Web Directions Conffab
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Even more in 2023
After a triumphant return in 2022, we're excited to announce our annual Summit returns October 26th and 27th in Sydney, and it will be bigger than ever!
Covering our traditional front-end engineering, design and product management, a content design and strategy track, a React ecosystem track and brand new design systems and product and growth marketing tracks–as always featuring world leading speakers.
RegisterThe Big Picture
7 in-depth tracks
We work together in cross functional teams, so it makes sense to learn together as well. That's why we've designed an event like no other, anywhere, one for the entire product team–product management, design, marketing, content, and engineering.
Curated by genuine experts, avoiding the hype and focussing on the practical, for nearly 20 years we've helped professionals, teams and organisations stay current, whatever their role developing digital products, apps, sites and services.
So get your team to Sydney in October for Web Directions Summit!
AI at Web Directions Summit
Well, it happened–generative AI and large language models, exemplified for now by OpenAI's GPT are significantly impacting every aspect of the product landscape–presenting challenges and opportunities across product management, design, engineering, content design and beyond.
At Summit this year, we're make these opportunities and challenges central to the conversation. But don't be afraid–we'll bring our exacting, critical eye to the issues at hand, to help you sort the hype from the reality and chart your way forward, whatever your role.
The Tracks
React Ecosystem
Who's it for?
for front end and full stack developers who spend their days working in the React ecosystem.
What's it cover?
Catch up on the latest patterns and practices for high performance, maintainable web app development, from seasoned developers and world leading experts.
- React
- Remix
- Next
- React Native
- more…
Product Design
Who's it for?
For product designers, UX, UI, and interaction designers, and design researchers
What's it cover?
Covering all things product design, and complemented by our Content Strategy/Design track and out brand new design systems track.
- product design
- IxD
- UX
- UI
- Design Research
- more…
Product & growth marketing
Who's it for?
For product and growth marketers, product managers–everyone involved with growth.
What's it cover?
Brand new in 2023, this track brings together product marketing, growth and behavioural insights to help your products thrive. Evidence based and ethical, we'll help you grow sustainably.
- behaviour
- growth
- pricing
- lifecycle
- more…
Front end development
Who's it for?
For front end and full stack engineers, product, web and JavaScript developers.
What's it cover?
Where it all began for Web Directions–developing for the web.
- JavaScript
- CSS
- Platform APIs
- security
- a11y
- performance
- more…
Content Strategy & Design
Who's it for?
Content strategists, content designers, copy writers, UX writers
What's it cover?
Covering all things content–strategy and design, copywriting and UX writing.
- content strategy
- content design
- UX writing
- copywriting
- more…
Design Systems
Who's it for?
Designers, designops, product engineers, design systems experts.
What's it cover?
Curated by some of the most experienced design systems experts in the world, and covering all things design systems and designops.
- design systems
- designops
- more…
Product Management
Who's it for?
Product managers and CPOs.
What's it cover?
In this long standing track, we cover concepts and practices in product management, with professionals from leading organisations.
- Product strategy
- product management
- metrics
- collaboration
- more…
Keep up to date with Announcements
Want to keep up to date with news about our Summit? Let us know below and we'll email you as things develop. And why not follow us on Twitter?
Keen to speak at Summit?
If you're keen to speak at Summit or one of our other events in 2023, we'd love to hear from you. CFPs are open now, closing May 31st
Read all the details about what we're looking for and what we offer speakers.
Live Streaming
After great success in 2022, to be as inclusive as possible we'll again live stream Summit in 2023
Not everyone is ready, or able to get back to in-person events. Others find online conferences provide greater accessibility. So we'll be streaming Summit' 23, on our very own streaming platform Conffab.
Drawing on our lessons of hosting over a dozen online conferences in recent years, streaming attendees will be able to interact with in-person attendees, ask speakers questions, and feel a close as possible without being at the venue.
Find the conference pass for you
Attend Summit by itself, or add Code Leaders the day before.
There's also great bonuses for teams attending together–for you and your organisation.
Early Bird Super Special
Register a Gold or Silver ticket by June 30th and get a free pass for our AI conference, taking place in Sydney July 21st.
Choose your ticketAttend or Stream Summit, and why not add a Code Leaders ticket? Special PricingFreelancers, juniors and not for profits save–see below for details Team OffersThere's great bonuses for you and your organisation when you attend as a team |
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Special Pricing
We know it's valuable to attend, to learn from our experts, and make connections in the industry. So, to make our events as affordable as possible, we have special pricing for a range of attendees.
Freelancers
If you're a contractor, freelance, consultant, independent–whatever you might call yourself, save $300 when you use the code freelance when you register, making super early bird tickets just $995.
Juniors
To encourage employers to send their juniors to help develop their capabilities, you'll save $300 when you register them with the code junior. That makes Super early bird tickets just $995
Not for profits
As a not for profit, you'll save $295 per ticket when you register with the code nfp, getting a super early bird ticket for just $995.
Bring the whole team
Over the years we've had many many teams attend our conferences together–treating it like an offsite, with amazing speakers, coffee, and more. Some come back year after year (well, they did until Covid). And now we're returning, bigger and better than ever, we're keen to make it really worth your while to attend together.
So here's a range of bonuses for groups of 5 or more from the same organisation.
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bonuses for your team
The more that attend, the more you get
Send 5 or more
Ticket Upgrades
we'll upgrade all your team's tickets, from classic to silver or silver to gold
Send 10 or more
Ticket Upgrades
we'll upgrade all your team's tickets, from classic to silver or silver to gold
Bonus Code Leaders Tickets
Two Code Leaders conference tickets
Send 20 or more
Ticket Upgrades
we'll upgrade all your team's tickets, from classic to silver or silver to gold
Bonus Code Leaders Tickets
Four Code Leaders conference tickets
In House Session With John Allsopp
An in-house (or live online) session with Web Directions founder John Allsopp, with unique insights into current trends in web technology
Awareness Level Partnership
Bonus awareness level partnership including branding, signage and communications before, during and after the conference.
Send 30 or more
Ticket Upgrades
we'll upgrade all your team's tickets, from classic to silver or silver to gold
Bonus Code Leaders Tickets
Four Code Leaders conference tickets
In House Session With John Allsopp
An in-house (or live online) session with Web Directions founder John Allsopp, with unique insights into current trends in web technology
Presence Level Partnership
Bonus presence level partnership including awareness level benefits, plus your own organisation's presence at the conference.
Our venue
Web Directions Summit 2023 will take place in October at the International Convention Centre, Sydney, in Darling Harbour.
Getting there:
There are numerous public transport options, and parking available on site.
Accommodation:
If you're coming from out of town, there are many hotel and serviced apartment style accomodation options in Darling Harbour, and otherwise close by.
Partner with us
We work closely with our partners and their technologies to deliver world leading online conferences. Contact us for more on how we work can work with you to help you be even more awesome.
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, 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.
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".
About Us
Co-founded and now run by John Allsopp, Web Directions has for over 15 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.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we're switching things up a bit for 2020, 2021 (and beyond). We're delivering 6 highly focussed front end development conferences online.
And, our annual extravaganza, Web Directions Summit returns to Sydney in December 2022, bigger and better than ever.
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.