Programme

Webstock 2012 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.

Receive a substantial discount to workshops when also attending the main conference. The discounted price for workshops is indicated by *

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Pre-conference workshops

Monday 13th February

Workshop Time Cost
CSS: Knowledgeable to NinjaSOLD OUT
Estelle Weyl
- $795
$650*
Iterative Prototyping for the iPhone and iPad
Jennifer Brook
- $795
$650*
Design, Data, and Saving the World: Collaborative techniques to master design challenges
Dana Chisnell
- $795
$650*

Tuesday 14th February

Workshop Time Cost
Responsive Web DesignSOLD OUT
Ethan Marcotte
- $495
$375*
Responsive EnhancementSOLD OUT
Jeremy Keith
- $495
$375*
The Nine Superpowers of User AwesomeSOLD OUT
Kathy Sierra
- $795
$650*
Content Strategy in (Your) Real WorldSOLD OUT
Erin Kissane
- $795
$650*

Wednesday 15th February

Workshop Time Cost
Presenting Naked (with or without visuals)SOLD OUT
Garr Reynolds
- $495
$375*
Optimize your site using Google AnalyticsSOLD OUT
Nick Mihailovski
- $495
$375*
Practical Design Tools for Team Innovation: Personas, Principles, and VisionSOLD OUT
Jared Spool
- $795
$650*
ASP.NET MVC: From Baby Ninja to slightly older and more competent Ninja
Scott Hanselman
- $495
$375*

Main Webstock conference

Thursday 16th February — Conference Day 1

Time Speaker
8:50am - 9:05am Opening and welcome
9:05am - 9:45am Kathy Sierra
MBU: Building the Minimum Badass User
9:50am - 10:30am Jeremy Keith
Of Time and the Network
10:30am - 11:00am Morning tea
11:00am - 11:40am danah boyd
Culture of Fear + Attention Economy = ?!?!
11:45am - 12:25pm Main auditorium
Dana Chisnell
Deconstructing Delight: Pleasure, Flow, and Meaning
Illot theatre
Estelle Weyl
Mobile: Don't Break the Web
12:25pm - 1:20pm Lunch
1:20pm - 2:00pm Main auditorium
Erin Kissane
Little Big Systems
Illot theatre
Ethan Marcotte
The Responsive Web Designer
2:05pm - 2:45pm Main auditorium
Nick Mihailovski
Acting on data
Illot theatre
Jennifer Brook
Within Reach: Publishing for the iPad
2:50pm - 3:30pm Matt Haughey
Lessons from a 40 year old
3:30pm - 4:00pm Afternoon tea
4:00pm - 4:40pm Lauren Beukes
Kinking Reality
4:45pm - 5:25pm Amy Hoy
Change the game
5:30pm - 6:10pm Matthew Inman
How to get a buttcrapload of people to read what you write
6:10pm - 8:00pm Beats & Bubbles
7:15pm - 9:00pm BNZ Start-up Alley in the Illot theatre

Friday 17th February — Conference Day 2

Time Speaker
9:00am - 9:05am Welcome
9:05am - 10:05am Jared Spool
The Anatomy of a Design Decision
10:10am - 10:50am Gabriella Coleman
In Lulz We Trust
10:50am - 11:15am Morning tea
11:15am - 11:55am Scott Hanselman
It’s not what you read, it’s what you ignore
12:00pm - 12:40pm Main auditorium
Wilson Miner
When we build
Illot theatre
Raffi Krikorian
Pressure, defense, and responses
12:45pm - 1:25pm Main auditorium
Rob Malda
Slashdot — the rise and fall
Illot theatre
Jessica Hische
Typography through song: an historical and epistemological journey
1:25pm - 2:15pm Lunch
2:15pm - 2:55pm Adam Lisagor
Lonely Pan Flute
3:00pm - 3:40pm Michael B Johnson
Making Movies is Harder than it Looks: Building Tools for Telling Stories
3:40pm - 4:10pm Afternoon tea
4:10pm - 5:25pm Jenn Lim and Tony Hsieh
Delivering Happiness
5:30pm - 6:10pm Derek Handley
Doing Good and Well
6:10pm - 6:15pm Closing
6:30pm - very late The official Webstock after-party

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