Web Design World, Boston -- December 12-14, 2005

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Conference Speakers

Conference Chair	Jim Heid Your host at Web Design World, Jim Heid is one of the most experienced technology writers and instructors in the world. His 24-year career began at the dawn of the personal computer revolution, when he quit his job as a typographer to become technical editor of Kilobaud, one of the first computer magazines. He's been online since 1980, when he fired up a 300-baud modem and logged onto The Source, an early online service. Since 1998, Jim has served as Conference Chair for over a dozen Thunder Lizard conferences, and has spoken to thousands of Web professionals on subjects ranging from typography to streaming media. As Conference Chair, he is responsible for planning the editorial scope of each event, recruiting speakers, and planning session content. Jim has been a Contributing Editor and columnist for Macworld magazine since 1984, specializing in digital media topics ranging from Web design to DVD authoring. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, PC World, and Internet World, and has taught at the University of Hawaii, the Center for Creative Imaging in Camden, Maine, and at dozens of conferences and industry events in between.

Keynote Speaker	Jeffrey Zeldman Jeffrey Zeldman is an internationally known Web designer and book author, a chief architect of the web standards movement, and the creator of some of the Web’s best-known brands. His personal site () has welcomed over 24 million visitors and is a daily industry read. For nearly a decade, he has helped shape the medium’s zeitgeist in the areas of content, design, publishing, and technology. Jeffrey is the publisher and creative director of A List Apart, an influential magazine for Web designers, and the founder of Happy Cog Studios. He's also the author of two books: Designing With Web Standards and Taking Your Talent to the Web, as well as numerous articles for A List Apart, Adobe.com, Creativity Magazine Digital Web Magazine, Macworld, PDN-Pix, and other publications..

Conference Speakers	Douglas Bowman Douglas Bowman's highly publicized and hugely successful redesigns of sites like Wired News and Adaptive Path have pushed him to the forefront of standards-compliant web design. Doug's consulting firm, Stopdesign, proves that beautiful, easily maintainable design can exist alongside simple, standards-compliant code. Prior to founding Stopdesign, Doug led the creation and implementation of design process and standards for an international network of sites under Terra Lycos and Wired Digital. He has written articles for A List Apart, and publishes design rants and CSS tricks at .
	Angela Buraglia Angela Buraglia used to be a makeup artist for independent film, but she left her career for one where she could work from home and raise her son. Although she only aspired to be a web developer, unintentionally she became that and more. She is perhaps best known as the founder of which she still runs today with Daniel Short. Angela is the co-author of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Killer Tips with Joseph Lowery as well as a co-author of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic and has contributed in various capacities to various other Dreamweaver titles.
	Kelly Goto Kelly Goto is a principal at , a San Francisco-based consultancy specializing in merging the disciplines of strategy, branding, and research into compelling user experiences. Kelly has consulted with many high profile clients including Adobe Corporation, Macromedia, and the FDIC. With over 16 years of experience in the design community, Kelly bridges the gap between utility and aesthetics. She is the co-author of the highly acclaimed book Web Redesign: Workflow that Works, now in its second edition.
	Joe Marini Joe Marini has been active in the Web and graphics industry for more than 15 years. He was an original member of the Dreamweaver engineering team at Macromedia, and has also held prominent roles in creating products such as QuarkXPress, mFactory's mTropolis, and Extensis QX-Tools. He is a regularly featured speaker at industry conferences and has authored or co-authored several books on Web development. His book The Document Object Model is widely regarded as the definitive resource for working with the DOM.
	Steve Mulder Steve Mulder is a Senior Consultant in the User Experience group at Molecular, an Internet consulting firm in Boston. He has delivered successful user experiences for clients such as Morgan Stanley, PC Connection, Estee Lauder, 3M, and Lycos. Through his expertise in information architecture, he translates knowledge about customers into effective features, site structure, navigation, and search systems. Through his expertise in usability, he applies testing techniques and best practices to ensure that the end product actually works.
	Michael Ninness Michael Ninness grew up in the redwoods of Arcata in Northern California. In 1989 he moved to Seattle to study for a Graphic Design BFA at the University of Washington and fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. He paid his way through design school by teaching his fellow design students, his professors, and the professional design and photography community in Seattle how to use the Adobe and Macromedia design applications. His design career took a permanent turn when he accepted a job at Extensis Corp. in 1997 as the group product manager for digital imaging solutions. After initially resisting the job offer, he was challenged by the hiring manager to “come design the products you’d want to use as a designer”. He’s been hooked on creating design software ever since. After Extensis, he spent three years at Adobe as the LiveMotion group product manager, then nearly two years as a program manager and UI designer at Microsoft, designing new tools for professional UI designers. He is the author of Photoshop 7 Power Shortcuts and is a contributor to Photoshop User and Design Graphics magazines, and he dreams in keyboard shortcuts. Send your Adobe UI gripes and likes to him at .
	Robert Reinhardt Robert Reinhardt, VP of the Multimedia Platforms Group for Schematic (), is internationally regarded as an expert on multimedia application development, particularly in Macromedia Flash. Robert is the lead author of the Flash Bible and Flash ActionScript Bible series (Wiley), as well as Macromedia MX: Building Rich Internet Applications (Macromedia Press). He has developed multimedia courses for educational facilities in Canada and the United States, and is a Macromedia certified instructor for Flash courses at Portland State University. Robert has been a regular featured speaker at the FlashForward, FITC, and SIGGRAPH conferences. Robert is also a partner and writer at Community MX ().
	Dave Shea Dave Shea is the creator and cultivator of the highly influential . As well as being a member of the , Dave is the owner and director of , and he writes about all things web for his daily weblog, . Living in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, you can usually find him at the local farmer’s markets or independent coffee roasters when he’s not in front of a screen.
	Daniel Short Dan's been doing the web gig since the end of 1998 and runs a very successful web development company, . He is also the Lead Developer for , driving the development of future versions of the product. Dan's primary focus is on dynamic development with both ASP and ColdFusion. He has also written articles for several resource sites, such as AListApart.com and the . Additionally, he's recorded several Dreamweaver-related movie titles for the Lynda.com Learning Library, is a coauthor of Dreamweaver MX Magic 2004, a contributing author to the previous version from New Riders, Dreamweaver MX Bible from Wiley Publishing, and Dreamweaver MX: Advanced ASP Web Development from Glasshaus.
	Jared Spool Jared is among the world's most effective and knowledgeable communicators on the subject of usability. He has guided the research agenda and built User Interface Engineering into the largest research organization of its kind in the world. He's been working in the field of usability and design since 1978—before the term "usability" was ever associated with computers. Jared works with the research teams at the company, helps clients understand how to solve their design problems, explains to reporters and industry analysts what the current state of design is all about, and is a top-rated speaker at more than 20 conferences every year. The conference chair and keynote speaker at the annual User Interface Conference, he is also on the faculty of the Tufts University Gordon Institute.
	Kimberly Weller As a Principal Consultant on Molecular's User Experience team, Kimberley applies her expertise in retail and interface design to define user experiences that solve business problems and generate revenue. Since joining Molecular in 1998, Kimberley has led strategic User Experience initiatives for leading retailers such as T.J.Maxx, HomeGoods, Yankee Candle, Talbots and Staples. In addition, Kimberley's work with Rich Internet Applications has received numerable recognition and awards. Kimberley's career in User Experience Strategy and Design began in the early '90s, as a merchandiser for Crate and Barrel, creating in-store experiences designed to sell products and enhance the brand. After completing her Masters in Global Marketing, Advertising and Communications in Brussels, Belgium, Kimberley shifted her focus to the Internet. One of Kimberley's most recent projects, Single-Screen Checkout, a solution to reduce online abandonment rate for ecommerce companies, received coverage from the Wall Street Journal, NECN's "This Week in Business", Network World and InternetWeek.com. It was also highlighted by Forrester Research in a report entitled "Innovations in Online Retail."