Web Directions North
November 25, 2006, 2:25 PM | 2 Comments
If you haven’t noticed the Web Directions North badge on my sidebar, let me introduce you to the premiere web development conference in Canada in 2007. Web Directions North will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside in downtown Vancouver in February of 2007.
Brought to you by the same group which put on the Web Essentials conferences in Sydney in 2004 & 2005 and Vancouver’s own Dave Shea (CSS Zen Garden, Mezzoblue), this 5 day conference features speakers such as Dave Shea, Douglas Bowman, Cameron Moll, Veerle Pieters, Dan Cederholm, Derek Featherstone and others. These people are some of the most recognizable forces behind standards-based design and have inspired me time and time again. Finally there is a conference of this caliber being held in Canada, and I’m excited to be attending in February.
From the site:
Put together by designers and developers, for designers and developers, this conference 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.
There is one day (Feb 6) of great workshops being held before the conference officially kicks off, and I’ll be attending the “Accessibility 2.0” workshop put on by Derek Featherstone. So if you have the chance to go and you’re in the Vancouver area in early February (and even if you’re not), make sure you’re at this can’t miss event! Early-bird pricing ends on December 31st, so be sure to register now so you can take advantage of the discount. Also, if you’re going to be there, let me know so I can meet you!
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1. web - November 27, 2006, 10:30 AM
I finally got my company to pony up the dough to send me to SXSW. Looks like a good lineup!
2. Jonathan Eckmier - December 9, 2006, 10:48 AM
SXSW sounds like a good conference. They’ve obviously got the advantage of having done this for several years. It seems to be the ‘must go to’ conference in North America.
That said, Web Directions has an incredible lineup of speakers and will be a great conference in its own right. If you have the chance to be there, do it!