• Whether you are a designer or a developer, or are just curious, the conference will offer presentations that are sure to inspire and educate.
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    Entering its seventh year, The Spring <br /> Conference will once again be happening in Baker Center, on the beautiful campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

    Join us on June 9 for the all-day event filled with several different tracks covering a variety of contemporary Web-related topics.

    Originally begun as a free event, a quality conference that remains cost-effective has been integral to our mission. As such, our pricing can not be beat. The current economic times are no excuse for missing this event! Register today!

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    Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis
    Keynote

    Come hear world-class Web professionals Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis discuss the Web as they see it. Stephanie provides expert CSS and (X)HTML services to top firms through her company, W3Conversions. Greg is Group Manager, Creative Solutions Evangelism at Adobe Systems. Together they are authors of the recently published Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS4, published by New Riders press. This is a presentation not to be missed.

    Workshops

    Interested in bringing interactivity to your site through JavaScript? Why not learn from the lead of the jQuery UI build & release team, Richard Worth, as he helps you understand this popular JavaScript library through his hands-on Learning jQuery UI workshop.

    Bring the holy grail of contemporary Web interactivity to your projects: 3D! Eric Kramer will show you how when you join him and Build Your First 3D Application in Flash.

    Giveaways

    Yup, we've got 'em. We will be giving away a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 4, as well as brand-new books from O'Reilly Media, software from Acacia Tree Software, and more!

    General Sessions, Across Disciplines

    CSS, AJAX, RIA, OS... whatever your preferred acronym, have a look at our sessions and you will likely find it covered.

    Adobe Platform evangelist Kevin Hoyt will be bringing his expertise on the Adobe Flash Platform in two sessions this year. Learn about the cutting edge of Rich Internet Application design techniques and save time learning about the Top 10 problems with RIA that you never knew existed.

    Join prolific author Christopher Schmitt in forming A More Perfect Union with CSS, or re-examine how you look at Web experiences as you listen to Apple Distinguished Educator Award recipient Prof. R. Brian Stone discuss Non-linear Usability for the Web.

    More of a developer than a designer? Join Fusebox core lead Adam Haskell as he dissects this popular web application framework, or learn to incorporate the desktop into your web applications through An Introduction to Adobe AIR 1.5 with Ben Pritchard.

    This is just a sample, visit our speaker list for a full roundup.

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    Ohio University Baker Center, Athens, Ohio.
    Further information about Baker University Center can be found on the Ohio University Web site. For directions, click the map below (you will be redirected to Google Maps).
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    Ohio University Inn

    331 Richland Ave, Athens, Ohio 45701 (866) 593-6661

    www.ouinn.com

    AmeriHost Inn & Suites

    20 Home St., Athens, OH 45701 (740) 594-3000

    www.amerihostinn.com

    Other Area Hotels (all within 10 min drive):

    • Budget Inn Express: 997 E. State St., (740) 593-5565
    • Hampton Inn: 986 E. State St., (740) 593-5600
    • Days Inn: 330 Columbus Rd., (740) 593-6661
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    Expertise
    Speakers from across the country join us this year to present on topics spanning design to development. Learn, ask questions, make connections.
    Stephanie Sullivan's picture

    In demand by top US firms, Stephanie Sullivan is a world-class Web standards, Dreamweaver, and accessibility expert whose razor-sharp CSS and (X)HTML skills make her company, W3Conversions, a peerless authority for training corporate web teams and transforming in-house designs into efficient, standards-based websites. Sullivan created the CSS layouts for Dreamweaver CS3 and is co-author of the respected project-based book "Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS4" (as well as the previous version for Dreamweaver CS3). She’s co-leader of the influential Web Standards Project Adobe Task Force, a partner at Community MX, and a speaker who engages audiences around the world with her dynamic presentations. When she's not coding or talking to the little people inside her computer, she escapes to play squash or beach volleyball.

     
    Greg Rewis's picture

    Greg Rewis is the Group Manager, Creative Solutions Evangelism at Adobe Systems. With over 20 years of computer industry experience, Greg spends in excess of 200 days of the year on the road, talking with customers, giving product demonstrations at trade shows and seminars, speaking at industry conferences, and leading specialized, advanced training sessions featuring Adobe’s Web Tools product line. Greg has been passionate about the web since putting his first “home page” online in 1994. His career has taken him around the world, from the early days of desktop publishing, to a start-up in Hamburg, Germany, the glory days of the web at Macromedia and finally his current role at Adobe. The original GoLive Cyberstudio Product Manager and former Dreamweaver Technical Product Manager, Greg is the co-author of “Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3″ and the newly released “Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS4″ published by New Riders.

    Eric Meyer's picture

    UPDATE: Eric will unfortunately not be able to attend in person, but we are attempting to facilitate his participation from a distance.

    Eric is the author of CSS: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly & Associates), CSS2.0 Programmer's Reference (Osborne/McGraw-Hill), Eric Meyer on CSS and More Eric Meyer on CSS (New Riders), as well as CSS Web Site Design (lynda.com). He's well known for his numerous articles for the O'Reilly Network, Web Techniques, and Web Review as well as for being one of the founders of An Event Apart.

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    Kevin Hoyt's picture

    Kevin Hoyt is a platform evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc. Passionate about engaging user experiences, you'll most often find him meeting with customers, speaking at conferences, presenting online seminars, or just enjoying the chance to share ideas and brainstorm with other developers. When not on the road, Kevin enjoys spending time with his family, photography, and general aviation.

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    Numerous topics are covered in hour long presentations by industry professionals.
    Coding

    Software defects are estimated to cost billions of dollars annually. In this session, we will look at various testing techniques which are available to ensure the validity and correctness of software systems and take a more in-depth look at testing web applications with Selenium.

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    Coding

    This presentation provides a general introduction to Frameworks. It is intended to provide an overview of how they work, and answer the question of when and why you should use them. We'll also take a cursory look at two popular Frameworks for Flash: Cairngorm and PureMVC, and work through an example "Hello World" application. While we'll be looking at Frameworks for ActionScript, much of the information in this presentation can apply to any language.

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    Coding

    Introduction to one of the most popular CFML frameworks. We'll cover how to setup and configure Fusebox. We'll also write a simple application to see how easy and fun Fusebox can be.

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    Coding

    There has been a lot of buzz about Centaur. With the conference season in full swing we are learning more and more about Adobe's upcoming release. We'll explore some of the features of Centaur that are public knowledge.

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    Hands-on
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    Hands-On

    Query UI, built on top of jQuery, is a complete set of behaviors and components that can be used in building Rich Internet Applications. Behaviors and components included in jQuery UI include drag-and-drop, resizing, mouse-sorting, mouse-selecting (click-select, shift-select, ctrl-select, lasso select), dialogs, sliders, tabs, trees, grids, toolbars and menus. Each component adheres to a consistent standard across API, design, behavior and theming. This minimizes the surprise and makes learning all of them as easy as learning one. Just as with jQuery, there is a plugin system in jQuery UI that allows users to easily modify/extend existing components, as well as create your own. jQuery UI is also built with themes and supports custom themes, for consistency with existing sites/applications.

    This session covers how jQuery UI is designed and how it leverages the power, flexibility, and expressiveness of the jQuery API. A live demonstration shows you how to use some of the more common jQuery UI behaviors and components to create rich interactivity.

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    Hands-On

    Join Eric in this hands-on session where he'll take you on a journey into the third dimension. Create immersive user interfaces using the new built-in 3D API in Flash Player 10 and third-party 3D engines. Eric will cover the basics of getting started and end with some more advanced topics. By the end of the session you will have created a basic 3D user interface. This session will be primarily about working with 3D using ActionScript 3, so a working knowledge of the language is recommended.

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    Design & User Experience

    Using Tools: Tips & Tricks

    Coding

    Web 2.0 In Practice

    The Big Picture

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    Closing Ceremonies
    After-party at Casa Nueva

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