July 27-28, 2011
Kimmel Center @ NYU – New York City

Add HTML5 to your arsenal of skills and you will be unstoppable. Become an even more valued commodity and team member.

We all know the more skills you can place under your belt, the better you look to your boss, your team, and your future…(and this all affects your bottom line). With over 2.1 billion mobile devices projected to have HTML5 browers by 2016*--your websites and designs are going to have to evolve to survive, and include the code that are being widely adopted. Find out how to use HTML5 to maximize your talents and creativity.

At DevCon5 You Will:

-- Learn how to use HTML5 to create a universal user experience regardless of device.
-- Improve the way you present interactive content – without Flash or other add-ons.
-- Discover how to use the power of HTML5 to optimize your content across any browser.
-- Learn the techniques and styles that will turn you into the "go to" resource for your team, including your boss!
-- Increase positivity around your customers experience, along with your reputation and your bottom line.

Join your peers at DevCon5 where experts will discuss developing, displaying, and distributing the web of the future.

Networking at DevCon5
Lunch Break: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 & Thursday, July 28, 2011
Networking Reception overlooking the Manhattan Skyline: Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Sessions at DevCon5 -- Breakdown of session concepts:

Design: The User Experience
HTML5 represents a new era of web design. HTML5 will create web stories – not just web sites. Learn the importance of creating designs that deliver an experience that keeps the viewer engaged and moving towards the web creators desired action.

Develop: HTML5
HTML5 is part of a suite of solutions that will take the user beyond today's web experience. These sessions give the developer an overview of why the "write once use any" paradigm for the web is here now.

Deploy: The Evolving Web
What web business models are moving forward and gaining traction? Should you be expecting new business as a result of HTML5 and if so what are the risks and rewards? These sessions look at the big picture of the change.

Keynotes at DevCon5: Wednesday, July 27, 2011

-- David S. Rose, Rose Tech Ventures LLC
-- Christopher Smith, Research in Motion Ltd.--Giving away a Torch (1) and Playbook(1).
-- Charles Jolley, Strobe Corporation

Agenda At A Glance for DevCon5

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011--
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8-5: Registration
9: Keynote Presentation: David S. Rose--Rose Tech Ventures LLC
9:30: Keynote Presentation: Christopher Smith--Research in Motion Ltd.
10:15: Simple & Usable 101 (Design: The User Experience): Giles Colborne--CX Partners
10:15: HTML5 - The Power of Canvas (Develop: HTML5): Thomas Lewis--Microsoft
10:15: Innovation 3.0: Mobile Apps (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Terry Ribb--Revelens
11:45: Designing for Delight (Design: The User Experience): Giles Colborne--CX Partners
11:45: HTML5 and the future JavaScript Platform (Develop: HTML5): Marcelo Lopez Ruiz--Microsoft
11:45: Customerization 3.0: Mobile Semantics (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Fred Chow & Terry Ribb--Revelens
1: Lunch Break
1:30: Keynote Presentation: Charles Jolley--Strobe Corporation
2: Color: Interaction, Behavior, and Meaning Part 1 (Design: The User Experience): Leonard Stokes--SUNY Purchase
2: HTML5 - CSS3 & Advanced Design (Develop: HTML5): Paul Trani--Adobe
2: Device Specific vs Brower Development (Deploy: The Evolving Web): William Volk--Playscreen
3:30: Color: Interaction, Behavior, and Meaning Part 2 (Design: The User Experience): Leonard Stokes--SUNY Purchase
3:30: The HTML5 Brower Wars (Develop: HTML5): Steve Adams--Crossfire Consulting
3:30: System Gamification (Deploy: The Evolving Web): William Volk--Playscreen, Ed Guy--CleverSpoke
5: Welcome Reception overlooking the Manhattan skyline

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Thursday, July 28, 2011--
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8-5: Registration
9: General Session: Case Studies: The Enterprise and The Cloud: Edward Hanapole--Kaplan Inc., Dave Jodoin--ThruPoint, Inc., Allan McNichol--Thomas Reuters
10:15: Layout Winners and Sinners: Simple Tips for Creating Effective Web Layouts (Design: The User Experience): Rebecca Jacobsen Hagen--University of South Florida
10:15: WebGL and WebCL – 3D Graphics and Compute on the Web (Develop: HTML5): Neil Trevett--Khronos Group, NVIDIA, Tasneem Brutch--Samsung Electronic
10:15: Venture Capital for a Viral Virtual Mobile World (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Scott Snyder--Mobiquity
11:45: What Graphic Designers Know about Layout: Advanced Web Layout Techniques (Design: The User Experience): Rebecca Jacobsen Hagen--University of South Florida
11:45: Hands on with WebGL (Develop: HTML5): Kenneth Russell--Google, Inc., Bobby Richter--Mozilla Foundation
11:45: Seeding the Startups (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Scott Snyder--Mobiquity
1: Lunch Break
2: Beginning the Story (Design: The User Experience): Kevin Brooks--Motorola Mobility, Whitney Quesenbery--WQusability
2: Presenting Scalar Graphics 1 (Develop: HTML5): David Dailey--Slippery Rock University
2: The New Threat: Browser Security 1 (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Marco Pistoia--IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
3:30: The Power of Story (Design: The User Experience): Kevin Brooks--Motorola Mobility, Whitney Quesenbery--WQusability
3:30: Presenting Scalar Vector Graphics 2 (Develop: HTML5): David Dailey--Slippery Rock University
3:30: The New Threat: Browser Security 1 (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Marco Pistoia--IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
5: Conference Ends

Visit the following link to register today:
https://www.tmcnet.com/scripts/itexpo/tx11/registration.aspx?theplan=DCONNY

I implore you, while you are at DevCon5, to stay focused on the content and avoid gazing out the window at the Empire State Building and Washington Square Monument!

See you next week!

Scott Kargman
DevCon5

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