Programme
Webstock 2011 will consist of three days of intimate hands-on workshops with industry leaders, followed by two days of action packed, talent-laden, 20+ session conference proper. And to top it all off, there's the Grand ONYAs Web Awards Dinner.
Receive a substantial discount to workshops when also attending the main conference. The discounted price for workshops is indicated by *
The workshop timetable is outlined below, as is the main conference programme.
Pre-conference workshops
| Workshop | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| The Practice of Content Strategy — SOLD OUT! Kristina Halvorson |
- | $795 $650* |
| CSS of the future - building with Object Oriented CSS — SOLD OUT! Nicole Sullivan |
- | $795 $650* |
| How To Make Information Beautiful — SOLD OUT! David McCandless |
- | $795 $650* |
| Workshop | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Web Typography and You — SOLD OUT! Jason Santa Maria |
- | $795 $650* |
| In-depth with HTML5: getting started with 4 key technologies — SOLD OUT! Mark Pilgrim |
- | $795 $650* |
| Usability Bootcamp: The Essentials of Usability Testing — SOLD OUT! Christine Perfetti |
- | $795 $650* |
| What’s (Maybe, Kinda, Sorta) Next for You? Steps Toward Futureproofing Your Passion — SOLD OUT! Merlin Mann |
- | $495 $375* |
| How to Lead — SOLD OUT! Michael Lopp |
- | $495 $375* |
| Workshop | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Tapworthy Mobile Design and User Experience — SOLD OUT! Josh Clark |
- | $795 $650* |
| Writing with Pictures: The Power of Visual Communication — SOLD OUT! Scott McCloud |
- | $495 $375* |
| The Long Tent in the Performance Pole — SOLD OUT! Steve Souders |
- | $495 $375* |
| Killing your Sailboats: Managing Innovation by Saying True Things — SOLD OUT! Merlin Mann |
- | $495 $375* |
Main Webstock conference
| Time | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30am - 9:35am | Welcome | |
| 9:35am - 10:15am | Marco Arment Contrary to popular beliefs |
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| 10:20am - 11:00am | David McCandless Information is Beautiful |
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| 11:00am - 11:30am | Morning tea | |
| 11:30am - 12:10am | Main auditorium Josh Clark Buttons Are a Hack: The New Rules of Designing for Touch |
Illot theatre Glenda Sims Practical Accessibility Testing |
| 12:15am - 12:55pm | Jason Cohen A Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit |
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| 12:55pm - 1:55pm | Lunch | |
| 1:55pm - 2:35pm | Peter Sunde The Pirate Bay of Penzance |
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| 2:40pm - 3:20pm | Michael Lopp An Engineering Mindset |
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| 3:20pm - 3:50pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3:50pm - 4:30pm | Tom Coates Everything the Network Touches |
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| 4:35pm - 5:20pm | Scott McCloud Comics: A Medium in Transition |
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| 5:25pm - 6:10pm | Merlin Mann Scared Shitless: How I (Mostly) Learned to Love Being Afraid of Pretty Much Everything |
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| 6:10pm - 6:15pm | Closing | |
| 6:15pm - 8:15pm | Pre-partay partay — in the West Wing | |
| 8:30pm - 10:30pm | Amanda Fucking Palmer and Jason Webley — live on the big stage | |
| 11:00pm - late | After-partay — various salubrious venues city-wide | |
As always, the programme may be subject to change at any time. But we hope not! Unless it becomes more awesome — we'd be ok with that.
The ONYA Awards
Acting as the grand finale of Webstock week, the ONYAs, a celebration of NZ's web industry, will be taking place on Saturday 19 February at the Wellington Town Hall. Tickets are on sale now. Be quick: seats are limited.