BIRD OFFERS! Book now and save 25% on all of the above prices. These se
 ats are limited - visit the site to find out more.
\nCarsonified is all abo
 ut empowering the web community to do great things - and we think being at 
 events like ours is key to that - but we appreciate that it can be tough fo
 r fledgling companies to find the cash. We have 50 passes at the discount r
 ate of $95 available to those who are in the process of launching or workin
 g on a start-up. You need to be a sole trader or small company, with a URL 
 (proof of your start-up status). Please email Mel Kirk (mel@carsonified.com
 ) with your credentials to apply for a Start-up pass.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080423
SUMMARY:FITC Toronto
LOCATION:Toronto, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Break your tools. Break your patterns. Break the norm. Break th
 e standards at FITC Toronto: The Design + Technology Festival. 
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\nFITC T
 oronto is where the world’s top designers and developers come together to s
 hare their insights and expertise across three subject areas: creative, tec
 hnical and business. Sessions cover all aspects of the creative process, ex
 plore the latest developments in rich media technology, and provide insight
  into the ups and downs of running an Interactive business.
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\nThis is th
 e 7th year for the four-day festival, which also includes a kick-ass Awards
  show, a speakers’ series devoted to experimental art and programming, a la
 rge scale interactive art exhibit, and some very cool parties.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080524
SUMMARY:WebVisions 2008
LOCATION:Portland, Oregon, USA
DESCRIPTION:WebVisions explores the future of the Web with an all-star line
 up of visionary speakers that includes keynotes from Jeffrey Veen of Google
  and Lynne Johnson of FastCompany.com, as well as sessions by Rashmi Sinha 
 (Slideshare.net), Matt Haughey (MetaFilter), Christina Wodtke (Boxes and Ar
 rows), Tjeerd Hoek (frog design), Bill DeRouchey (Ziba Design), Kimberly Bl
 essing (Paypal) and many others.
\n
\nHalf day workshops feature acclaimed 
 designer Roger Black ("Type Class"), Aaron Gustafson ("Progressive Enhancem
 ent with Javascript and CSS"), Erica O'Grady ("The Art and Science of Conve
 rsation in  Social Media"), Tyler Sticka ("The Control Freak's Guide to Web
  Design"), David McFarland ("Javascript for Designers") and more.
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\nConf
 erence Pass: $180 Early Bird* / $250 Standard
\n*if purchased by March 31st
 
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\nWorkshops: $375 Early Bird* / $450 Standard
\n*if purchased by March 
 31st
\n
\nGroup rates, association discounts and student discounts are also
  available; call Brad Smith at 503-230-2058 or email brad@webvisionsevent.c
 om for more information.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080825
SUMMARY:Architect as DEVELOPER
LOCATION:Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Segal FAIA will hold a 6-8 hour seminar presentation i
 n Washington D.C. to explain the entire process of architect as DEVELOPER. 
 He will go through case studies of his own work, taking attendees through t
 he entire process start to finish. 
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\ninfo@architectasdeveloper.com
\nww
 w.architectasdeveloper.com
\nwww.jonathansegalarchitect.com
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