Web Directions East

November 7-9, 2008
Tokyo, Japan
http://east08.webdirections.org/


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*IAI members will receive 10% discount.

Program Summary

This year's Web Directions East will feature a 1 day conference and 2 days of workshops. Through the both conference we well cover, web design, CSS, javascript, UX, User Testing, Information Architecture and web marketing.

Our conference program offers 10 sessions in 2 tracks. Track 1 features 6 sessions from International speakers, Eric Meyer, Dan Cederholm, Jeremy Keith, Andy Budd and Jeffrey Veen. Track 2 brings you speakers local to Tokyo and Japan.

Workshops on Day 2 and 3 are led by Eric Meyer , Jeremy Keith and Andy Budd.

Who should participate?

Web Directions East's target audience is web professionals. Not only front end developers or back end developers but professionals in all web-related fields such as web design, web market research, web directions. Our goal is to make Web Directions as a Hub of all web industries.

For more information & registration visit
http://east08.webdirections.org/

About Web Directions

Founded in Australia in 2004, by long time web industry figures Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp, Web Directions conferences bring together the web industry's leading experts from around the world to educate and inspire our attendees. In 2008, Web Directions East will offer a new line up of speakers and innovators.

Our major conferences, Web Directions South and Web Directions North, are held annually in Sydney, Australia and Vancouver, Canada, and cover the full range of interests for web professionals - web design, front-end and and back-end development, information architecture, interaction design, accessibility, data visualization and much more. Our more focused conferences home in on specific areas and segments, such as User Experience, and Government.

Unlike many conferences, rather than calling for papers and speakers, we have a editorial approach - we put together programs based on current trends in the industry, and seek out speakers who are working in those areas to give inspiring, entertaining, but most importantly practical presentations. Take a look at our blog and resources site to see slides and hear podcasts from our previous events.

But as important as the content is, conferences are also about connecting with your peers - making new connections, and strengthening existing ones, sharing know-how and expertise, finding an expert, or new clients. At Web Directions events we pay careful attention to this side of things with social events, and innovative use of social software to help build and strengthen those relationships.

With all our conferences and events our commitment is to

* bring together the best possible speakers - knowledgeable,
entertaining, inspiring real world experts
* cover the issues, technologies, concepts and techniques web
professionals need right now
* keep a clear separation between conference content and commercial
communication - we have a clear no "pay to speak" policy
* provide the best possible value for our attendees - we try to
deliver as much as possible, for as little as possible.
* help attendees connect with their peers through social events,
and our own online networks like meetweaver

In short - we put together the events we'd want to attend, and we trust you'll want to as well.

Why Japan is the next home of Web Directions East

Since we have held the Web Directions South and North annually both in Australia and Canada for more than 2 years, we have established good reputations there. We want to share our reputation and experience with other parts of the world and look forward to bringing our conference to Japan.