This year's Summit was a huge success. If you didn't get a chance to attend, you can still experience the Summit with our conference proceedings CD. This CD contains 14 audio recordings from the Featured Presentations, Keynotes and New Perspective Talks and 10 presentation books with hundreds of pages. Read more about the CD on the CD Proceedings Page.
We're already planning for the 2010 Summit and will announce the dates and location in the fall of 2009.
Agenda at a Glance
We've carefully designed this conference to deliver you a great experience. From the moment you register, through each activity of the conference, we'll deliver great content, a chance to meet folks who share your interests, and some good relaxation time to take it all in. Look at the great program we've created for you:
8:30 am — 5:30 pm
Full-day Workshops
On the first day, you'll dive right in with an intensive full-day seminar with one of these world-renowned experts:
- Web 2.0 Strategy and Design—Riccardo La Rosa and Steve Mulder
- Communicating Design: Essential Deliverables for Highly Effective Design Teams—Dan Brown
- Web App Anatomy: Effective Interaction Design with Frameworks—Robert Hoekman
- Web Application Form Design—Luke Wroblewski
8:30 am — 5:30 pm
Monday's Featured Presentations and New Perspectives
You'll spend this day gleaning a variety of perspectives on designing web apps, to balance out the intensity of the full-day seminars.
We'll start with our Featured Presentations. You'll have the opportunity to hear the latest thinking from Riccardo La Rosa, Steve Mulder, Dan Brown, Robert Hoekman, and Luke Wroblewski.
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
- Difficult Conversations in Creative Environments—Dan Brown
- Parti and the Design Sandwich—Luke Wroblewski
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- Web Anatomy: Usable Design with Frameworks—Robert Hoekman
- Rich Interface Design: Everything Changes—Riccardo La Rosa and Steve Mulder
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
We'll take a break with our Peer-to-Peer Lunch, where you can connect up with other attendees who share similar interests and have tackled the challenges you're facing.
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
The final portion of the day's technical program will be our two New Perspectives sessions.
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
- Designing Humanity into Your Products—Bill DeRouchey
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
End the day at the Conference Reception, where we'll put a drink in your hand, food in your stomach and give you a chance to chill out with great conversation with some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
“Much more informative and practical than your run-of-the-mill conference. ”—Ritchard S.
8:30 am — 5:30 pm
Full-day Workshops
On the third day of the Summit, you'll once again go deep with your second full-day seminar on today's most pressing topics:
- Designing Great Interactive Experiences for Everyone: Implementing Ajax and Accessibility—Derek Featherstone
- Achieving Reuse with Patterns and Components—Nathan Curtis
- Web Standards for Web Applications—Molly Holzschlag
- Wireframing and Prototyping for Highly Interactive Web Apps—James Box and Richard Rutter
8:30 am — 5:30 pm
Wednesday's Featured Presentations and New Perspectives
Like Monday, this day gives you a chance to see some new viewpoints on the latest thinking.
Once again, we being with the Featured Presentations. Today, you'll have a chance to update your thinking with the latest from Derek Featherstone, Nathan Curtis, Molly Holzschlag, James Box, and Richard Rutter.
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
- Web Everywhere: New Insights in Web Standards Development and Design—Molly Holzschlag
- Making Apps that Work for Everyone: Accessibility Beyond Compliance—Derek Featherstone
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- Using Interactive Prototyping for a Richer Web Experience—James Box and Richard Rutter
- To Be Unique Is to Stand Alone: Improve UX Collaboration by Unifying Your Deliverables—Nathan Curtis
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
We'll then have our second Peer-to-Peer Lunch so you can meet additional attendees who share common interests and challenges.
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
The Summit will wrap up with our two final New Perspectives sessions.
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
- Designing for First-time Users—Joshua Porter
“Great speakers—relevant information presented well. The presentations complemented each other well for a cumulative effect.”—Heather J.