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Lea Verou, PhD

Lea Verou, PhD

Researcher & web standards leader

Speaks aboutAPI DesignWeb StandardsUsabilityCSSWeb ArchitectureProduct Design

Speaks aboutAPI Design Web Standards Usability CSS Web Architecture Product Design

Boston, United StatesEnglish, GreekWebsite

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Award-winning web-standards leader, having designed many features widely deployed across browsers. Longtime Invited Expert on the W3C CSS WG and W3C TAG. More recently also TC39 delegate and WHATWG contributor. She has also launched open source dev tools used by millions, and consults on her areas of expertise. Lea holds a PhD in usability & innovation from MIT. She chose product over research, but thrives at their intersection.

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Jun2026
CSS DayConference · Amsterdam, Netherlands
What the Color?!
Jun2022
CSS DayConference · Amsterdam, Netherlands
CSS Variable Secrets
Oct2019
Fronteers ConferenceConference · Amsterdam, Netherlands
The web design cheat code: Using SVG to bridge CSS' gaps
Jun2018
SmashingConfConference · New York, United States
CSS (Variable) Secrets
Aug2017
Web Directions Code
Mavo: HTML Re-imagined for the Era of Web Apps
Jun2016
CSS DayConference · Amsterdam, Netherlands
<html>
Oct2013
Web DirectionsConference · Sydney, Australia
More CSS Secrets
Jun2013
CSS DayConference · Amsterdam, Netherlands
border-radius
Oct2012
Web DirectionsConference · Sydney, Australia
More CSS Secrets
2011
@media
Mastering CSS3 gradients