Okay well you might miss them as its a bit late notice sorry (as we only launched the site yesterday), but just in case you can make it I wanted to tell you about 2 events happening this Friday and next Monday.
Web Standards Group Sydney meeting - Friday 16 May
They'll be a special Web Standards Group meeting held this Friday 16 May at 7pm with two international speakers from the W3C - Richard Ishida and José Manuel Alonso.
Richard Ishida - "Designing International Web Pages: Some Practical Tips"
Richard joined the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) in July 2002 to help expand the work of the Internationalisation Activity, particularly in the area of guidelines, education and outreach. His role at the W3C is to help make the World Wide Web worldwide!
José Manuel Alonso - "How to make the most out of eGovernment"
José is currently the eGovernment Lead at W3C. Prior to joining W3C, José was the Manager for the W3C Spain Office for three years and also served as the Advisory Committee Representative for CTIC (host of the Spain Office).
Two speakers definitely well worth seeing. If you're interested in going or want to find out more about Web Standards Group then
visit the WSG website - its free but you need to RSVP! (There's meetings in Canberra and other states too.)
Web Directions Government - Monday 19 May
Web Directions Government is a full day two track conference, plus an optional extra day of workshops, focusing on the concepts, technologies and techniques for meeting the challenges of eGovernment: interaction design and user experience, web standards, usability and accessibility, Government 2.0, Ajax and Javascript, knowledge management, social media and more.
When: May 19 and 20 2008
Where: Old Parliament House, Canberra
For more info and to register visit:
http://gov08.webdirections.org/
I went to Web Directions South last September and I thoroughly enjoyed it, I came away buzzing with ideas. Reem and I will be in Canberra for Web Directions Government so come and say Hi if you see us.