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Web Directions 2011 · Sydney | SpeakersList

Web Directions

A prolific Australian series of design- and engineering-focused conferences.

Product DesignAIFuture of DesignWeb Design

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Next edition

August 2026

Location

Sydney, Australia

Format

In person

Organiser

Web Directions

About Web Directions

Web Directions runs a family of conferences in Australia spanning product design, front-end engineering, and emerging technology, including themed editions on AI and product. Events are held in cities such as Sydney.

The programme addresses designing digital products in the era of large language models and the changing relationship between design and engineering, with a lineup that includes senior practitioners.

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Access All Areas · AAA

Upcoming
2026
7–8 Dec
Sydney
Lineup unknown
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2026
Nov
Sydney
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2026
26 Aug
Sydney
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2026
3–4 Jun
Melbourne
66 speakers
2025
19–20 Nov
Sydney
18 speakers
2024
27–28 Nov
Sydney
19 speakers
2023
26–27 Oct
Sydney
89 speakers
2022
1–2 Dec
Sydney
89 speakers
2022
6 Oct
Sydney
18 speakers
2022
22–29 Jul
Global Scope
13 speakers
2022
10–24 Jun
Lazy Load
19 speakers
2022
29 Apr–6 May
Hover
15 speakers
2021
3–10 Dec
Safe
14 speakers
2021
29 Oct–5 Nov
Access All Areas · AAA
16 speakers
2021
6–13 Aug
Global Scope
15 speakers
2021
11–18 Jun
Lazy Load
17 speakers
2021
23–30 Apr
Hover
15 speakers
2019
31 Oct–1 Nov
Sydney
51 speakers
2018
8–9 Nov
Sydney
28 speakers
2017
9–10 Nov
Sydney
29 speakers
2016
10–11 Nov
Sydney
21 speakers
2015
29–30 Oct
Sydney
34 speakers
2015
4 Sep
Sydney
12 speakers
2015
7 May
Melbourne
10 speakers
2014
30–31 Oct
Sydney
27 speakers
2013
24–25 Oct
Sydney
29 speakers
2012
Oct
Sydney
53 speakers
2011
13–14 Oct
Sydney
45 speakers
Speakers in 2011Speakers at Web Directions 2011
13–14 OctSydney
Aaron Weyenberg
Getting Real: Pros and Pitfalls of Realistic UI Design
Adam Bell
Bringing History Alive: Telling Stories with Linked Data and Open Source Tools
Addy Osmani
Scalable JavaScript Design Patterns
Alex Young
Multi-Device, Multi-Role
Andrew Arch
Web Accessibility – Making Progress
Andrew Fisher
How the Web Is Going Physical
Anne Galloway
A 21st Century Bestiary
Ben Birch
HTML5 PhoneGap and What's Next
Christopher Giffard
HTML5 Video, Captioning, and Timed Metadata
Damon Oehlman
Building Web and Native Mobile Apps for iOS, Android and More with HTML5
Damon Oehlman
HTML5 API Soup — Recipes for Maximum Taste
David Peterson
Bringing History Alive: Telling Stories with Linked Data and Open Source Tools
Dmitry Baranovskiy
How to Be a Web Sorcerer
Gian Wild
WCAG2 Accessibility: The Hidden Nuggets
Greg Rewis
Move It! CSS3 Transitions and Animations
Hannah Donovan
Designing Without the Browser
James Bridle
The Robot-Readable World
Jeremy Ashkenas
A Cup of CoffeeScript
John Allsopp
The Dao of Web Design Revisited
Julio Cesar Ody
CSS3 and Backbone.js for Killer Mobile Apps
Lisa Herrod
Accessibility for Web Teams: Recategorising WCAG 2 Using a Role-Based Approach
Luke Dearnley
Culture + Citizens + Digital Heritage
Martin Tomitsch
Using the World as a Canvas
Michael Honey
Web or Native? Smart Choices for Smartphone Apps
Mike Kuniavsky
Design [In|for|and] the Age of Ubiquitous Computing
Natalie Downe
Lanyrd: From Side Project to Startup
Nicole Sullivan
CSS Power Tools
Paris Buttfield-Addison
You're Already a Game Designer
Peter Mika
Making the Web Searchable
Rahul Sen
Interaction Design Bauhaus
Relly Annett-Baker
All the Small Things
Relly Annett-Baker
A Practical Guide to Creating Web Content
Rob Manson
Web Standards Based Augmented Reality
Robert O'Callahan
The Open Web Platform in the Mobile Era
Ryan Seddon
Remote Debugging Landscape
Scott Bryant
Designing for Change and Disruption
Sebastian Chan
Culture + Citizens + Digital Heritage
Simon Willison
Lanyrd: From Side Project to Startup
Simon Wright
Designing for Change and Disruption
Stephanie (Sullivan) Rewis
CSS3-the Web's Swiss Army Knife Updated and Improved
Stephanie (Sullivan) Rewis
CSS3: Practical, Beautiful, Usable
Stephen P Anderson
Sustaining Passionate Users
Stephen P Anderson
Seductive Interaction Design
Tim Riley
Web or Native? Smart Choices for Smartphone Apps
Tom Hughes-Croucher
Up and Running with Node.js
2010
Sydney
38 speakers
2009
8–9 Oct
Sydney
35 speakers
2008
Sep
Sydney
25 speakers
2007
27–28 Sep
Sydney
36 speakers
2006
28–29 Sep
Sydney
23 speakers

Speakers in 2011Speakers at Web Directions 2011

13–14 OctSydney

Aaron Weyenberg
Getting Real: Pros and Pitfalls of Realistic UI Design
Adam Bell
Bringing History Alive: Telling Stories with Linked Data and Open Source Tools
Addy Osmani
Scalable JavaScript Design Patterns
Alex Young
Multi-Device, Multi-Role
Andrew Arch
Web Accessibility – Making Progress
Andrew Fisher
How the Web Is Going Physical

Anne Galloway
A 21st Century Bestiary
Ben Birch
HTML5 PhoneGap and What's Next
Christopher Giffard
HTML5 Video, Captioning, and Timed Metadata
Damon Oehlman
Building Web and Native Mobile Apps for iOS, Android and More with HTML5
Damon Oehlman
HTML5 API Soup — Recipes for Maximum Taste
David Peterson
Bringing History Alive: Telling Stories with Linked Data and Open Source Tools
Dmitry Baranovskiy
How to Be a Web Sorcerer
Gian Wild
WCAG2 Accessibility: The Hidden Nuggets
Greg Rewis
Move It! CSS3 Transitions and Animations
Hannah Donovan
Designing Without the Browser
James Bridle
The Robot-Readable World
Jeremy Ashkenas
A Cup of CoffeeScript
John Allsopp
The Dao of Web Design Revisited
Julio Cesar Ody
CSS3 and Backbone.js for Killer Mobile Apps
Lisa Herrod
Accessibility for Web Teams: Recategorising WCAG 2 Using a Role-Based Approach
Luke Dearnley
Culture + Citizens + Digital Heritage
Martin Tomitsch
Using the World as a Canvas
Michael Honey
Web or Native? Smart Choices for Smartphone Apps
Mike Kuniavsky
Design [In|for|and] the Age of Ubiquitous Computing
Natalie Downe
Lanyrd: From Side Project to Startup
Nicole Sullivan
CSS Power Tools
Paris Buttfield-Addison
You're Already a Game Designer
Peter Mika
Making the Web Searchable
Rahul Sen
Interaction Design Bauhaus
Relly Annett-Baker
All the Small Things
Relly Annett-Baker
A Practical Guide to Creating Web Content
Rob Manson
Web Standards Based Augmented Reality
Robert O'Callahan
The Open Web Platform in the Mobile Era
Ryan Seddon
Remote Debugging Landscape
Scott Bryant
Designing for Change and Disruption
Sebastian Chan
Culture + Citizens + Digital Heritage
Simon Willison
Lanyrd: From Side Project to Startup
Simon Wright
Designing for Change and Disruption
Stephanie (Sullivan) Rewis
CSS3-the Web's Swiss Army Knife Updated and Improved
Stephanie (Sullivan) Rewis
CSS3: Practical, Beautiful, Usable
Stephen P Anderson
Sustaining Passionate Users
Stephen P Anderson
Seductive Interaction Design
Tim Riley
Web or Native? Smart Choices for Smartphone Apps
Tom Hughes-Croucher
Up and Running with Node.js

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