The Future of Web Design (FOWD) is an annual 3-day conference for anyone involved in web design and development in any way. This time the Future of Web Design NYC Conference 2012 will be held at New World Stages, West 50th Street, New York, starting on 22nd October, and is hosted by Future Insights (formerly known as Carsonified).
The first 2 days will be packed with conference sessions, with talks from some of the most creative and exciting minds working in web development and design today. The third day is filled with a choice of four different day-long workshops, each led by an inspirational industry leader. The event is essential for web designers, front end developers, creative directors, project managers and agencies.
Always a popular event, if you do decide to attend, make sure you make your reservation early, and better still, Onextrapixel have teamed up with the organizers to bring our readers a 10% discount offer.
The Future of Web Design NYC Conference 2012
What the Three Days Include
- Coverage of the hottest web design topics and technologies
- Packed schedule: workshops, multi-track conference, expo area and more
- World class speakers and fresh new talent from across the world
- Unbeatable atmosphere: hundreds of great web folk, afterparties, networking and meet ups
- Great value: information-packed sessions, one-on-one time with speakers, great networking, and full video package
A brief outline of how the conference is made up:
The Speakers will include:
- Carl Smith
- Chris Coyier
- Chris Jones
- Claire Chandler
- Dan Rose
- Dan Saltzman
- Davin Wilfrid
- Lis Hubert
- Mona Patel
- Thomas Phinney, and more
A glimpse at some items from the schedule:
Monday 22nd October
- The Future of CSS3 Layout with Zoe Gillenwater
- 10 Tips for jQuery Performance and Optimizatin with Scott Kosman
- Frontend Development Techniques for the Modern Web with Darcy Clarke
- The Future of Personas with Mona Patel
- 15 Photoshop Tools and Tips for Web Designers with Dan Rose
- HTML5: What’s New, What’s Next? with Claire Chandler
- A Bunch of Simple Stuff to Make our Web Sites Faster with Chris Coyier
Tuesday 23rd October
- Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content with Karen McGrane
- The Journey of the Creative Brain with Denise Jacobs
- The Future of UX: Killing the Wireframe Machine with Lis Hubert
- Story Telling is UX Magic for Business with Dan Saltzman
- The Psychology of Distributed Design Teams with Carl Smith
Wednesday 24th October
Workshops, held at the Lighthouse International Conference Center on E 59th Street:
- Interaction Design Beyond the Wireframe
- Icon Design Bootcamp and Iconathon
- Wonderful Web Typography
- HTML5 & CSS3 Masterclass
Exclusive Discount!
To claim your 10% discount, simply use the promotion code: onextrapixel
This event has been a sell-out success for the past two years, so if you do wish to attend, don’t risk leaving your booking too late – you may just run into the ‘sold out’ sign!