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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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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.
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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 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.
