W3Conf: Practical standards
for web professionals

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San Francisco

W3Conf W3Conf

is W3C’s an­nual confer­ence for web pro­fes­sion­als. If you are a web devel­op­er or designer want­ing to hear the lat­est news on HTML5, CSS, the open web platform and your place in it, come join us!

Registration Closed Visit us next time! Only $400

Brought to you by
W3C
and hosted by
Adobe

Speakers

Luz Caballero

Kit Cambridge

Alex Chiculita

Joshua Davis

Alexis Deveria

Nicolas Gallagher

CJ Gammon

Ariya Hidayat

Brad Hill

Tomomi Imura

Eric Meyer

Vicki Murley

Parashuram Narasimhan

Jacob Rossi

Doug Schepers

Janet Swisher

Lea Verou

Léonie Watson

Notable attendees

In addition to our top-notch speakers, you can also meet, socialize, and exchange ideas with other attendees, including:

Special thanks to our official live bloggers:

Live

W3Conf is right around the corner! Whether you’re attending, or following from afar, stay in the loop through Twitter, IRC, and our livestream!

LiveStream
Watch
Twitter handle*
@W3Cconf
Official hashtag
#w3conf
IRC
#w3conf on irc.w3.org

* For the speakers’ twitter handles, take a look at the schedule below.

Sponsors

The following generous sponsors made this conference possible, and subsidized the cost to keep it affordable for Web professionals.

Adobe Microsoft

Intel BlackBerry AT&T

Google Chrome

Some sponsorship packages are still available. If you're interested in sponsoring W3Conf, contact us at w3conf@w3.org

Raffle

All attendees at W3Conf will be automatically entered into a raffle for some great prizes:

Surface tablet

A Surface RT 32 GB with Cyan Touch Cover, provided by Microsoft

Adobe Creative Cloud

2 one-year subscriptions to Adobe Creative Cloud, provided by Adobe

Schedule

Thursday Starts at Friday
Breakfast Pastries, fresh whole fruit, energy bars, Peet’s Coffee, orange juice, Tazo tea, water, assorted sodas 08:00 Breakfast Pastries, fresh whole fruit, energy bars, Peet’s Coffee, orange juice, Tazo tea, water, assorted sodas
Doug Schepers & Janet Swisher Web Platform Docs and Community 09:00 Joshua Davis Beyond Play: the Art of Creative Coding
Alexis Deveria Yes, you can: The top web features from caniuse.com you can use today 09:50 Léonie Watson Design like you give a damn: Practical accessibility for web professionals
Parashuram Narasimhan Get off my Internets - Writing for Web pages for the offline world 10:40 Brad Hill HTML5 Security Realities
Vicki Murley Know Your Platform: Desktop vs. Mobile 11:30 Ariya Hidayat Fluid User Interface with Hardware Acceleration
Lunch Grilled chicken breast sandwich with provolone & basil, minted pea and orzo pasta salad, chocolate chip cookie. Vegeterian option available. 12:20 Lunch Grilled chicken breast sandwich with provolone & basil, minted pea and orzo pasta salad, chocolate chip cookie. Vegeterian option available.
Kit Cambridge EcmaScript Next: The Subtleties of ES 6 13:20 Luz Caballero Device (dis)orientation?
Alexandru Chiculita The Making of CSSFilterLab 14:10 Tomomi Imura Mobile Web: Real Life Examples of HTML5 for Mobile
Jacob Rossi Pointing Forward 15:00 Nicolas Gallagher Questioning best practices
CJ Gammon Do androids read electric books? 15:50 Eric Meyer The Era of Intentional Layout
Lea Verou More CSS Secrets: Another 10 things you may not know about CSS 16:40
Opening reception Hosted by Adobe 17:30

Note: Every talk lasts 40 minutes and there is a 10 minute break between talks.

Web Platform Doc Sprint

The day after W3Conf, come to the Web Platform Doc Sprint. This is a free all-day event where you can meet the developers behind WebPlatform.org, and help build on Web Platform Docs. Sign up for the Doc Sprint now, and come by the Adobe office in San Francisco on Saturday February 23rd to help document the web forward.

Location

Map of the location

W3Conf will take place in the Grand Ballroom of the Regency Center. This beautiful Beaux-Art ballroom has 35-foot ceilings, teardrop chandeliers, hardwood floors, and a horseshoe-shaped balcony. The space is centrally located, with many hotels and parking lots nearby, and good public transit access.

Address

1300 Van Ness Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94109,
USA
Photo of the Regency Ballroom

Hotel

Visiting from out of town? We have a special lower $129 refundable rate for attendees at the nearby Golden Gateway Holiday Inn, on a first-come-first-served basis. To make a reservation, book directly online or mention the “Regency Center” rate on email or by phone.

Behavior Policy

W3Conf is dedicated to a respectful, professional, harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Please treat everone with respect, and read and abide by our code of conduct.