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Web Directions Inference covers AI and machine learning in the browser. We'll cover key enabling Web platform technologies like WebNN, WebGPU and WebGL. Existing and emerging web platform APIs. Technologies like Tensorflow.js, Onnx.js, and Web LLM which make it possible to do AI inference in the browser. As well as practices like optimizing for performance, and real world use cases to inspire you.
AI is coming to the device, and the Web has an important story to tell. So get onboard the most transformative technology revolution since the Web itself.
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AI and ML are already a reality in the browser
Inference will challenge the traditional cloud-centric view of AI and LLMs and show you that today's browsers can already support a large range of AI and ML tasks.
Discover how technologies like WebNN, WebGPU, WebLLM, TensorFlow.js, and ONNX.js are enabling powerful machine learning directly in the browser, not only enhancing user privacy and performance but significantly reducing cost (and environmental impacts).
What we'll be covering
- WebNN
- WebGL
- WebGPU
- Web Speech
- Browser APIs
- Prompt API
- Tensorflow.js
- MediaPipe
- Transformers.js
- Onnx.j
- WebLLM
- The hardware landscape
- model optimisation
- performance
- caching
- prompting
- hybrid cloud/device strategies
- case studies
Inference Online
$195ends Jan 1
Includes
- Inference conference live stream
- Inference conference videos
Conffab Premium
$695
Includes
- Inference conference live stream
- Inference conference videos
- All Conffab live and on-demand content for 12 months
What's included?
Streaming
Conference passes include access to the conference livestream on our very own platform Conffab, including live captioning and chat, access to the stream on demand after the event and to the conference videos when they become available.
Conffab Premium
Conffab Premium, features access to all livestreamed conferences on the Conffab platform for 12 months, access to all on-demand presentations, self assessment quizzes, and more.
A unique online-native format
From 2020-2022, we hosted nearly 2 dozen online native conferences, and developed a format to ensure the most engaging online conferences. Key features include
Pre-recorded sessions
Expertly produced and edited, our focussed sessions make for more engaging, high bandwidth presentations.
Shorter days
Rather than day-long sessions, each "day" runs for around 3 hours, so you're not drained by hours of staring at the screen
A time to suit you
Each session runs 3 times, so wherever you are in the world it will take place at a time convenient to you.
Time to digest
Rather than back-to-back days we spread the conference sessions across 3 to 4 weeks. Each Friday there's a session, making it easier to fit into your work schedule
Instant replay
Right after the sessions end they're available on-demand, to go back over anything or catch up on what you missed.
Total Recall
Each individual presentation is available, with interactive transcripts, chapters and accessible slides, and self assessment quizzes to make sure you get the most from every talk.
Live Streaming
Inference is exclusively an online event, streamed on our very own streaming platform Conffab.
Drawing on our lessons of many online and livestreamed conferences in recent years, there's live captions, accessible slides, and interaction with fellow attendees and speakers, designed ground up as an online experience.
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John Allsopp
John Allsopp has been working on the Web for nearly 30 years. He's been responsible for innovative developer tools such as Style Master and X-Ray, and his ideas formed the foundation for Typekit, now Adobe Fonts, and the entire concept of Responsive Web Design. He's spoken at numerous conferences around the World and delivered dozens of workshops in that time as well.
His writing includes several books, including Developing With Web Standards and countless articles and tutorials in print and online publications.
His "A Dao of Web Design" published in 2000 is cited by Ethan Marcotte as a key influence in the development of Responsive Web Design, who's acclaimed article in 2010 begins by quoting John in detail, and by Jeremy Keith as "a manifesto for anyone working on the Web".
John brings his deep knowledge of and passion for the web and all things digital to every aspect of Web Directions.
About Us
Co-founded and now run by John Allsopp, Web Directions has for nearly 2 decades years brought together leading developers, engineers, visual, IxD, UX and product designers, Art and Creative Directors, product managers 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.
We promise attending one of our events will leave you significantly better versed in the challenges you face day to day, and in solutions for addressing them.
Code of Conduct
For over a decade, we've worked hard to create inclusive, fun, inspring and safe events for the Web Industry.
As part of our commitment to these values, we've adopted a code of conduct for all involved: ourselves, our speakers, our partners and our audience.
If you have any concern or feedback, please don't hesitate to contact us.