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Thoroughly enjoyed Web Directions — met some great people, heard some inspiring presenters and added a whole bunch of things to my to-do list.

Joel Roberts Web Developer

Web Directions Summit 2022

Our legendary Web Directions Summit returns in-person, December 1 and 2 in Sydney, bigger and better than ever.

In 2022, we'll feature brand new React Ecosystem, Career development and Content Strategy/Design tracks alongside our long running front end dev, design, and product tracks.

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Web Directions Conffab

Over 600 presentations from 450 world leading experts at 32 conferences…and counting

All for $19.95 per month.

Or, get access to all our online events throughout the year as part of a Conffab Premium membership, for just $59.95 per month.

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About Web Directions

  • 12 cities
  • 13 years
  • 67 events
  • 600+ 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

  • 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

  • Three days of talks, two of them in the engineering room. Web Directions you have broken my brain.

    Cheryl Gledhill
    Product Manager, BlueChilli