An Event Apart DC runs from 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and features six sessions per day. There’s a lot to cover, so the event starts promptly each morning.
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Three Days Of Design, Code, And Content
An Event Apart DC features 12 great speakers and sessions. Following the two-day conference comes an intense full-day learning session on Responsive Design led by Ethan Marcotte (author, Responsive Web Design, A Book Apart, 2011). You can register just for the two-day conference, or just the full-day learning session on responsive design, or save $100 when you sign up for all three days.
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Erin Kissane, Author, The Elements of Content Strategy
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Mike Monteiro, Design Director, Mule Design
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Daniel Burka, Co-founder, Milk Inc.
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Kevin M. Hoffman, User Experience Director, Happy Cog
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Sarah Parmenter, Founder, You know Who
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Jared Spool, Founding Principal, User Interface Engineering
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Luke Wroblewski, Author, Web Form Design
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Ethan Marcotte, Author, Responsive Web Design
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Jessica Hische, Creator, Daily Drop Cap
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Jeffrey Zeldman, Author, Designing With Web Standards, 3rd Edition
Wednesday, August 8
Responsive Web Design
What is responsive design, you ask? In this full-day learning session, we’ll cover the fundamental ingredients of the approach—combining flexible layouts and media queries—before diving into the deep end of the pool. We’ll review advanced layout techniques, so that you’re as comfortable working with a fluid grid as a pixel-heavy one. We’ll discuss strategies for managing different kinds of media, from images to third-party video and advertising. And we’ll review why progressive enhancement is critical to designing for today’s Web, whether you’re working responsively or not.
Throughout the day, we’ll discuss how we might adopt more flexible design practices: from prototyping our ideas for clients, to establishing more collaborative workflows for creative teams. Perhaps most importantly, we’ll discuss criteria for when a responsive approach is right for your project—as well as discuss situations when it isn’t.
Key topics will include:
- Responsive design strategies
- Flexible grid fundamentals
- Advanced layout
- Managing media and media queries
- Progressive enhancement
- Feature detection
- Establishing an accessible baseline
- Responsive content
This full-day session follows An Event Apart DC and runs 9:00am - 4:00pm on Wednesday, August 8. You can register online and save over $100 when you sign up for both An Event Apart and Responsive Web Design.
NOTE: The full-day session on Responsive Web Design is not a hands-on learning session or small-group workshop; upwards of 200 people typically attend.
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The Hotel
The Westin Alexandria has arranged special room rates for An Event Apart attendees: just $219/night for a single or double. Call (866) 837-4210 and request the “An Event Apart special rate.” Limited rooms are available at this rate, so don’t delay.
Blending sophistication and elegance with the historic surroundings of Alexandria, VA, the Westin Alexandria offers a range of in-house amenities such as 24-hour room service, a heated indoor pool, and complementary high-speed internet access for all An Event Apart attendees. The hotel is located in the exclusive Carlyle section of Old Town Alexandria and is three blocks from the King Street metro station and Alexandria Amtrak station, five miles from Ronald Reagan National Airport, and eight miles from downtown Washington, DC.