Speakers
Join our all-star lineup of speakers for two days of sessions on Web design, user experience and business strategy.
Keynote Speakers
Lynne d Johnson, FastCompany.com
Lynne is the Senior Editor and Community Director for FastCompany.com, a leading website and community for people passionate about business ideas that also offers the complete content of Fast Company magazine. She also writes a technology blog following Web, media, ... more
Jeffrey Veen
Internationally sought-after speaker, author, and user experience consultant, Jeffrey Veen is a Design Manager for Google and one of the founding partners of Adaptive Path. Named by CNet as one of the "First Annual Web Innovators", Jeffrey’s been involved in designing Web applications for Blogger, TypePad, Flickr, and more. more
Speakers
Josh Bancroft, Intel
Josh Bancroft is a self-proclaimed social media evangelist, storyteller and open source geek. He's worked at Intel for eight years, ... more
John Beaston, EasyStreet
John's passion is keeping customers delighted with EasyStreet services—where things just magically work as they should, thanks to John’s team ... more
Roger Black, Roger Black
From his work on early important Web sites like MSNBC.com and @Home, to his presence at the launches for Fast Company and Rove, Roger Black has learned what works, and which direction things are going. more
Kimberly Blessing, PayPal / Web Standards Project
Kimberly Blessing is a computer scientist, a Web developer, a standards evangelist, a feminist, and a geek. She writes about life, technology, women's issues, and whatever else comes to mind, at kimberlyblessing.com. more
Kerry Bodine, Forrester
How can you create more engaging—and profitable—online experiences? Ask Kerry Bodine. Kerry develops evaluation methodologies for Forrester, where she explores how user-centered design processes, design-centric corporate cultures, and organizational structure contribute to the creation and sustainability of superior customer experiences. more
Deborah Bryant, OSU Open Source Lab
Deborah Bryant is the Open Source Lab’s (OSL) public sector communities manager at Oregon State University (OSU), where she works ... more
DL Byron, Textura Design
Expert blogger, designer and developer, DL Byron will discuss how Big Business is being revolutionized, and why you need to pay attention in his session “Hacking the Enterprise with Social Media.” Byron is the Principal of Textura Design. more
Sean Cowne, ISITE Design
Sean Cowne, Director of e-Learning at ISITE Design, has 16 years experience in education and adult training, including seven years ... more
Ward Cunningham, AboutUs
Ward Cunningham is the Chief Technology Officer of AboutUs.org, a growth company hosting the communities formed by organizations and their ... more
Bill DeRouchey, Ziba Design
Writer, information architect and now senior interaction designer with Ziba Design, Bill DeRouchey has been simplifying how people interact with products, websites and spaces for over fifteen years. more
Scott Fegette, Adobe
Aside from speaking around the globe on Web development and standards, Scott Fegette is the Technical Product Manager at Adobe. A Flash Video evangelist, Scott was on the Web team that built the site infrastructure that serves Adobe.com to this day. more
Nick Finck, Blue Flavor
Nick is a 12-year veteran of the Web and considered a Web craftsman by trade. His skills traverse Web design, ... more
Jason Grigsby, Cloud Four
Jason Grigsby is co-founder and Web strategist for Cloud Four (http://www.cloudfour.com). Jason has been online since the 5th grade. At ... more
Aaron Gustafson, Easy! Designs, LLC
Internet Explorer 8 features a completely rewritten rendering engine authored to the CSS 2.1 spec. It also features an updated scripting engine, meaning better adherence to those standards as well. In this session, Aaron Gustafson will talk about IE8's new standards mode, what the browser is capable of doing, and what it means for the future of the Web. more
Matt Haughey, MetaFilter
Founder of MetaFilter, Matt Haughey will discuss how to own and fund Web sites full time—without investment capital. more
Tjeerd Hoek, frog design
Creative Director Tjeerd Hoek recently joined frog from Microsoft, where he was director of user experience design for Microsoft Windows, and developed user interfaces for some of the most widely used products and platforms in the world. more
Kevin Hoyt, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Kevin Hoyt is a platform evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc. Passionate about engaging user experiences as he is, you'll most ... more
Brian Jamison, OpenSourcery
Brian is a seasoned entrepreneur with many technology-related companies to his credit. He has worked with Linux, open source, ... more
Stephen Judkins, AboutUs
Stephen Judkins is an architect/developer for AboutUs, Inc, a Portland-based public wiki startup. Stephen led the Compost conversion that is ... more
James Keller, ISITE Design
James Keller, the Director of Strategy at ISITE Design, heads up a team of Web strategists, information architects, and content ... more
Phillip Kerman, phillipkerman.com
Phillip Kerman is a teacher, writer, and programmer focusing on the Adobe Flash platform. He's programmed several games on MSN ... more
Scott Kveton, Vidoop LLC
Scott Kveton is a digital identity promoter and open source advocate. Scott has worked at Amazon, RuleSpace.com and JanRain as ... more
Dan LaCivita, Firstborn Multimedia
Senior VP and Executive Director at Firstborn Multimedia, Dan LaCivita began his career as a flash developer, programming award-winning projects for Victoria’s Secret, Bjork, VH1 and Ralph Lauren, among others. more
Sean Larkin, Open Sourcery
Sean brings ten years of diverse leadership and technical consulting experience to OpenSourcery's team. He has led national community organizing ... more
Jensine Larsen, World Pulse
After working as a freelance journalist covering indigenous movements and ethnic cleansing in South America and Southeast Asia, at age ... more
Alexis Madrigal, Wired.com
Alexis Madrigal is a newsman following energy and science at Wired.com. His work also appears in Dwell, Earth2Tech, BLDGBLOG, and Arcade. ... more
David McFarland, Sawyer McFarland Media
Dave McFarland is a Portland-based Web developer who has been building Web sites since 1995. He is instructor in the multimedia program at Portland State University and the author of Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual and CSS: The Missing Manual. more
Jim Meyer, Cucina Media
Self-proclaimed dilettante blogger, Jim’s a flickr’g, linked-in former graphic designer, ex-computing systems architect, father of two, and the head geek at geekdaily.org. more
Erica O'Grady, Peanut Butter Media
Award-Winning Web Designer/Developer, Creativity Coach, Writer, Part-Time Tutor, Aspiring Film-Maker, BarCamp Enthusiast, World Traveler, and Grown-up Girl Scout, Erica Specializes in Community Marketing and is considered to be one of the foremost experts on Social Media and Technology. more
Sarah Rich, Dwell
Sarah Rich is a writer and editor working where sustainability intersects with design, architecture, food, consumer culture and futurism. She ... more
Dan Rubin, Sidebar Creative
Dan Rubin is a highly accomplished user interface designer and usability consultant, with over ten years of experience as a ... more
Kelsey Ruger, PopLabs
Accomplished software architect, designer and information architect, Kelsey lent his expertise to projects at Prodigy, SBC, and numerous start-ups before becoming Director of Technology and Creative Services for PopLabs. more
Dan Saffer, Adaptive Path
Get the basics on designing for touch screens and gestural interfaces with Dan Saffer, Experience Design Director for Adaptive Path and author of Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices. more
Brandon CS Sanders, AboutUs
Dr. Brandon CS Sanders is director of development at AboutUs Inc where he leads an international team developing web applications ... more
Christopher Schmitt, Heat Vision
Designer, Web developer, author, strategist, and dreamer Christopher Schmitt directs Heatvision.com, Inc., a small new media publishing and design firm. ... more
Kit Seeborg
As a Web strategist and integrated online media producer, Kit translates high-level business goals into project strategies then leads teams ... more
Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare
Designer and entrepreneur Rashmi Sinha is co-founder and CEO of SlideShare. A PhD in Cognitive Psychology, Rashmi started a user experience consultancy to help companies like eBay with the usability of their software. She wants to write a book about strange things people do on social Web sites. more
Gene Smith, nForm
By day Gene Smith is a principal with nForm, one of Canada's leading user experience consulting firms. By night he ... more
Tyler Sticka, TylerSticka.com
Tyler Sticka is an interactive designer and illustrator currently focusing on Web, logo and iconography design. His clients include small ... more
Jim Turner, OneByOne Media
Jim Turner is the leader of the One By One Media team and it was his vision that began the ... more
Bryan Veloso, Sidebar Creative
Web applications, content management, blogging and podcasting are only a short list of accomplishments for Bryan. He's written books, designed applications and user interfaces at Sidebar Creative. Bryan will share design secrets in the session "Design is in the Details." more
David Verba, Emmet Labs/Adaptative Path
David Verba is the Technology Advisor for Adaptive Path and the Chief Technical Officer of Emmett Labs. His many years of ... more
Christina Wodtke, LinkedIn
Writer, instigator, and innovator, Christina Wodtke speaks about experience in information spaces worldwide.Prior to founding Cucina Media, she was senior director of design for Yahoo! Search and Marketplace where she led design work in the revival of Search, and the reinvention of Shopping. more
Mark Wyner, Mark Wyner Design
Award-winning designer Mark Wyner is an expert in virtually every facet of interactive media—from visual and experience design, to Web standards interfaces. more
Dave Yewman, Dash Constulting
Dave Yewman is a strategic communications expert with more than 15 years experience. A former newspaper reporter and columnist, Dave ... more
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