W3Conf: Practical standards
for web professionals
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San Francisco
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!
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:
W3Conf is right around the corner! Whether you’re attending, or following from afar, stay in the loop through Twitter, IRC, and our livestream!
* For the speakers’ twitter handles, take a look at the schedule below.
The following generous sponsors made this conference possible, and subsidized the cost to keep it affordable for Web professionals.
Some sponsorship packages are still available. If you're interested in sponsoring W3Conf, contact us at w3conf@w3.org
All attendees at W3Conf will be automatically entered into a raffle for some great prizes:
A Surface RT 32 GB with Cyan Touch Cover, provided by Microsoft
2 one-year subscriptions to Adobe Creative Cloud, provided by Adobe
| 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 @shepazu @jmswisher Web Platform Docs and Community | 09:00 | Joshua Davis @joshuadavis Beyond Play: the Art of Creative Coding |
| Alexis Deveria @fyrd Yes, you can: The top web features from caniuse.com you can use today | 09:50 | Léonie Watson @leoniewatson Design like you give a damn: Practical accessibility for web professionals |
| Parashuram Narasimhan @nparashuram Get off my Internets - Writing for Web pages for the offline world | 10:40 | Brad Hill @hillbrad HTML5 Security Realities |
| Vicki Murley @vickimurley Know Your Platform: Desktop vs. Mobile | 11:30 | Ariya Hidayat @ariyahidayat 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 @kitcambridge EcmaScript Next: The Subtleties of ES 6 | 13:20 | Luz Caballero @gerbille Device (dis)orientation? |
| Alexandru Chiculita @achicu The Making of CSSFilterLab | 14:10 | Tomomi Imura @girlie_mac Mobile Web: Real Life Examples of HTML5 for Mobile |
| Jacob Rossi @jacobrossi Pointing Forward | 15:00 | Nicolas Gallagher @necolas Questioning best practices |
| CJ Gammon @cjgammon Do androids read electric books? | 15:50 | Eric Meyer @meyerweb The Era of Intentional Layout |
| Lea Verou @leaverou 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
