web development

SVEF - Samtök vefiðnaðarins announces the 2008 Icelandic web conference. Running for 2 days on the 13th and 14th with a 1 day set of workshop on the 12th. More information will become available as speakers and price are confirmed. Be sure to save the date.

  Geek in the Park on August 9th willl be an all-day family event including a relaxing picnic and a discussion with leaders in the web industry in the evening.

Singularity is the first large-scale online web conference in the world. Join some of the world’s top web visionaries, developers, designers, thought leaders, and celebrities in a seminal 3 day online event.

ReMix UK 08 takes you to the frontier of today's web. With boundaries continuing to blur between developers and designers, consumers and producers, and TVs, PCs and mobile devices, ReMix UK 08 asks 'where next for the web?'

Paris GDC is the second French edition of the Game Developers Conference, the most important event in the industry. It will bring together top developers from the European community and abroad, who are eager to share their experience, exchange ideas, and show the latest innovations in current -generation of game development. Paris GDC is geared towards inspiring a ground-breaking new-generation of developers. The event is structured around core technical expertise, and focuses on state-of-the-art current generation console and PC development, including multi-platform development. The Conference focuses on Building Great Games: Core and Casual Learn, Network, Inspire. In our modern world you should learn from the best while connecting with the right people at the right place. Inspiration brings the creativity that leads to innovations and new challenges.

You want to improve your project success rate, and need practical dos and don'ts you or your staff can implement immediately, but don’t want to pay huge consultancy fees….where do you begin? This course is a chance for you to learn to use basic and advanced project management tools and techniques, and to tailor them for use on your projects and in your company. The two-day course involves practical assistance, workshop theory and 1:1 consultancy, aimed to give you the best possible advantage in a highly competitive industry. You’ll be mentored by a seasoned project management expert, Rob Purdie. With over 11 years experience in the software and web application development industries, Rob has successfully managed hundreds of projects, led project management departments, established Project Management Offices and worked with senior management teams and staff to develop, implement and maintain strategic plans, processes and best practices. Book your place now for an opportunity to learn from him. How the course will benefit your business: • by positive, measurable impact on your company’s project management practices • by helping you to clarify your organisational project management processes and what practical steps you need to take to achieve your goals • by giving you the tools and confidence for practical implementation, immediately Who the course is for: This course is specifically aimed at digital agencies employing teams of account managers, business analysts, developers and testers responsible for delivering web projects to both internal and external clients. If your projects suffer from cost or schedule overruns, or your team members are burning out due to the stress of poorly-organised and chaotically-run projects, this course is for you. Objectives: • To introduce participants to both fundamental and advanced project management concepts, tools and techniques • To build project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and closing skills • To empower participants through shared learning and practical immediate implementation. Places on this course are limited to help Rob focus on what you need. Book your place now.