WebVisions 2008 was held at the Oregon Convention Center's E Series Meeting Rooms.
The following is a schedule for WebVisions 2008. The schedule for 2009 will be published in January 2009
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Past WebVisions Schedule Archives
Making Multi-user Life-like Speaker: Phillip Kerman 9:00 am – 10:15 am
WORKSHOP: Crucial Conversations: The Art and Science of Conversation in Social Media Speakers: Erica O'Grady, Kelsey Ruger 9:00 am – 11:45 am
WORKSHOP: JavaScript for Designers Speaker: David McFarland 9:00 am – 11:45 am
WORKSHOP: The Control Freak's Guide to Design for the Web Speaker: Tyler Sticka 9:00 am – 11:45 am
Blogging For A Living: Taking Your Skills To The Next Level Speaker: Jim Turner 9:00 am – 10:15 am
The Importance of Emotional Connections in Interactive Design Speaker: Dan LaCivita 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Best Practices for Permission-Based Email Communication Speaker: Mark Wyner 9:00 am – 10:15 am
PANEL: Green Tech Speakers: John Beaston, Sarah Rich, Alexis Madrigal 10:30 am – 11:45 am
The Experience Economy and Hybrid Desktop-Internet Applications Speaker: Kevin Hoyt 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Designing for Video Game Marketing Speaker: Andi Rusu 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Hacking the Enterprise with Social Media Speaker: DL Byron 10:30 am – 11:45 am
PANEL: Social Media: Strategies for Creatives Speakers: DL Byron, Kelsey Ruger, Erica O'Grady, Jim Turner 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Responsible Web Design Speaker: Scott Fegette 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
WORKSHOP: Progressive Enhancement with JavaScript and CSS Speaker: Aaron Gustafson 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm
WORKSHOP: Type Class Speaker: Roger Black 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm
RSS: Bleeding Edge Tips and Tricks Speaker: Marshall Kirkpatrick 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Design is in the Details Speakers: Bryan Veloso, Dan Rubin 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Overcoming Death by PowerPoint Speaker: Dave Yewman 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Inching from Mediawiki to Rails on a High Traffic Site Speakers: Brandon CS Sanders, Stephen Judkins 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Drupal: This Aint Your Father's CMS Speaker: Sean Larkin 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
User Experience Best Practices Speaker: Nick Finck 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Avoid the Venture Capital Trap: Fund Your Own Business Speaker: Matt Haughey 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Total Recall: Complementing Information Architecture with Instructional Design for Memorable Web Experiences Speakers: James Keller, Sean Cowne 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
KEYNOTE: Is Print Dead? How Digital Media is Changing the Face of Publishing Speaker: Lynne d Johnson (FastCompany.com) 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Data Portability, Privacy and Identity: Welcome to the Open Web Speaker: Scott Kveton 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Going Fast on the Slow Mobile Web Speaker: Jason Grigsby 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Tagging: Emerging Trends and Techniques Speaker: Gene Smith 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Faster, Cheaper, Better Speaker: David Verba 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Visual & Creative Thinking How to Give Your Company the Competitive Edge Speakers: Erica O'Grady, Kelsey Ruger 9:00 am – 10:15 am
PANEL: Open Source Speakers: Deborah Bryant, Ward Cunningham, Brian Jamison, Josh Bancroft 10:30 am – 11:45 am
The Future of Web Design: Why Your CEO Should Care Speaker: Kerry Bodine 10:30 am – 11:45 am
So You Want to Run a Startup Speaker: Rashmi Sinha 10:30 am – 11:45 am
The Language of Interaction Speaker: Bill DeRouchey 10:30 am – 11:45 am
CSS Transformation Speaker: Christopher Schmitt 10:30 am – 11:45 am
From Idea to Implementation and Beyond: Getting Started with Rails Speaker: Jim Meyer 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Star Wars Kid Is Your New Bicycle: The Changing Lives of Memes Speaker: Andy Baio 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
The Web is Dead Speaker: Roger Black 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Tap is the New Click Speaker: Dan Saffer 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Networking Things: How the Internet is Redefining Environmentalism Speaker: Alexis Madrigal 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Web Site Optimization in Seven Easy Steps Speaker: Kimberly Blessing 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
A River Runs Through the Digital Divide: Women Using Global Communications Technology to Shift the Balance of Power Speaker: Jensine Larsen 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Designing Social Media: Interface Tricks and Tips Speaker: Christina Wodtke 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Convergence 2.0: The Seamless User Experience Speaker: Tjeerd Hoek 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
What You Need to Know About IE8 and Standards Speaker: Aaron Gustafson 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
KEYNOTE: Overcoming Chaos: Designing the Future Web Speaker: Jeffrey Veen () 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm