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There will be a web design conference in Sydney this year

As the saying goes, nature abhors a vacuum. In the last 12 hours I’ve chatted with three people who expressed concern that there wasn’t going to be a web design conference here in Sydney this year as there has been for the last two years. So, while we were hoping to wait until the paint […]

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Subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, Web Directions Conference will allow you to attend the conference Web Directions 06 (“the conference”) and/or associated workshops (“the workshops”). Fees All fees become payable at the time the booking for the conference or workshops is made. If this fee remains unpaid at the time of […]

Pricing

All prices in $AU and include GST. See below for volume pricing and payment methods. Web Directions this year comprises two days of conference, WD06 on the 28 and 29 September, and two days of workshops on 26 and 27 September – see the full program, as well as details of the five different workshops. […]

Venue

WD06 and the workshops will all be held at UTS Broadway Campus, in Ultimo. However we’ve outgrown our old venue of the Guthrie Theatre, and this year we’re going to be across the road in University Hall – full details and directions for the conference and each workshop will be included on your ticket. However, […]

Program

Workshops – September 26 and 27 Download this calendar Workshop Program Tuesday 26th September 9.00am to 5.00pm Tuesday 26th September 9.00am to 5.00pmMolly Holzschlag and Andy Clarke – Extreme Standards Tuesday 26th September 9.00am to 5.00pmJeremy Keith – DOM Scripting and Ajax Tuesday 26th September 9.00am to 5.00pmDan Saffer – Designing for Interaction Wednesday 27th […]

Who’s speaking?

International Andy Clarke Derek Featherstone Kelly Goto Molly Holzschlag Jeremy Keith Dan Saffer Thomas Vander Wal Australian Cameron Adams John Allsopp Ben Barren Ben Buchanan Dave Greiner Cheryl Lead Donna Maurer Laurel Papworth Mark Pesce Ben Richardson Gian Sampson-Wild Kevin Yank Andy Clarke Andy Clarke is a sought-after speaker, designer and consultant focusing on creative, […]

2006 workshops

Molly Holzschlag and Andy Clarke – Extreme Standards Using markup and CSS to create detailed, aesthetic and progressive site designs As Web designers and developers we are often challenged by the complexities of technology and the nuances of design. We want to create usable, useful and aesthetic sites and know how to implement it effectively […]

WD06 Resources

Every one of our in depth sessions was packed with new ideas and techniques to help designers and developers build more usable, more accessible, and simply better web solutions. We want to make as much of this as we can available to those who simply couldn’t be there. Over time we’ll be releasing podcasts (subscribe […]

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Going to #wds18 has given me inspiration to attend more conferences. Meeting tech folks like myself and learning from each other is pretty amazing!

Hinesh Patel Ruby and React Developer