Program

Web Directions South 2010 is a two day conference, an optional two days of workshops, and plenty of networking events. Then on Saturday there is Amped, a fantastic free event open to everyone.

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Time	Design	Development	Big-Picture	W3C South
8:00–9:00	Registration
9:00–9:10	Opening comments
9:10–10:15	Day 1 Opening Keynote: Designing Obama with Scott Thomas
10:15–10:45	Morning tea
10:45–11:40	jQuery <3s designers with Craig Sharkie	HTML5 Audio and Video with Silvia Pfeeiffer	How digital affects books and publishing with Craig Mod	Active web development with Divya Manian
11:40–11:45	Changeover
11:45–12:40	Designing interactions using enriched storytelling with Darren Menachemson	Building a better web with HTML5 with Ben Schwarz	Design Thinking (and Doing) with David Gravina	RDFa everywhere with Knud Möller
12:40–1:40	Lunch
1:40–2:35	Creativity, design and interaction with HTML5 and CSS3 with Dan Rubin	Enriching large data sets with Paul Hagon	Creating platforms for social innovation with Grant Young	Widgets — Why should I care? with Daniel Davis
2:35–2:40	Changeover
2:40–3:35	Keeping your content alive from cradle to grave with Donna Spencer	Even faster web sites with Steve Souders	Connected digital initiatives and strategies with Paula Bray	Australia’s accessibility transition strategy with Jacqui Begbie & Neil King
3:35–4:05	Afternoon tea
4:05–4:15	Minting mobile currency in a socialised, localised world with Naveed Anwar
4:15–5:05	Day 1 Closing Keynote: Where are we going? with Josh Williams
5:05–5:15	Day 1 Wrap-up
5:30–7:00	Opening night drinks reception

Time	Design	Development	Big-Picture	W3C South
9:00–9:10	Day 2 Opening comments
9:10–10:15	Day 2 Opening Keynote: Let’s see what we can see with Michal Migurski
10:15–10:45	Morning tea
10:45–11:40	Running effective remote studies with Juliette Melton	JavaScript Sprachraum with Patrick Lee	Practising Web Standards in the Large with Tatham Oddie	HTML5 Report Card with Michael™ Smith
11:40–11:45	Changeover
11:45–12:40	Setting standards-friendly web type with Simon Pascal Klein	Location, location, geolocation with Max Wheeler	The Age of Awareness with Lisa Herrod	HTML Ready for prime time? with HTML5 Panel
12:40–1:40	Lunch
1:40–2:35	Interaction design school 101 with Shane Morris	Building mobile web apps with Myles Eftos	Wrangling Time: The Form and the Future of the Book with James Bridle	Browser Caching and You (A Love Story) with Mark Nottingham
2:35–2:40	Changeover
2:40–3:35	Flogging design — best practises in online shop design with Matt Balara	Raphaël: native web vector graphics library with Dmitry Baranovskiy	GOOD: Graphical Object Oriented Design with Rob Manson	More than raw: government data online with Gordon Grace
3:35–4:05	Afternoon tea
4:05–5:05	Closing Keynote: Designers, designers, designers.. with Tim Harrison
5:05–5:15	Closing comments
5:30–late	Closing night party