Speakers

Keynote John Maeda

John Maeda is an artist and a computer scientist, and he views the computer not as

a substitute for brush and paint but as an artistic medium in its own right. His mission is to foster the growth of what he calls ‘humanist technologists’.
Visit:MIT

Sound Marty O’Donnell

Producing Audio for Interactive Entertainment: What I’ve learned over the last 9 years of producing audio, and composing music for some of the most successful game titles ever shipped. Tasty visuals and ear candy will be provided.

Visit:Bungie

Motion Tim Fisher

At the beginning of this century, Tim Fisher and four of his fellow art school fugitives, founded MK12 in Kansas City, MO. Kansas City is located at the junction of the Kansas and Missouri rivers. You’ve probably viewed it from above, en route to one of those famed coastal cities they keep talking about.
Visit:MK12

Interaction Tina Roth

Tina Roth will trace her path from the Swiss Alps to The Big Apple, sharing experiences that shaped her in her young career. She will disclose her personal ‘idea-sparking’ methods/sources that help her stay zen and inspired in today’s interactive industry.
Visit:Thinkmap

Information Angela Shen-Hsieh

Inspired by her training in architecture and a vision for the way in which design can dramatically improve the quality of our lives, Angela and her company are exploding the boundaries of how people interact with information.
Visit:Visual i|o

Design Kevin Grady & Colin Metcalf

Having built their own brand, GUM, from the ground up, “Gum-slingers” Kevin Grady and Colin Metcalf talk about being on both sides of the client relationship.
Visit:GUM

School

“Blogging Your Porfolio”

If you’re not blogging now, you should be. Byron will demonstrate how to get your work noticed with a blog, build an audience, and design a site that’s beautiful, cross-device, navigable, fast and gives good love to search engines.
by DL Byron | Textura Design

“Designing With Standards”

Byron will discuss 10 years of web design, where we’ve been, where we’re going, and why Standards matter more than ever.  His session will cover how blogs are changing the way we design, publish, and work.
by DL Byron | Textura Design

“Photoshop2Flash: Working with Bitmaps in Flash”

Techniques, tips and tricks that help you squeeze the most juice out of your ripe designs once they make the leap from Photoshop into Flash. We’ll focus on recommended methods of bitmap creation, import options, file size optimization, and things to watch out for while designing in Photoshop. Then we’ll look at some ways to breathe life into your flat files using simple animations and effects.
by Dave Cury | POP

“Advanced Flash: brushes.paints.stencils.”

(bps) is a flash-based, rich internet application based on AS2 classes, utilizing the EventDispatcher, that allows the user to quickly and easily paint in flash using an enhanced selection of brushes, paints, color palettes, stencils and other media (images, videos, etc.). There’s more to say, but not enough room in this space… come learn more.
by Drew Trujillo | woohoo!

“Exploring Flash Video”

Description to come.
by Robert Reinhardt | co-author Flash Bible

“Building Multilingual Flash Movies”

Description to come.
by Robert Reinhardt & Snow Dowd | co-authors Flash Bible

“Introduction to User-Centered Design”

No designer sets out to intentionally confuse or irritate users. Yet many products wind up doing exactly that. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of user-centered design, including methods to avoid making incorrect assumptions about what users truly need.
by Heidi Adkisson | Blink

“Harnessing Dreamweaver’s CSS Power”

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by Brian Wood | eVolve

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