BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar tagged "web 20" BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060921 SUMMARY:The New New Internet - Web 2.0 for Business LOCATION:Tysons Corner, Virginia, USA DESCRIPTION:This is the only major event happening on the east coast this y ear covering the topic of Web 2.0. Attending will be executives, entrepren eurs, and web professionals from major corporations to startups. User expe rience is a big part of Web 2.0. \n \nSpeakers: \n \n- Michael Arrington (T echCrunch) \n- Jason Goldberg (CEO of Jobster) \n- Andrew McAfee (Harvard B usiness School) \n- Michael Platt (Microsoft) \n- Rajen Sheth (Google) \n \nPanel Discussions: \n \n* Where is "Web 2.0" Taking Business - and Where Will Business Take "Web 2.0"? (moderator: Dion Hinchcliffe) \n \n* How Ca n Companies Monetize "The New Wisdom of The Web"? (moderator: Jeremy Geelan ) \n \nThere will also be a group of startups presenting in a technology s howcase / competition judged by VCs from Amplifier Ventures, Novak Biddle, Columbia Capital, Blue Run, and Valhalla Partners. \n \nWho Should Attend: \n \n* Business Executives \n* Technology Leaders \n* Software Architects \n* Project Managers \n* User Interface Architects \n* Web Consultants \n* Service Providers \n* Government Agencies \n \nTable sales are avai lable and there are a few sponsor spots open as well (email info@executiveb iz.com for details). \n \nRegister with the promo code "vigetdeal" and save $50. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070127 SUMMARY:Advanced Web 2.0 Applications LOCATION:Orlando, Florida, USA DESCRIPTION:The convergence of Windows and the Web is upon us. Google Maps, Gmail, Flickr and a variety of new AJAX and Rich Internet applications hav e begun to legitimize moving beyond HTML to deliver interactive application s that deliver the best of the web and the best of the desktop experience. We will show how these techniques are changing the way designers think abou t their application designs. You will learn client server and windows appli cations without sacrificing user productivity. Plus, you'll see the usabili ty challenges introduced when these new interaction techniques are implemen ted. Learn from the experts who have been helping companies develop world-c lass enterprise applications for over a decade. \n \nWe will share with yo u the results of user testing this new breed of application design in our u sability lab to help you leverage the technology and avoid the usability pi tfalls. We will show you how to implement new interaction techniques such a s enhanced client-side validation, drag and drop, partial form refresh to c reate fast, rich compelling user experiences without Java, Flash or ActiveX controls. Get a jump start on this compelling new technology to deliver hi ghly effective application designed for your organization. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070210 SUMMARY:Economics of Social Media conference LOCATION:Los Angeles, California, USA DESCRIPTION:How do you thrive in an industry that seems to change irrevocab ly every few days? At paidContent, we chronicle the world of social media o n a minute-by-minute basis. But sometimes, in an industry moving so fast, i t's useful, fun, and necessary to allow yourself a day away from the everyd ay to think, learn, and network alongside your fellow industry leaders. So on April 26, ContentNext Media, our parent company, is presenting its first conference, The Economics of Social Media, at the Beverly Hilton in Los An geles. Over one packed day, in a series of large and small sessions we're d esigning to ensure maximum participation, we'll examine the tremendous chan ges social media is bringing to: \n \nTraditional media \n Newspapers an d magazines surely aren't what they used to be \nMovies, television, music, and games \n The entrenched players are having to play catch up \nMarke ting \n You'll never sell anything the same way again \nVenture capital and mergers & acquisitions \n How deals happen, what deals are coming \n Mobile media \n How social media is changing the most social of all devi ces: the mobile phone \nNanomedia \n The blogosphere takes center stage \n \nWith the acknowledged leaders of this industry (and some surprises), w e will discuss the business, financial and economic aspects arising out of the disruption being caused by the rise of social media, emerging business models, and how all this is changing the dynamics of many industries. Watch this space over the next few weeks as we introduce our speakers and paneli sts. As we fill out that list, we'll also let you know about the social med ia aspects we're integrating into the conference, including a chance for at tendees to tell us which topics we're missing and program a panel to fill i t. \n \nIn 2005, MySpace broke all the rules. In 2006, YouTube broke whatev er rules remained. What's next? At The Economics of Social Media, you'll ge t some early warning. You'll probably give some early warning, too. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070222 SUMMARY:Tagging: It's the Interface Stupid! LOCATION:King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:Time: 6 - 8 pm \nLocation: GSI Commerce, Inc., 935 First Avenue , King of Prussia, PA \nRSVP: Please let us know if you are coming at phill yCHI@gmail.com \n \nInterest in content user-assigned tags is one of the bi g new stories on the Web. But content tagging is not a new story. What's ne w about Web 2.0 is that end users are doing the tagging instead of libraria ns, and the results are being shown almost instantly on websites like flick r, del.icio.us, Wikipedia, and Technorati.Librarians have long contended th at end users cannot usefully tag content because they are not trained in ho w to do indexing. More correctly, end users cannot tag content the way libr arians tag content. But this begs the question about what kind of tagging i s useful. \n \nJoseph will discuss the usefulness to be found in tagging as it relates to librarians and usability professionals, the Semantic Web, an d document and content management practices. \n \nJoseph Busch is the Found er and a Principal of Taxonomy Strategies. Joseph is an authority in the fi eld of information science, a past President of the American Society for In formation Science and Technology, and an appointee to the Board of Director s of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. He is a frequent speaker on metad ata, taxonomy, indexing, classification research, information retrieval, an d content management. Read more about Joseph at Taxonomy Strategies. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT 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. \n \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. \n \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. \n \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. \n \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. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070426 SUMMARY:PhillyCHI April Meeting – Andrew Hinton LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:PhillyCHI April Meeting, Wednesday April 25, 2007 \nTime: 6 – 8 pm \n* Refreshments served from 6 – 6:30 pm * \nLocation: Berger Audit orium, Skirkanich Hall, University of Pennsylvania \n210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 \nMap: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/v iew_map.php3?id=140 \nRSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com \n \n“Conversation is kin g. Content is just something to talk about.” – Cory Doctorow \n \nHow c an design address the increasing demand for collaborative work, meaningful conversation and social connection? In this presentation, Andrew will explo re how “Community of Practice” is more than just a 90s knowledge-manage ment buzz-phrase. He will argue that it is an important model for understan ding group behavior – and one that is becoming crucial to designing in th e age of Wikipedia, MySpace and YouTube. \n \nAndrew will provide an essent ial understanding of "communities of practice" and will look at information architecture as a handy example. He will also examine how the concept help s designers in planning for a variety of collaborative environments – fro m intranets and medical forums to multiplayer games. \n \nAbout Our Sponsor : \nVanguard is among the world's largest investment management companies, but our structure makes us unique: we're owned by the clients we serve. Our structure allows us to focus on meeting our clients' needs--rather than tu rning a profit for corporate owners or stockholders. \n \nTo learn more abo ut Vanguard, visit our website at: http://www.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/Corpor atePortal \n \nFor more information about career opportunities at Vanguard, visit our career site at: \nhttps://careers.vanguard.com/pljb/vanguard/vgc areers/applicant/VG/home.shtml END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070906 SUMMARY:Interaction Design for Web Applications LOCATION:New York, New York, USA DESCRIPTION:Are you currently building web-based applications? Are you task ed with adding more interactivity to your web apps? Do you want to learn in teraction design skills geared towards adding interactivity and richness to your web-based solutions? \n \nInformation spaces on the Web are becoming increasingly filled with complex interactions. Even simple transactional so lutions like shopping carts and document management systems are becoming mo re complex with richer desktop-like interaction models. Today’s web designe rs and information architects need access to disciplines like interaction d esign and software design to create powerful and successful web application s. For example: \n \n* The developers at a major financial institution are working on a mission-critical application that will be rolled out to more t han 6,000 financial consultants, but they have no idea whether a Rich Inter net Application (RIA) is the right solution. And if an RIA is the right cho ice, they’re unsure of what technology to use. \n \n* The development team for a hotel reservation system would like to migrate their simple applicati on to an RIA solution. Where should the developers start? How do they avoid making the same mistakes that other developers have already made? \n \nTo help designers solve these types of problems, expert web application design er David Malouf has created a seminar exploring some of the most important issues surrounding the web’s most sophisticated applications. In this infor mation-packed seminar he will give you a solid introduction to RIAs and dem onstrate the value RIAs can add to your web application. \n \nSee full desc ription at \nhttp://smartexperience.org/classes/ixd-workshop/ \n \nAbout Da vid Malouf \nDavid works at Motorola Enterprise Mobility and is the Vice Pr esident and founding director of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), a 4500+ global member organization dedicated to the advancement and promot ion of the discipline of interaction design. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070927 SUMMARY:Folksonomy & Taxonomy LOCATION:Virtual DESCRIPTION:What if we let users drive the taxonomy? \n \nThere is a lot of dialogue and research being conducted on folksonomies - also known as soci al tagging. Is it effective? How can we use folksonomy in the corporate env ironment? \n \nEmma Tonkin from the University of Bath will talk about how research projects in recent years have centered around the analysis and des cription of user tagging practice and the resulting data sets. She will pro vide a brief description of their approach towards data collection and anal ysis of large tag sets, and highlight a few potential uses for a successful model of user tag sets. \n \nLaurie Damianos will describe an ongoing tech nology investigation at MITRE to assess the value and utility of social boo kmarking on a corporate intranet. They hypothesize that social bookmarking would be useful in this environment for resource management, information sh aring and discovery, expert finding, and social networking. She will discus s features of the prototype system deployed and early analysis of findings on adoption, usage, and social influences. She will conclude with our chall enges and plans for future development and integration into the enterprise END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071017 SUMMARY:Information Architecture 3.0 LOCATION:New York, New York, USA DESCRIPTION:As we venture beyond Web 2.0 and the undisciplined, unbalanced quest for sexy Ajaxian interaction at the expense of usability, findability , and accessibility, how do we reconcile the timeless principles of design and organization with new transmedia models of interaction, co-creation, ta gging, and user participation? \n \nIn this advanced seminar, Peter Morvill e draws upon stories, examples, case studies, and discussions to explore th e future present of information architecture and user experience. \n \nTopi cs include: \n \n* Integrating product development, information architectur e, and interaction design to create good experiences and sustainable value (real Web 2.0 case studies that take the discussion beyond de.licio.us and Flickr platitudes). \n \n* Designing next-generation enterprise search syst ems that combine best practices in taxonomies and tagging with search analy tics, guided navigation, thesauri, clustering algorithms, and rich result i nterfaces. \n \n* Evaluating the multi-channel challenges and real-world op portunities presented by ambient findability and the emerging Internet of o bjects. \n \nAbout Peter Morville \nPeter Morville is widely recognized as a founding father of information architecture. He co-authored (with Louis R osenfeld) the best-selling book, Information Architecture for the World Wid e Web, and has consulted with such organizations as Harvard, IBM, the Inter national Monetary Fund, Microsoft, the National Cancer Institute, and Yahoo !. Peter is president of Semantic Studios, co-founder and past president of the Information Architecture Institute, and a faculty member at the Univer sity of Michigan. His work has been featured in many publications including Business Week, The Economist, Fortune, The Washington Post, and The Wall S treet Journal. Peter's latest book, Ambient Findability, was published in 2 005. He blogs at findability.org. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071109 SUMMARY:Web 2.0 Expo Berlin LOCATION:Messe Berlin Berlin, Germany DESCRIPTION:Web 2.0 Expo Berlin showcases the latest Web 2.0 business model s, development paradigms and design strategies and connects the European we b community. European designers, developers, entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers, product managers and business strategists, from start-ups to enterprises, come here to network and learn. Join your colleagues and tap the power of W eb 2.0. Register today using code MLVSBE20 and save 100€ off the conference or get a free Expo Pass at www.web2expo.com/berlin . \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071127 SUMMARY:CM Pros Fall 200 Summit: Web Content Management LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA DESCRIPTION:Event Explores Web Content Management Technologies and Their Im pact on the Way We Work \n \nRecent advances in content management tools †“ including Semantic Web technologies—are creating dramatic changes to th e way organizations and their staffers work. Web content management softwar e has made it possible for organizations to increase workplace efficiency t hrough collaboration, eliminate unnecessary waste through automation, lower cost of production through process improvements and workflow routing, and, perhaps most importantly, make possible the delivery of relevant content w ith pinpoint accuracy, increasingly, on demand. When localization and trans lation enter the equation, these benefits grow exponentially. \n \nWhere ca n organizations find the knowledge needed to take advantage of these powerf ul, paradigm-shifting technologies? The CM Pros Fall 2007 Summit is an exce llent starting place. The event will focus on the importance of web content management and the technologies that are quickly turning the web into a pl atform for the development of business solutions and information services. The Summit will feature presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussion s aimed at helping to demystify web content management strategies, tools, s tandards, and technologies. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080315 SUMMARY:Content Convergence and Integration 2008 LOCATION:Vancouver, Canada DESCRIPTION:Content professionals, from Web to marketing to technical commu nication professionals, from content management to knowledge management to information management consultants, are searching for new techniques to sta y ahead of the curve. \n \nConference tracks, appropriately enough, converg e into three daily themes: \n- Day 1: Content – Liz Danzico, Editor Emeritu s of Boxes and Arrows, keynotes on The Framework Age \n- Day 2: Technology – Salim Ismail, head of Yahoo! Brickhouse, keynotes on The Future of XML Pu blishing \n- Day 3: User Relationships – Michael Fergusson, Chief Products and Innovation Officer at Uniserve Communications, keynotes on Culture, Com merce, and Copyright at Content Convergence and Integration Conference \n \ nThe content-driven industry we've chosen to showcases ways content can con vergence and disperse is tourism, where delegates can take away lessons for their own benefit. \n \nRegistration: $699 USD; 10% discount for associati on members (IAI, UPA IxDA) \nEarly bird rate in effect till Jan 31st. \n \n Venue: Sheraton Wall Center (a 4-diamond hotel) - discounted hotel rate of $163 applies from Mar 8 to15, 2008 for those who want to extend their stay and enjoy some world-class skiing. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080320 SUMMARY:Aloha Social Media Summit LOCATION:Hawaii, Hawaii, USA DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by blogging and social media experts Andy Beal and Dave Taylor th is once-in-a-lifetime summit is capped at 28 attendees and will have other experts joining the group to share their knowledge and hard-earned experien ce working with some of the largest and most successful brands in the world . \n \nSet in one of the premier conference venues in the world, the Hilton Waikoloa Beach on the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, it'll be the perfect venue to relax and soak in the innovative 21st century marketing a nd branding ideas that will help your company -- large or small -- grow fas ter and better than any other strategy you can utilize. \n \nThe conference organizers have also sworn to avoid any Powerpoint slides: the Aloha Summi t is about sharing expertise and roundtable discussions, not boring, tediou s presentations. \n \nA great mastermind event in a perfect location. You k now you want to join us, just click the link and learn more! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080506 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080510 SUMMARY:Documentation and Training West 2008 LOCATION:Vancouver, BC, Canada DESCRIPTION:Held in beautiful, Vancouver, British Columbia, the theme of th e 2nd Annual Documentation & Training West Conference is Web 2.0 and Its Im pact on Communication. The event takes place May 6-9, 2008. \n \nFor $999 y ou get all of the following: \n \n * Choice of pre-conference half-day w orkshops (May 6, 2008) \n * Choice of over 30 conference sessions (May 7 -8, 2008) \n * Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (May 9, 2008) \n * Access to the networking cocktail reception (May 6, 2008) \n * Breakfast and carving station lunches during conference \n \nVenue: Marriot t Pinnacle, Vancouver \n1128 West Hastings Street \nVancouver, British Colu mbia \n \nWe’ve negotiated great rates for our conference guests; $199US a night including unlimited in-room internet and unlimited in room telephone calls to the US and Canada. \n \nFeatured Speaker: Dr. Robert J. Glushko wi ll be a featured speaker at Documentation and Training West 2008. His topic , Document Engineering, explores a new discipline for specifying, designing , and implementing the electronic documents that request or provide interfa ces to business processes via web-based services. It’s an amazing topic wit h all kinds of practical implications for technical communication professio nals. \n \nDocument Engineering is a synthesis of: \n \n * Information a nd systems analysis \n * Business process modeling \n * Electronic pu blishing \n * Distributed computing \n \nDr. Glushko is an Adjunct Profe ssor at the University of California at Berkeley in the School of Informati on, the Director of the Center for Document Engineering, and one of the fou nding faculty members of the Information & Service Design and Services Scie nce, Management & Engineering programs. \n \nIf you require additional info rmation, contact Scott Abel at +1 317-466-1840 or scottabel AT mac DOT com. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080514 SUMMARY:Where 2.0 LOCATION:Burlingame, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Over the past four years the geospatial web and its significanc e has grown--maps are everywhere now!--and Where 2.0 has grown with it. \n \nGIS has been around for decades, but is no longer only the realm of speci alists. The Web is now flush with geographic data, being harnessed in a usa ble and searchable format. The right tools to easily create geo content hav e finally emerged and the outcome is the ability to represent and search th e physical world online. Virtual representations of the physical world are becoming more realistic and important. As this happens, their geographic lo cation becomes relevant and the scope becomes larger and problematic. Compa nies feel the need to have quality data across the globe—inside buildings a nd out—and are increasingly turning to their users to collect this data. In addition, the wide availability of geo-data has caused maps to become a re quired component of many online applications, creating a new market for com panies like WeoGeo and GeoCommons to aggregate and generate revenue with ge o-data and maps online. \n \nGIS has been taken to heart by neogeographers, a new breed of developers with increasingly powerful tools built on the ba ck of open standards and free APIs from the likes of Google and Microsoft, and application frameworks like Mapstraction and GeoDjango. Increasingly, t he open source GIS stack is supporting the Web, adding a new arrow in the n eogeographer's quiver. Geonames, an open-data service, is built from this d ata web-accessible data. Google has started exposing geo data in a separate index that is growing daily. \n \nAt the O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, we expose the tools pushing the boundaries of the location frontier, track th e emergence of new business models and services, and spend time examining n ew sources of data and the platforms for collecting them. New to Where 2.0 2008 will be a full day of in-depth tutorials on the best and the latest so that participants can return to their projects with new tools in hand. \n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080522 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080523 SUMMARY:The Web and Beyond > Mobility LOCATION:Amsterdam, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:The Web is in a state of motion: no longer is it primarily bein g accessed through PCs, but more and more does it find its way into our pho nes, our cars, on the streets and in buildings. \n \nMobility traditionall y refers to characteristics in devices to handle information access, commun ication and business transactions while in a state of motion. What if we pl ace users at the center of attention? What does mobility mean to humans in a state of motion who interact with technological devices in their surround ings? The Web and Beyond 2008: Mobility, a conference organized by CHI Neth erlands, explores. \n \nThe Web and Beyond is a bi-annual conference, power ed by CHI Netherlands. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080627 SUMMARY:Documentation and Training Life Sciences 2008 LOCATION:Indianapolis, Indiana, USA DESCRIPTION:Held in beautiful Indianapolis, IN, the theme of the Documentat ion & Training Life Sciences 2008 Conference is The Right Prescription For Life Sciences Content. The event takes place June 23-26, 2008. \n \nFor $1, 299 you get all of the following: \n \n * Choice of pre-conference half -day workshops (June 23) \n * Choice of over 30 conference sessions (Jun e 24-25) \n * Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (June 26) \n * Access to the networking cocktail reception (June 24) \n * Breakfast and carving station lunches during conference \n \nVenue: Crowne Plaza Hot el and Conference Center at Historic Union Station. Special rates are good for reservations made by May 23, 2008: \n \n * $139 (standard/double, ta xes not included) \n \nIndianapolis, the capital of the state of Indiana, c ommonly referred to as the Crossroads of America, is the 13th largest city in the United States, the second most populous capital in the country. Over 1.5 million people live in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area. \n \nLife S ciences in Indiana: The life sciences industry is heavily represented in In diana, employing more than 9% of the state population, or 274,109 of the st ate’s residents. Deloitte estimates nearly 578,000 jobs in Indiana are tied to healthcare and life sciences industries, while Milken Institute says th e state has the second highest concentration of biopharma jobs in the natio n. \n \nIndiana was recently selected by Medco as home to the world’s most largest, automated pharmacy. The new 318,000-square-foot pharmacy, slated t o open early in 2009, will cover an area equivalent to six and a half footb all fields—bringing approximately 1,300 new jobs to the state by its antici pated peak operation in 2012. \n \nThe state is home to over 1000 life scie nces firms, including: \n \n * Eli Lilly and Company \n * Roche Diagn ostics \n * Guidant Corporation \n * Cook Medical \n \nNeed more info rmation about this event? Contact Scott Abel at +1 317.466.1840 or scottabe l AT mac DOT com. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080715 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080717 SUMMARY:Higher Education Web Symposium LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA DESCRIPTION:The first and only web design conference for IT Professionals w orking in Higher Education. Join us and meet world renowned experts in the fields of usability, user centered design, CSS, AJAX and many others. Desig ners, Developers, and Project Managers will all be able to benefit from the content presented over the course of two days. \n \nIn addition to the for mal 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. \ n \nTopics covered will include AJAX and Web 2.0 technologies, usability te sting, CSS, Web form design, content management systems, developing secure applications, SEO, usability, and presentation skills for IT professionals. \n \nThe conference is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and has a focus on Web practices in higher education, but the topics covered are n ot especially unique to higher ed. All practitioners will get a lot out of the material. \n \nSeats are limited, so sign up today. The first 200 peopl e to sign up will get a get to win a MacBook Air! END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR