25th May 2012

A conference for the web industry happening in Newport, South Wales

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What's all this about then?

On the 25th of May 2012 there will be a web design, conference in Newport, South Wales.

The aim of this single day event is to get some really interesting web savvy speakers in a room and spread a bit of web knowledge.

If you build websites, or are involved with building websites or are just interested in the whole crazy thang then please come along and give yourself brain some food (and perhaps you're up for a wee drink in the evening ;).

Ticket prices start from a paltry £39 (+VAT) Sorry, all early bird tickets are now gone. Standard price of £49 (+VAT) now applies...

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Who is Speaking?

Relly Annett-Baker

Relly Annett-Baker

Content Strategy

Bio: Relly Annett-Baker lives in the Home Counties with her husband, Paul Annett, and their two small sons. As a result, she thrives on the country air and can be guaranteed to stand on Lego at least once a day.

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Andy Davies

Is your site fast enough?

Andy first stumbled into web performance in late '90s when he was trying to deliver media rich e-learning over dial-up connections, and has been hooked ever since. When he's not worrying about performance, Andy fiddles with Arduinos, grows vegetables and relaxes with his wife and kids.

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Dan Gates

Web Project Management

Dan is Lead Developer at Bite, a global communications agency, where he has worked with clients including Sony, Sybase, Nokia and Logica. He’s been in the business for five years and is still learning.

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Cole Henley

Whatever happened to progressive enhancement?

A tall, bearded and scruffy-looking nerf-herder, Cole spends his days in sunny Somerset as an interface designer, front-end developer and CMS wrangler.

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Joel Hughes

Pricing, dealing with clients, and other mysteries

Joel is a freelance web strategy chap based in Newport through his consultancy company Jojet.. When not helping businesses' translate their world in what's possible on-line, he's a keen instagrammer and Apollo space nut.

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Craig Lockwood

Native Apps v's Responsive Design

Craig will be talking about native apps v's responsive design. Craig acknowledges that the majority of app ideas proposed to him would be far better suited to a well designed responsive website.

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Tom Lloyd & Rob Mills

Personality on the Web

Together we'll be discussing personality on the web, sharing examples of those who get it right and just as importantly, those who don't. By deconstructing websites, copy and brands we can reveal why it is important to find your personality and how to communicate it effectively online and offline to your target audience.

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Rich Quick

Rich Quick

Responsive Web Design: The dirty truth

I'll be looking at responsive web design in the wild, where it works, where it's a pain in the butt and how you can start using it in your day-to-day work without making your life much harder.

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Event Sponsors

  • Campaign Monitor
  • Zendesk
  • Brandnatter
  • Ian Edards
  • University of Wales Newport
  • Newport City Council
  • Capital Region Tourism

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