Web Directions Year round learning for product, design and engineering professionals

Since last week’s launch there’s been a lot of coverage online about the conference (and brisk signups too, thanks very much for those who have signed up already, we are off to a cracking start). One thing that a number of people have mentioned is that Web Directions is a web design and development conference. Which is true – but it’s not just that. In the past, while the focus has been very largely on web design and development, it’s never been exclusively so. And this year, while keeping a lot of focus on those areas (two of our three tracks are design and development focussed) we’ve broadened the subject area of the conference again, with a new track focussing on business/strategy/management issues.

Like the rest of our content, it’s valuable, expert presented, and guaranteed waffle free. Subjects covered include

• Developing and growing communities using wiki technologies with Wikipedia’s Angela Beesley
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) – what you really need to know, with News Interactive’s Scott Gledhill
• Mobile content, services and commerce strategies in Australia with Alex Young and Rob Manson from Mobile Business Australia
• Building and managing great development teams, from the product manager for Google Calendar, Carl Sjogreen
• Managing agile projects within large organisations, with Ben Winter-Giles
• Pragmatic enterprise wiki adoption with Mike Cannon Brookes

Web Directions really is the Australian Web Industry’s leading conference, with ground breaking ideas whatever your role or roles within the industry.