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W3Conf: Practical Standards for Web Professionals

Calendar November 15th & 16th

Map Redmond Marriott Town Center7401 164th Avenue NE Redmond, WA 98052 USA

2011: HTML5 and the Open Web Platform

W3C, the web standards organization, held its first developer conference on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 of November. We had a blast. Sincere thanks to everyone who participated.

If you are a developer or designer wanting to hear the latest news on HTML5 and the open web platform, and your place in it, you didn’t miss out! You can catch video on demand in the presentations section below.

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Sponsors

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

Platinum Sponsors

at&t

Gold Sponsors

Adobe Nokia

Sessions & Speakers

W3Conf has industry leaders speaking on a wide variety of topics that every developer needs to know: HTML5, APIs and Javascript, graphics, accessibility, CSS, and much more.

We have selected speakers on an invitation-only basis to deliver the most educational and entertaining experience for our audience on the topics we felt were the most pressing for Web developers and designers today. Below are a few of our confirmed speakers... check back often for updates as more speakers confirm.

John Allsopp

John Allsopp

Web Directions

Shortcuts: Getting off (line) with the HTML5 appcache

Faruk Ateş

Faruk Ateş

 

Shortcuts: Modernizr

Rey Bango

Rey Bango

Microsoft

The Great HTML5 Divide: How Polyfills and Shims Let You Light Up Your Sites in Non-Modern Browsers

Art Barstow

Art Barstow

Nokia

PANEL: Browsers and Standards: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Mike Bostock

Mike Bostock

Square

Shortcuts: Data Visualization with Web Standards

Tantek Çelik

Tantek Çelik

Mozilla

PANEL: Browsers and Standards: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Paul Cotton

Paul Cotton

Microsoft

PANEL: Browsers and Standards: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Becky Gibson

Becky Gibson

IBM

Making Accessibility Mainstream

Grant Goodale

Grant Goodale

Massively Fun

Shortcuts: Touch Events

Vincent Hardy

Vincent Hardy

Adobe

Web Graphics - a large creative palette

Philippe Le Hegaret

Philippe Le Hégaret

W3C

Testing to Perfection

Brad Hill

Brad Hill

Paypal

Securing the Next Generation of Web Apps

Paul Irish

Paul Irish

Google

HTML5: The Foundation of the Web Platform

Arvind Jain

Arvind Jain

Google

Web Perfomance: Making the Web Faster

Ian Jacobs

Ian Jacobs

W3C

Welcome: Contributing to Open Standards

Rajesh Lal

Rajesh Lal

Nokia

The N-Screens Problem: Building Apps in a World of TV and Mobiles

Divya Manian

Divya Manian

Opera

5 CSS Magic Potions for your Layout Troubles from the Future

Chaals McCathieNevile

Charles McCathieNevile

Opera

PANEL: Browsers and Standards: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Giorgio Sardo

Giorgio Sardo

Microsoft

HTML5 Demo Fest: the Best from the Web

Doug Schepers

Doug Schepers

W3C

Developer Resources

Grant Skinner

Grant Skinner

gskinner.com

Hello. Games. HTML5 Gaming Today.

Christopher Slye

Christopher Slye

Adobe

Shortcuts: Web Typography

Manu Sporny

Manu Sporny

Digital Bazaar

Community Groups: A case study with Web Payments

Scott Stender

Scott Stender

iSEC Partners

Securing the Next Generation of Web Apps

Peter Vosshall

Peter Vosshall

Amazon

PANEL: Browsers and Standards: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson

Google

PANEL: Browsers and Standards: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Schedule

The lineup is two days of plenary sessions... a single track on each day, so you don't miss a thing.

Major session are around 45 minutes including Q&A, and shorter topics are covered in between, around 5 or 10 minutes each, to provide a nice balanced diet. As a desert, we have a lively panel session planned for the end of the second day.

Breakfast

7:30am - 8:30am

Break

10:15am - 11:00am

Lunch

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Break

3:10pm - 3:40pm

Breakfast

7:30am - 8:30am

Break

9:35am - 10:05am

Lunch

11:35am - 12:35pm

Break

2:05pm - 2:35pm

Presentations

It’s a Wrap! We had a blast. If you missed it, don’t worry. You can catch videos of all the sessions via the links below.

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Welcome: Contributing to Open Standards

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Ian Jacobs (W3C)

November, 15 2011 8:30am

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Testing to Perfection

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Philippe Le Hégaret (W3C)

November, 15 2011 8:40am

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Community Groups: A case study with Web Payments

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Manu Sporny (Digital Bazaar, Inc.)

November, 15 2011 9:10am

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Shortcuts: Developer Documentation

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Doug Schepers (W3C)

November, 15 2011 9:55am

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5 CSS Magic Potions for your Layout Troubles from the Future

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Divya Manian (Opera)

November, 15 2011 11:00am

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Web Graphics – a large creative palette

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Vincent Hardy (Adobe Systems, Inc.)

November, 15 2011 11:45am

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Web Perfomance: Making the Web Faster

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Arvind Jain (Google)

November, 15 2011 1:30pm

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Shortcuts: Getting off (line) with the HTML5 appcache

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John Allsopp (Web Directions)

November, 15 2011 2:10pm

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The N-Screens Problem: Building Apps in a World of TV and Mobiles

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Rajesh Lal (Nokia)

November, 15 2011 2:25pm

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The Great HTML5 Divide: How Polyfills and Shims Let You Light Up Your...

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Rey Bango (Microsoft Corporation)

November, 15 2011 3:40pm

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Shortcuts: Web Typography

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Christopher Slye (Adobe Systems, Inc.)

November, 15 2011 4:25pm

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HMTL5: The Foundation of the Web Platform

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Paul Irish (Google)

November, 15 2011 4:40pm

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Day 1 Closing Remarks

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Ian Jacobs (W3C)

November, 15 2011 5:25pm

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HTML5 Demo Fest: the Best from the Web

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Giorgio Sardo (Microsoft Corporation)

November, 16 2011 8:35am

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Shortcuts: Data Visualization with Web Standards

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Mike Bostock (Square)

November, 16 2011 9:20am

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Making Accessibility Mainstream

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Becky Gibson (IBM)

November, 16 2011 10:05am

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Securing the Next Generation of Web Apps

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Brad Hill (Paypal), Scott Stender (iSEC Partners)

November, 16 2011 10:50am

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Shortcuts: Touch Events

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Grant Goodale (Massively Fun)

November, 16 2011 12:35pm

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Hello. Games. HTML5 Gaming Today.

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Grant Skinner (gskinner.com)

November, 16 2011 12:50pm

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Shortcuts: Modernizr

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Faruk Ateş

November, 16 2011 1:35pm

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PANEL: Browsers and Standards: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

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Art Barstow (Nokia), Paul Cotton (Microsoft Canada), Tantek Çelik (Mozilla), Charles McCathieNevile (Opera), Chris Wilson (Google), Peter Vosshall (Amazon)

November, 16 2011 2:35pm

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Day 2 Closing Remarks

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Doug Schepers (W3C)

November, 16 2011 3:45pm

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