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    <city>Monterey</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2007-01-24</end-on>
    <full-description>Web-based applications are quickly becoming critical components of the strategy of many organizations. However, the knowledge and skills to make a great application is still only available as scattered lore. Until now.

Jared Spool and UIE's researchers have reached out to those individuals who've spent the last few years pushing the envelope in web apps and put together the first comprehensive event to bring their knowledge and expertise to you. You'll meet the pioneers and world-class designers behind today's most successful web apps and come away inspired to create amazing applications that will delight your users.

We've carefully crafted this three-day event to give you what you need. You'll start your journey with our full-day tutorials, designed to dive right into the in-depth expertise behind creating successful applications. Then you'll explore our "Foundations" Day, with the essentials for great designs. And you'll wrap up in our "New Perspectives" Day, looking at where the world of web apps is going.

If you sign up using promotion code BOXES, you will receive $30 off each single day registration; if you sign up for all 3 days, you will also receive a free limited-edition Web App Summit iPod shuffle. (Note: This promotion cannot be combined with any other promotions we may offer.)

View the complete summit description, and register at http://www.webappsummit.com</full-description>
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    <region>CA</region>
    <short-description>UIE Web Summit is being held January  21-23, 2007 in Monterey, CA. We've lined up fantastic speakers giving full-day seminars and short talks on the most critical issues surrounding today's web apps.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-01-21</start-on>
    <title>UIE Web App Summit </title>
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    <website>http://www.webappsummit.com</website>
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    <city>Vancouver</city>
    <country>Canada</country>
    <end-on type="date">2007-02-11</end-on>
    <full-description>Put together by designers and developers, for designers and developers, Web Directions North is brought to you by Dave Shea, Derek Featherstone, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp. 

Over two days and nights, Web Directions North is packed tight with sessions by renowned, inspiring, entertaining speakers and experts, parties, and more.

Come along and hear Kelly Goto, Andy Clarke, Adrian Holovaty, Douglas Bowman, Dan Cederholm, Joe Clark, Molly Holzschlag, Derek Featherstone, Veerle Pieters, Jeremy Keith and many other present and future web luminaries, covering Ajax and Javascript, CSS, Microformats, mashups, standards based web design and development, accessibility, web app development, XHTML and HTML and more. 

Beginning with an optional day of workshops from some of the web&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s best educators, and rounded off with two optional days of skiing and boarding at Whistler, Web Directions North is 2007&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s web design and development event not to be missed.

Register until December 31 for just $CDN895 (about USD$770), and includes two tight-packed, fully catered days of renowned speakers, an offical reception and closing night party.

Workshops are just $CDN395 (~USD$340) for a full, fully catered day with world experts Andy Clarke and Aaron Gustafson, Derek Featherstone, or Kelly Goto.

For conference attendees and their family, each day at Whistler is just $CDN120 (~USD$100, including transfers too and from Whistler and Vancouver, and lift tickets)</full-description>
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    <region>Canada</region>
    <short-description>Be part of what promises to be one of 2007&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s best web designer and developer events. A two day conference with an optional day of workshops, and two optional days at Whistler, is not to be missed.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-02-06</start-on>
    <title>Web Directions North</title>
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    <website>http://north.webdirections.org</website>
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    <city>Coronado</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-03-29</end-on>
    <full-description>Use the promo code "BOXES" to receive $30 off each day and a limited-edition Web App Summit 2008 iPod nano. Promotion ends on 2/26.

Over the three days of Web App Summit 2008, you'll meet the innovators and world-class designers behind today's most successful web apps, and come away inspired to create amazing applications that will delight your users.

We've carefully crafted this three-day event to give you what you need. 

We start with four full-day tutorials covering the most critical topics for your success. Between them, the world-renowned experts leading these seminars have more than 100 years of experience designing applications for practically every industry, from financial services to entertainment. They've created an information-packed day designed to get every question you have answered and deliver you the essential insights for creating great applications.

On the second day, we've chosen each session to give you the essentials for designing a successful web application. You'll come away with a full stock of tips and techniques you'll want to share with your entire team.

On the third day, we'll explore the best practices for implementing successful web applications. We've chosen the biggest experts in the world of web development to give you a full spectrum of techniques and insights. 

Days 2 and 3 feature a "peer-to-peer" luncheon, where you'll connect up with others who are tackling the same challenges you're facing and learn from their experiences. 

Speakers include: Luke Wroblewski, Kim Goodwin, Leisa Reichelt, Indi Young, Steve Mulder, Jeremy Keith, Bill Scott, Derek Featherstone, Keith Robinson, Sean Kane, and of course, Jared M. Spool. 

Use the promo code "BOXES" to receive $30 off each day and a limited-edition Web App Summit 2008 iPod nano. Promotion ends on 2/26.

View the complete summit description, and register at http://www.webappsummit.com</full-description>
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    <region>CA</region>
    <short-description>Web Summit 2008 is being held March 26-28, 2008 in Coronado, CA. We've lined up fantastic speakers giving full-day seminars and short talks on the most critical issues surrounding today's web apps.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-03-26</start-on>
    <title>Web App Summit 2008</title>
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    <website>http://www.webappsummit.com</website>
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