WebVisions

May 20-22, 2009 | Portland, OR

Schedule

Speakers and schedules for workshops and sessions are subject to change. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

Past WebVisions Schedule Archives

Wednesday, May 20

9:00 am

WORKSHOP: CSS Spackle Day
Speaker: Molly Holzschlag
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

WORKSHOP: Good Design Faster
Speaker: Leah Buley
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

WORKSHOP: Mental Models: Creating Perfect Products
Speaker: Indi Young
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

WORKSHOP: Paper Prototyping: Put Down The Computer and Collaborate!
Speaker: Justin Garrity
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

WORKSHOP: Tips for Using Search Engine Tools to Increase Site Traffic
Speaker: Vanessa Fox
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

12:00 pm

Break

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

2:00 pm

WORKSHOP: Designing for Content-Rich Sites
Speaker: Jared Spool
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP: Designing with Patterns
Speaker: Bill Scott
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP: From PSD to XHTML+CSS 4TW!
Speaker: Christopher Schmitt
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP: Get to the Point
Speakers: Dave Yewman, Andy Craig
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

6:00 pm

Bike Hugger Mobile Social Portland

Join the mobile, bikeratti for an urban ride, drinks and networking! Meet at the Oregon Convention Center at 6:00 pm and tour SE Portland neighborhoods to end up at Rontoms. RSVP at bikehugger.com.

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm



Thursday, May 21

9:00 am

KEYNOTE: Cooking Up Gourmet User Experiences on a Fast-Food Budget
Speaker: Jared Spool (User Interface Engineering)
9:00 am – 10:15 am

10:30 am

Design for Effective Knowledge Transfer: Don't Repeat the Same 'Ol Same 'Ol
Speaker: Todd Hudson
10:30 am – 11:45 am

Interaction Design in the Designer's Hands
Speaker: Ryan Stewart
10:30 am – 11:45 am

Measuring Meaning in Social Media
Speakers: Jason Burby, Ryan Turner
10:30 am – 11:45 am

The Future of Organic Search
Speaker: Vanessa Fox
10:30 am – 11:45 am

Try Making Yourself More Interesting
Speaker: DL Byron
10:30 am – 11:45 am

Universal Design is Sexy
Speaker: Molly Holzschlag
10:30 am – 11:45 am

1:15 pm

Bringing Design to Life: What Every Designer Should Know About Interface Engineering
Speaker: Bill Scott
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Competing on Web Analytics
Speaker: Eric T. Peterson
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Future of Mobile: Native Apps vs. Mobile Web vs. Hybrid Apps
Speaker: Jason Grigsby
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

How to Hire the Wrong Developer
Speaker: Brian Jamison
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Mental Models: Sparking Creativity Through Empathy
Speaker: Indi Young
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Pimp My Web Page
Speaker: Gage Choat
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

PANEL: Social Media Meets Search: Thinking Inside the OneBox
Speakers: see detail
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

2:45 pm

All Together Now: Aligning the UX Behind Your UI
Speaker: Melissa Casburn
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Decentralized Social Networks
Speaker: David Recordon
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Designing Our Way Through Web Forms
Speakers: Christopher Schmitt, Kimberly Blessing
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Five Essential Composition Tools for Web Typography
Speaker: Kimberly Elam
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Graphic Storytelling in New Media
Speaker: Tyler Sticka
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

New Ideas (and Data) for Today’s Web Executives
Speaker: Steve Gehlen
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Subject to Change: Creating Great Products and Services for an Uncertain World
Speaker: David Verba
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

4:15 pm

KEYNOTE: The Rise of Modern Making
Speaker: Mark Frauenfelder (Boingboing.net)
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

7:30 pm

The Webvisionary Awards
Bagdad Theatre, 3702 SE Hawthorne, Portland, OR

MC Ian Karmel and a cast of dozens bring a night of fun and awards for the second annual Webvisionary Awards extravaganza. Play Powerpoint Karoake, see award winning work, hobnob with the big names in the digital media world, drink beer and more!

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm


Friday, May 22

9:00 am

KEYNOTE: Makin' Whuffie: Why You Should Raise Social Capital in Online Communities
Speaker: Tara Hunt (The Wuffie Factor)
9:00 am – 10:15 am

10:30 am

Companies and Communities: Participating without Being Sleazy
Speaker: Dawn Foster
10:30 am – 11:45 am

Creating Dynamic Sites with AJAX and Dreamweaver
Speaker: Paul Burnett
10:30 am – 11:45 am

How To Win Projects and Influence Budgets
Speaker: Daniel Schutzsmith
10:30 am – 11:45 am

Makin' Bac'n: From Idea to Web Startup in 21 Days
Speakers: Scott Kveton, Jason Glaspey
10:30 am – 11:45 am

New Assumptions for Designers of the Social Web
Speaker: Chris Messina
10:30 am – 11:45 am

The End of Obsolescence: The Web as Ground Zero for the Post-Consumer Economy
Speakers: Lane Becker, Thor Muller
10:30 am – 11:45 am

PANEL: The Music Industry After The Inmates Overtook the Asylum - No One's Going Crazy Anymore
Speakers: see detail
10:30 am – 11:45 am

1:15 pm

An Introduction to Cyborg Anthropology
Speaker: Amber Case
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Development for a Mobile World
Speaker: Kevin Hoyt
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

PANEL: Open ID: The Panel Discussion
Speakers: see detail
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

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Speaker: Jeff Croft
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Rich Interface Design: How AJAX Changes Everything
Speaker: Steve Mulder
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

The Future of Web Communities
Speaker: Chris Pirillo
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Web Design: The Good, the Bad and the Future
Speaker: JD Hooge
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

2:45 pm

Children of the Revolution: Reaching the Cybernetic Teen
Speaker: Jason CranfordTeague
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Designing Blogs/Blogging Design
Speaker: Armin Vit
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

iPhone Intelligence
Speaker: Raven Zachary
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Process Meets Presentation: Visual Interaction Design
Speaker: Jina Bolton
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Serving the Next Billion
Speaker: Peat Bakke
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

The Future of Work
Speaker: Raymond King
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Twitter Marketing: Behavioral Insights and Best Practices from an Award-Winning Tweeter
Speaker: Carri Bugbee
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

4:15 pm

KEYNOTE: Carpe Futurum: Building Communities Without the Blueprints
Speakers: Brad Smith (Virb.com), Ryan Sims (Virb.com)
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

6:30 pm

WebVisions Wrap Party
The Greek Cusina
404 SW Washington
Portland, OR 97204

Break plates, down ouzo and dance the night away with WebVisions speakers and attendees. What happens at the Cusina, stays there. And we\'ll buy a free shot of ouzo to the first person who beats Jeff Veens ouzo drinking record.

6:30 pm – 4:00 pm

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