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Program

Workshops – September 26 and 27

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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 KeithDOM Scripting and Ajax

Tuesday 26th September 9.00am to 5.00pmDan Saffer – Designing for Interaction

Wednesday 27th September 9.00am to 5.00pm

Tuesday 27th September 9.00am to 5.00pmUTS SydneyKelly GotoThe Iterative App

Tuesday 27th September 9.00am to 5.00pmDerek FeatherstoneAccessibility 2.0

WD06 Day 1 – Thursday 28th September

WD06 Day 1 – Thursday 28th September
Stream 1 (University Hall) Stream 2 (McFarlane Theatre)
9.00am9.10am

Welcome and opening comments

9.10am10.15am

Kelly GotoOpening Keynote: Designing for lifestyle

10.15am10.45am Morning tea
10.45am11.50am

Jeremy KeithExplaining Ajax

11.50am12.45pm

Thomas Vander WalInformation architecture for web developers

12.55pm1.55pm

Lunch at The Concourse

1.55pm2.45pm

Gian Sampson-WildManaging accessibility compliance for the Commonwealth Games

Dave Greiner and Ben Richardson – Designing a web application on the side – the story of Campaign Monitor

2.45pm3.30pm

John AllsoppMicroformats: an evolutionary revolution

Ben BarrenRSS Will Change Everything

3.30pm4.00pm Afternoon tea in The Concourse
4.00pm5.05pm

Derek FeatherstoneAccessibility 2.0: Where do we go from here?

5.05pm5.15pm

McFarlane Prize Award

5.15pm7.15pm

Drinks, food and fun in the Tower Building

WD06 Day 2 – Friday 29th September

WD06 Day 2 – Friday 29th September
Stream 1 (University Hall) Stream 2 (McFarlane Theatre)
7.15am8.30am

Breakfast with Molly Holzschlag – Defining the new professionalism
(Limited availability)

9.00am9.10am

Welcome to day 2, with prize draws and more

9.10am10.15am

Andy Clarke – Creating inspired design

10.15am10.45am Morning tea at The Concourse
10.45am11.45am

Laurel Papworth – The business of online communities

Cheryl Lead and Ben Buchanan – Moving your organisation to web standards

11.45am12.45pm

Cameron Adams and Kevin Yank – JavaScript APIs ” Mashups: work you don’t have to do

Donna Maurer – Information architecture: a “how to”

12.45pm1.45pm

Lunch at The Concourse

1.45pm2.45pm

Jeremy KeithProgressive enhancement with Hijax

Thomas Vander WalInformation Architecture for the “Come to Me Web”

2.45pm3.45pm

Kelly GotoThe Iterative App

Derek FeatherstoneDesigning for accessibility: More simple techniques that make a difference

3.45pm4.15pm Afternoon tea at The Concourse
4.15pm5.15pm

Mark Pesce – Closing Keynote: You-biquity

5.15pm5.30pm

Thankyou and closing comments

5.30pm – Late

The Sitepoint closing night party at the Pumphouse

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