Year round learning for product, design and engineering professionals

community, connection and learning, in-person and online for product, design, and engineering professionals

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Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development

Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney

Our in person 2024 Events

Here's what we're bringing you the remainder of 2024

web directions festival Sydney November 25–30 2024

Celebrating Australia's Web, digital and technology industry. Conferences, workshops and more.

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web directions developersummit Sydney Nov 27 & 28 2024

A world leading conference for the people building the Web.

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web directions Next Sydney Nov 29 2024

What's next in the world of digital design, product and strategy?

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Web Directions Conffab

Stream nearly 1,000 presentations from hundreds of world leading experts at 45 conferences…and counting

With free and paid levels, keep up to date with all that's happening in our industry at your own pace.

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About Web Directions

  • 12 cities
  • 18 years
  • 100+ events
  • 1000+ speakers
  • 10,000+ attendees

Co-founded and now run by John Allsopp, Web Directions has for over a decade brought together leading developers, engineers, visual, IxD, UX and product designers, Art and Creative Directors, indeed everyone involved in producing web and digital products to learn from one another, and the World's leading experts across this vast field.

We spend our lives thinking about what comes next, keeping up with trends in technology, practices and processes, and filtering the hype, to make sure you don't miss trends that matter, and don't waste time on hype that doesn’t.

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John Allsopp has been working on the Web for over 20 years. He's been responsible for innovative developer tools such as Style Master, X-Ray and many more. He’s spoken at numerous conferences around the World and delivered dozens of workshops in that time as well.

His writing includes two books, including Developing With Web Standards and countless articles and tutorials in print and online publications.

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  • Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development

    Phil Whitehouse
    General Manager, DT Sydney
  • I’ve been admiring the Web Directions events for years, and was honored to be part… What a fantastic event!

    Ethan Marcotte
    Inventor of 'Responsive Web Design'
  • Out of any conference, Web Directions is far and away our favourite

    Dave Greiner
    Founder, Campaign Monitor