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It’s official…the WebVisions Day One After Party will be held from 6:00-10:00pm at rontom’s on East Burnside. It’ll be loads of fun and a great way to chill with fellow attendees after the first day of the conference. The party will be kicked off by the Webvisionary Awards, which will be held from 6:00-8:00pm and feature Portland entertainer and social gadfly Andrew Dickson as master of ceremonies.

Location:
rontom’s
600 East Burnside

Download the calendar .ics file of the WebVisions 2008 schedule to help you do some advance planning for the sessions that you want to attend.

Portland City Council member and mayoral candidate Sam Adams will join WebVisions on Friday, May 23nd to deliver the opening remarks. Sam is working hard to establish Portland as a creative hub and unlocking the city’s creative capacity. Of course, as the creative conference for the Web, we’re big fans of touting the benefits of the Web and digital media’s impact on Portland’s economy and vitality and want to see the idea spread to other cities.

Thank you, Sam…and we’ll see you at the show!

The first annual Webvisionary Awards is accepting submissions of outstanding work in a range of categories, from mashups and pimped out personal pages to advertising and mobile. Entries must be submitted by May 9th and there will be a fee of $15 per submission. The winners of the competition will be announced on Thurs., May 22nd at the Webvisionary Party, which will be held from 6:00 - 8:00pm at rontom’s on East Burnside. The Webvisionary Awards are sponsored by WebVisions, Pop Art and 52 Ltd. Visit the Webvisionary Awards site for more info.

With design creds that include Newsweek, Esquire, Discovery.com and even Reader’s Digest, Roger Black is a force to be reckoned with in the world of design and typography. Roger will sharing his experience at WebVisions 2008 for his half day workshop “Type Class.” If you attend, you’ll get an illuminating look at how to work with type on the web from three points of view: Design (with some understanding of history), Context (with the view that associations control the readers feelings about type) and Technology (with the conclusion that while we are waiting for higher-resolution screens there is a lot of work to do with font design and screen rendering).

Type Class: A Guide to Typography on the Web
Thurs., May 22 - 1:15 to 4:00pm
Cost: $450 (add a conference pass for only $175)

We at WebVisions are all about the future of the web community. Local startups are really taking off, and this Saturday afternoon, Startupalooza is the place to be. Scott Kveton, who will be speaking at WebVisions, will demo Vidoop, a single sign-on tool using OpenID, that eliminates the need for passwords.

I just learned that Startupalooza is already ‘sold’ out. If you are in the midst of a startup, or just startup-curious, look for WebVisions sessions focusing on need-to-know topics for creating a new online businesss today. We guarantee plenty of hallway discussions around this topic. Especially since Rashmi Sinha, Andy Baio, Christina Wodtke and Brian Oberkirch will be in the house. We also would like to invite you register for Start Up Weekend, which starts Friday evening after the official close of WebVisions.

Don’t miss out on the inside prices for WebVisions…if you register by March 31st, the cost is only $180 for a conference pass, or sign up for a workshop for $375 and get the conference pass for only $130.

Media, technology and consumer trends visionary Lynne Johnson will join WebVisions to deliver the Thursday keynote address. 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, and consumer trends for FastCompany.com, and guest blogs for techPresident and Black Web 2.0.

An internationally sought-after sage, author, and user experience consultant, Jeffrey Veen will return to WebVisions to deliver one of the event’s keynote addresses. Currently a Design Manager and project lead for Google’s Measure Map project, Jeffrey is returning to WebVisions to share his vision for the future of the Web. Stay tuned for more.

Designer and entrepreneur Rashmi Sinha is co-founder and CEO of SlideShare.net. 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 websites.