It’s been a while since there’s been a report from Camp FOWD so here’s just a little reminder that team Carsonified will be returning to New York City in one month’s time to bring back The Future of Web Design. We’re super excited to be returning to New York for the 3rd time and even more so about what’s on offer!

Our Early Bird passes flew off the shelf in a matter of days. However, you can still pick up a Workshop and free Conference Pass for $695 and a Conference Pass for $395.

Thinking of coming and need convincing? We’ve gathered the best in the web industry for two days of workshops and talks. If you can make it along, you’re going to learn loads, meet interesting people and have a really fun time.

Speakers:
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* Dan Cederholm (SimpleBits)
* Jason Santa Maria (Freelance)
* Joshua Davis (Josh Davis Studios)
* Elliot Jay Stocks (Freelance)
* Dan Rubin (Sidebar Creative)
* Daniel Burka (Freelance)
* Derek Featherstone (Further Ahead)
* Karl Swedberg (Fusionary Media)
* Kristina Halvorson (Brain Traffic)
* Liz Danzico (Bobulate)
* Kyle Sollenberger (CoTweet)
* Mike Kus (Carsonified)
* Molly Holzschlag (Opera)
* Steve Smith (Ordered List)
* Blake Whitman and Jack Zerby (Vimeo)

To find out more about our speakers, simply visit our speaker page.

Workshops:
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You can choose 2 half day workshops, one in the morning
and one in the afternoon:

AM
1. Open Web Standards for a Rich Web
2. Real World Accessibility for Web Designers
3. WordPress Theme Development for Web Designers
4. How to Design Effective Web Content

PM
1. How to build a HTML5/CSS3 Website Today
2. Design Secrets of digg.com’s User Interface
3. How to use JQuery to Enhance your Web Design
4. Best Practices in Web Typography

More detailed info on these sessions can be found on our Workshop page.

Conference Sessions:
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* Progressive Enrichment with CSS3
* Feedback informing design: Listening, really listening to your users
* 3 Dimensional thinking for web designers
* New York Shorts: Vimeo – a quick entertaining look at how Vimeo use persona
* Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World
* Stop Worrying and get on with it: Tips and Tricks for designing for the Modern Web
* Familiar Futures: Making Mars Feel Like Home
* The Long and Short of it: A panel discussion
* FOWD Keynote: “Space: What does it mean?”

Dates:
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November 16th – 17th

Day 1: Workshops
Day 2: Conference and Party!

Hope you can make it! :)

With FOWA just around the corner, here’s all you need to know as an attendee to FOWA London 09.

Workshops – Wednesday 30th September

Those of you with Conference & Workshop passes, doors open for the workshops at 8am with the first workshops starting at 9am, come along at 8 to pick up your pass and grab a much needed coffee before we begin. The sessions take place in Wallacespace St Pancras. You can find directions here.
The rooms will be clearly marked but the Carsonified crew will be on hand to help you. You will find your names outside your chosen workshop just in case you have forgotten which ones you signed up for!

Lunch and coffee breaks are provided for all workshop attendees including homemade goodies and smoothies! Yum :)

The workshops finish at 5pm.

Conference – Thursday 1st & Friday 2nd October

FOWA takes place in the Kensington Town Hall, Hornton St, London. To get to the hall simply enter through the Great hall entrance and you will see registration directly in front of you. You cant miss us! Please bring the ticket you received via email at the time of booking to speed things up!

Doors open at 8am for registration and presentations start at 9am on both days. It may be worth getting there early to grab your pass, a much needed coffee and beat the queues! You will be given vouchers to use in the cafe bar anytime during both days so you can enjoy lunch, snacks and drinks on Carsonified.

There is free WIFI in the venue and you can also charge up your laptops inside the auditorium.

Passes

Don’t panic, we have been taking good care of your passes and they will be available to pick up at registration on the 30th September at Wallacespace for the conference & workshop attendees and 1st October at Kensington Town Hall for conference only. Please remember to bring your ticket print outs with you for a quicker registration and Student ID’s for all those of you who have bought a Student pass.

FOWA party!!

The FOWA party sponsored by Paypal will be on 1st October from 8pm at The Orchid club in Piccadilly. Its going to be an amazing night!

You will be asked to present your pass on the door to gain entry as we have hired the club exclusively so make sure you don’t forget to bring it with you :)

There will be a DJ, and some free drinks so come along, grab a beer and listen to some tunes!

Get involved in all things FOWA!

There is so much going on this year. To make the most of your FOWA experience there will be a FOWA fair in the Small Hall which is upstairs from the lobby area. Go on up and chat to Paypal, Xcalibre, Yahoo, Vodafone, Six Apart and many more!

At break times you can also take advantage of the University sessions for a chance to learn a little more! These will be taking place in the main Kensington reception area in the adjacent building. You can find out exactly what will be covered at registration on the 1st Oct.

Disco Stu and his funky crew will also be rocking out in the basement room so make sure you check it out!

All this plus the Kevin & Gary Show!!

Need to chat to us?

If you have any questions at all we are all here to help you, so just contact jo@carsonified.com for any event queries and will@carsonified.com for any sponsorship queries.

We will be sending regular updates like this in the run up to the event to make sure you know everything you need to know as an attendee.

Looking forward to seeing you guys soon!

*K & G show! – One time only*

We have a surprise show for all attendees this year brought to you by two of our most highly regarded and popular speakers! Can you guess who? ;) Open to FOWA attendees only, It will take place on stage at 6.30pm – 7.30pm on 2nd October.

*FOWA party/Digg meetup

We are joining forces with Digg to bring you the FOWA party/Digg meetup! You guys know how much we love our event parties so we have gone all out this year and hired The Orchid – http://www.orchidlondon.com/ in Piccadilly. The Digg crew will be there with plenty of schwag! Plus we have an exciting partner to announce who will be making this a party to remember. Find out who very soon. :)

The party will be taking place on 1st October (Day 1 of the conference) from 8pm so you have plenty of time to hang out, grab something to eat and make your way to the party for an amazing night!

*Come along to the FOWA Fair

We have brought the fun of the fair to FOWA this year. Our partners are all planning ways to make your FOWA experience as rich, valuable and fun as they can. FOWA Fair will be positioned on the top of three floors in the Small Hall and in the break out areas, each featuring fun things for you to check out. For example Sun Start Up Essentials are proving a cool lounge for you to chill out and watch the sessions from the comfort of a bean bag :)

*Free University sessions at FOWA

FOWA University sessions are returning again and we already have some cool presentations lined up. Microsoft, Yahoo, Sun Start Up Essentials, Xcalibre and many more will be on hand during the breaks to provide you with rich array of bonus sessions….We’ll be releasing an agenda for these session to you in the build up to the event so you can pick which ones you just can’t miss!

*Win Ryan Carson!

In celebration of our upcoming Future of Web Apps event we thought it might be fun to run a competition for all you budding “webpreneurs”. In order to win a chance to have our very own Ryan Carson all to yourself for an hour all you need to do is register for FOWA London 09 between 3rd and 17th August. The winner will get the opportunity to ask Ryan anything they want whether its advice on their start-up, ideas for their web app or some help with marketing. Here are just a few suggestions on what could be covered to get the most out of your hour:

* How to increase users for your web app

* Pricing strategies for your web app

* How to use A/B testing to increase sign ups

* Web app marketing strategies that work and those that don’t

* How to publicise your web app

* How to measure the success of your web app

The winner will be picked at random and will be announced on this blog and on Twitter (@carsonified) on Tuesday 18th August at 4pm. Good luck guys!

*How to get your FOWA ticket

FOWA tickets are selling fast, if you would like to hear about future web app and business trends from the likes of:

* Aza Raskin (Mozilla Labs)

* Dustin Diaz (Twitter)

* Gary Vaynerchuk (WineLibrary TV)

* Kevin Rose (Digg and WeFollow.com)

* Yehuda Katz (Merb and Ruby on Rails)

* Chris Lea (Media Temple and Virb)

* Dave Morin (Facebook)

then head over to our web site – http://www.amiando.com/fowalondon2009.html and grab one of the remaining 2 day passes at £301.50 (£33.50 off) or one of the last 3 discounted 3 day passes for £400 (£95 off).

We look forward to seeing you there!

In order to win a chance to have our very own Ryan Carson all to yourself for an hour all you need to do is register for FOWA London 09 between 3rd and 17th August. The winner will get the opportunity to ask Ryan anything they want whether its advice on their start-up, ideas for their web app or some help with marketing.

Here are just a few suggestions on what could be covered to get the most out of your hour:

• How to increase users for your web app
• Pricing strategies for your web app
• How to use A/B testing to increase sign ups
• Web app marketing strategies that work and those that don’t
• How to publicise your web app
• How to measure the success of your web app

The winner will be picked at random and will be announced on this blog and on Twitter (@carsonified) on Tuesday 18th August at 4pm.

FOWA tickets are selling fast, if you would like to hear about future web app and business trends from the likes of:

• Aza Raskin (Mozilla Labs)
• Dustin Diaz (Twitter)
• Gary Vaynerchuk (WineLibrary TV)
• Kevin Rose (Digg and WeFollow.com)
• Michael Arrington (TechCrunch)
• Yehuda Katz (Merb and Ruby on Rails)
• Chris Lea (Media Temple and Virb)
• Dave Morin (Facebook)

then the head over to our web site and grab one of the remaining 2 day passes at £301.50 (£33.50 off) or one of the last discounted 3 day passes for £400 (£95 off).

Good luck :)

So how can you win a date with Mike?

For a limited period only (3rd-17th August), we are giving one individual the opportunity to win a virtual date with our very own Senior Designer – Mike Kus! So anyone who purchases a pass from the 3rd – 17th August is eligible and will be entered into the draw.

Mike has a large body of work and most recently is responsible for the awesome redesign of our very own Carsonified site which has been highly praised within the web community. As well as being a talented web designer, Mike is a gifted illustrator and his work shows how accessible web design can still look beautiful. You can see more examples of his work at The Things we make.

It’s simple really – all you need to do is purchase your ticket (between 3rd and 17th August) and you will be placed into a draw to win some time with Mike. He will sit down with you on Skype and answer any questions you may want to throw his way. Whether it be advice on your own design or if you simply want to find out what inspires him. You basically get to pick his brains and ask him whatever you want!

Tickets are only £59 (+VAT) and there are also limited student tickets available for Leeds, Glasgow and Bristol at just £19 (+VAT). Sadly all of our Belfast student seats have sold out:(

You can register online here

Good Luck! :)

When and Where?

Mon 16th November – Workshops
Tues 17th November – Conference

New World Stages
340 West 50th Street
New York
NY 10019

Who’s speaking?

*Dan Cederholm – Simple Bits
*Douglas Bowman – Stop Design
*Joshua Davis – Joshua Davis Studios
*Molly Holzschlag – Freelance
*Derek Featherstone – Further Ahead
*Jason Santa Maria – Freelance
*Liz Danzico – Happy Cog
*Daniel Burka – Digg
*Mike Kus – Carsonified
*Kyle Sollenberger – CoTweet

Workshops

Workshops will be taking place on the 16th Nov where you can choose from two half day sessions. This is your chance to get up close and personal in this intimate classroom environment. A selection of the workshops on offer include:

*Open Web Standards for the Rich Web – Molly Holzschlag
*Design Secrets of digg.com’s User Interface – Daniel Burka
*Wordpress Theme Development for Web Designers – Elliot Jay Stocks
*How to Design Effective Web Content – Kristina Halvorson
*Real World Accessibility for Web Designers – Derek Featherstone
*Best Practices in Web Typography – Dan Rubin

How much does it cost?

Early Bird Workshop + FREE Conference Pass: $495 (normally $695) – 40 available
Early Bird Conference Pass: $195 (normally $395) – 40 available
Student Pass: $50 – 10 available

As soon as these Early Bird’s have sold out, we will release some more limited passes at a reduced rate until we reach the full priced tickets.

For more information and to check out the full schedule then check out our events site

The FOWA Summer Sale will launch very soon.

To be in with a chance to get one of the hugely discounted passes be ready at 4pm at Carsonified.com.

10 seats at 50% off (save £167.50)
20 seats at 25% off (save £83.75)
30 seats at 10% off (save £33.50)

Who, where and when:

Belfast – 2nd Sept 2009

• Andy Clarke (AM: Extreme Typography Makeover: Malarkey Edition – PM: Method In My Modness)
• Drew McLellan (AM: Making Your Content Discoverable with Microformats – PM: Cost Effective Web Development)
• Chris Murphy and Niklas Persson (PM: A picture is worth a thousand words)

Bristol – 9th Sept 2009

• Elliot Jay Stocks (AM: The Perfect Portfolio – PM: The Importance of Beauty in Absolutely Everything)
• Bruce Lawson (AM: How to build a HTML5 Web site – PM: The Future of HMTL5)
• Paul Boag (PM: The Battlefield of Design – Designers vs Clients)

Glasgow – 14th Sept 2009

• Drew McLellan (AM: Making Your Content Discoverable with Microformats – PM: Cost Effective Web Development)
• Andy Allan (AM: Getting Started with Adobe Air)
• Patrick Lauke (PM: Keyboard Access Essentials)
• Steve Pearce (PM: TBC)

Leeds – 16th Sept 2009

• Paul Annett (AM: Oooh, That’s Clever! (Unnatural Experiments in Web Design) – PM: Top 50 Rookie Mistakes and How to Avoid Them)
• Simon Collison (AM: Developing Your Ultimate Package – PM: Bauhaus Ideology and the Future of Web Design)
• Brendan Dawes (PM: Useless. Pointless. Beautiful.)

Like the FOWA Tour we would like to give you the opportunity to join us on the FOWD stage. We have kept open one afternoon session in each city, if you have a great idea for a talk about the “Future of Web Design” head on over to our online “Call for Speakers” form (http://bit.ly/YuGHA) and let us know. We will be announcing the chosen talks in the first week of August.

Further info and booking here: http://events.carsonified.com/fowd/2009/tour/