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• No DevicesWait. What? You read that right. We're going to rip you apart from the technology you love so much. Laptops, tablets and phones aren't allowed during our conference sessions.
• Custom NotebooksWe're going analog. You'll receive a custom hard cover notebook along with something fancy to write with. Take notes, doodle some sketch notes, or jot down the names of new friends.
• DiversityWe've spent months curating a diverse group of talented speakers. Some speak often. Others are speaking for the first time. We also do outreach to help attract a diverse group of fellow attendees.

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Our Speakers

We wanted some of the smartest & nicest folks in our industry to come to Charlotte. Boy were we excited when they said yes. Prepare to have your brains filled with some most excellent knowledge.

Keynotes

• Denise Jacobs The Creative DoseThe Brain Unchained Keynote
• Cameron Moll Authentic Jobs, Inc.Cohesive UX Keynote
• Leslie Jensen-Inman Center CentreLearn It Forward Keynote
• Bermon Painter Cardinal SolutionsBe Keynote

Featured Sessions

• Nate Walkingshaw PluralsightProduct Development Life Skills & Building Awesome Product Teams User Experience
• Amanda Stockwell Aquent/352 IncResearch is not just for UXers User Experience
• Helen V. Holmes Capital OneI'm a Generalist Too, It's Gonna Be Fine Front-End
• James Williamson lynda.comStop Saying 'Just' Front-End
• Steve Fadden SalesforceResearch in an agile world User Experience
• Diana Mounter EtsyEmpowering Designers Who Code Design
• Tessa Thornton ShopifyComponents are the future of the web: It's going to be okay. Front-End
• Sam Kapila The Iron YardThe (Hover) State of Web Design Education Design
• David Newton ShopifyUniversal Web Design: How to Create an Awesome Experience for Every User Front-End
• Julie Ann Horvath ClefA Tale of Two Codebases Front-End
• Lil Chen lilchen.comAdvice from a young designer to younger designers Design
• Mariah Hay Universal MindConfusing UX with UI can cost you User Experience
• Mina Markham Hillary for AmericaFinding Your Sassy Tribe Front-End
• Zak Kain ShopifyBuilding a Content Strategy Practice User Experience
• Louise Downe Government Digital ServiceRedesigning government as an agile service platform User Experience
• Ally Palanzi Vox MediaWorking together, learning together: How front-end and full-stack developers can empower each other Front-End
• Crystal Starks Quiet Stream FinancialI challenge you with this. User Experience
• Eden Rohatensky Vox MediaWorking Together, Learning Together: How Front-End and Full-Stack Developers Can Empower Each Other Front-End
• Matt Keener Cardinal SolutionsDesigning & Developing Data Visualizations with D3.js Front-End
• Divya Sasidharan SparkboxGood Code Bad Code; an exploration of what good code really means and how we can write better code Back-End
• Robyn Larsen Normative Next-level Animations and Effects with SVG Front-End
• Joshua Mauldin Invisible InterfaceDoes this paragraph make me look fat? (A conversation on typography) Design
• Kacey Coughlin LinkedInCSS: A Slippery Slope to the Backend Front-End
• Hunter Loftis HerokuBuilding Microservices, Together Back-End
• Sandra Davila Code and TheoryOrganisms: Emerging tools for ecosystem design. User Experience
• Jenn Downs Be ParticularEmpathy Cannot Be Automated User Experience
• Sarah Hudson TimeTapBeginner AngularJS and Interaction Design Front-End
• Gilbert Lee PluralsightDesigning the Product vs. Designing the Experience User Experience

Schedule

Each day of our web conference has 4 tracks going on at the same time covering user experience, design, and front-end and back-end development. Deciding can be tough, but don't worry, we record all of the sessions and provide them for free after the conference.

• Workshops Wed, Sept 2nd
• Normal Sessions Thurs, Sept 3rd
• Blend Sessions Fri, Sept 4th

Supportive Sponsors

We think sponsorship should be more than just a link and logo on a website. If you're looking to put your sponsorship dollars to use we have a few pretty nifty ideas to get you noticed and be a fun experience for our attendees. If you aren't boring you should contact us.

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