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    <city>Philadelphia</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-07-17</end-on>
    <full-description>The first and only web design conference for IT Professionals working in Higher Education. Join us and meet world renowned experts in the fields of usability, user centered design, CSS, AJAX and many others. Designers, Developers, and Project Managers will all be able to benefit from the content presented over the course of two days.

In addition to the formal presentations, you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with people building and designing web applications in all the same areas you do: Student Affairs, Faculty Issues, Administrative Procedures, and others.

Topics covered will include AJAX and Web 2.0 technologies, usability testing, CSS, Web form design, content management systems, developing secure applications, SEO, usability, and presentation skills for IT professionals.

The conference is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and has a focus on Web practices in higher education, but the topics covered are not especially unique to higher ed. All practitioners will get a lot out of the material.

Seats are limited, so sign up today. The first 200 people to sign up will get a get to win a MacBook Air!</full-description>
    <id type="integer">442</id>
    <region>PA</region>
    <short-description>A two day conference focused on the unique challenges of web design and development in academia featuring Jared Spool, Eric Meyer, Luke Wroblewski, and many others. </short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-07-15</start-on>
    <title>Higher Education Web Symposium</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.med.upenn.edu/uiconf/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/442</url>
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    <tag-string>ajax, css, eric meyer, higher ed, higher education, jard spool, luke wroblewski, phillychi, seo, university of pennsylvania, upenn, usability, web 20, web forms</tag-string>
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  <event>
    <city>Philadelphia</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2009-07-15</end-on>
    <full-description>Time: 6:00 - 8:00PM
Location: World Cafe Live
Address: 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-222-1400
Website: http://worldcafelive.com
Directions &amp; Parking: http://www.worldcafelive.com/info-directions.php

RSVP: phillychi@gmail.com (nice, but not necessary)


About Our Sponsor

Aquent is the talent agency for marketing and design professionals. We pair marketing and design specialists with challenging jobs to create inspired, productive partnerships. Partnerships that produce meaningful work for our client companies and the talent we represent. For information about Aquent, please visit http://www.aquent.com/.

About PhillyCHI

PhillyCHI is the Philadelphia region&#8217;s chapter of the ACM SIGCHI, an
interdisciplinary academic and professional group interested in Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Usability, and other related disciplines. PhillyCHI holds monthly meetings and socials to network and discuss current topics in HCI. For more information visit: http://phillychi.acm.org/.
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    <id type="integer">932</id>
    <region>PA</region>
    <short-description>Please join PhillyCHI in celebrating the second annual UPenn Higher Education Web Symposium at a happy hour after the symposium's first day. Free &amp; open to the public.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2009-07-14</start-on>
    <title>PhillyCHI Symposium Welcome Happy Hour</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://phillychi.acm.org</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/932</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/932/phillyCHI_Logo_200x50.png</logo-url>
    <tag-string>acm, design, happy hour, higher education, information architecture, networking, phillychi, sigchi, social, upenn, usability, user experience, user research, web symposium</tag-string>
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