The Philippine Web Designers Organization just initiated a conference that will give us some discussions about the standards, trends, challenges and opportunities in the web design industry. The <form> function() & .class: the first Philippine web design conference, the first Web Design Event in Philippines and in Asia.

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Event name: <form> function() & .class: the first Philippine web design conference
Date and time: July 10, 2009 from 8am to 5pm
Venue: Asian Institute of Management, Makati City

During this event you may meet some prestigious web design professionals like..

Rico Sta. Cruz – Creative Director, U.S. Auto Parts Philippines
Nap Lara – Software Developer, Friendster
Regnard Raquedan – Web & Usability Consultant
Jojo Esposa – Founder, Philippine Web Accessibility Group
Marco Palinar – User Interface/Web Design Consultant
Gail dela Cruz-Villanueva – Creative Director, Sheero Media
Luis Buenaventura II – Co-founder and Social Software Architect, Syndeo Labs; Director of Engineering, Exist Global

Here you have the schedule for the conference:

08:00am-08:45am – Registration
08:45am-09:00am – Opening Remarks and Introduction to PWDO by Sophia Lucero
09:00am-09:45am – Design 101 by Rico Sta. Cruz
10:00am-10:45am – Interaction Design by Nap Lara
11:00am-11:45am – Web Standards, Accessibility, & Usability by Regnard Raquedan
12:00nn-12:45pm – Lunch
12:45pm-01:15pm – Disabled Friendly Awards by Jojo Esposa
01:15pm-02:00pm – Sponsor Talks
- Search-friendly Web Pages by Aileen Apolo of Google
02:00pm-02:45pm – Workflow by Marco Palinar
03:00pm-03:45pm – Industry Tips by Gail dela Cruz-Villanueva
04:00pm-04:45pm – State of the Web by Luis Buenaventura II
04:45pm-05:15pm – Panel Q&A

If you are also interested to be a sponsor of this Event, you may download their Sponsorship packages HERE.

They are also giving away FREE tickets for this conference, Do you want to know how? Visit this LINK.

This Event is also brought to us by:
Web.com.ph | Domain Registration & Web Hosting
Google
Adobe Users Group Philippines
Asian Institute of Management
and of course, The Philippine Web Designers Organization