As we announced yesterday, Future of Web Apps London 2013 has returned and will be returning to the Brewery on Oct 23 - 25, bringing you some of the most creative and exciting minds working in the web today.
You can now pick up your Early Bird tickets (saving you £200). And if you're a member of Future Insights you can save a further 15% off the EB price. All you have to do is sign up here - it's totally free.
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The time is upon us! Future of Web Apps (FOWA) is back and will be returning to London on Oct 23-25, 2013.
We'll be launching the brand new site design and releasing our limited Early Bird tickets tomorrow, Tuesday 18th June at 1pm (GMT). So make sure you're ready!
We'll be at the awesome Brewery, bringing you 1 day of workshops followed by 2 days of the 2 track conference. Not only will we have the Early Birds on sale, but for the first time at FOWA, you'll be able to pick up a Workshop Only Pass as well as the usual student and one day tickets. So there's lots of options.
The schedule will be constantly updated with content, speakers and activities over the coming months. Rest assured it will be a fab show!
Follow us on Twitter @future_insights for updates on all of our events, and join us on our FOWA Facebook page for live interactions and news.
]]>We'll be at a BRAND NEW conference venue this year - the AMC Empire Cinema which is really exciting! We already have a line-up of fantastic speakers confirmed, and some top-notch workshops for the more technical among you to really sink your teeth into. Top of the bill are our awesome keynote speakers:
Khoi Vinh Etsy, @khoi
Khoi Vinh is a designer, writer and entrepreneur. He was the CEO and cofounder of the groundbreaking mobile startup Mixel, which was acquired by Etsy in January 2013. He currently leads Etsy's mobile product design team. Previously, he was digital design director for The New York Times, and he was a cofounder of the award-winning design studio Behavior, LLC. Opening keynote, October 8
Josh Clark Global Moxie, @globalmoxie
Josh Clark is a designer, developer, and author specializing in mobile design strategy and user experience. Josh’s outfit Global Moxie offers consulting services and workshops to help creative companies build tapworthy mobile apps and effective websites. Closing keynote, October 8
Brendan Dawes Beep Industries, @brendandawes
Brendan Dawes is a MoMA exhibited artist, designer, author, maker, self confessed generalist and the founder of Beep Industries. Brendan explores the interplay of people, code, design and art through the products released through Beep Industries and on brendandawes.com. Opening keynote, October 9
If you register online now you can pick up a great value Early Bird ticket, available until August 23. Over the coming weeks we’ll be announcing some more speakers and talking to them about what attendees can expect from their sessions at FOWD, so keep an eye on this blog for more information. Head on over to our FOWD Facebook page for updates and follow us on Twitter to interact with the team - looking forward to seeing you at FOWD!
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Box founder Aaron Levie posted an intriguing piece on TechCrunch this weekend, in which he examined the difficulties of selling "post-PC" applications into enterprise companies. For all the talk of BYOD (bring your own device), there aren't any huge success stories from developers looking to capitalize on the $297 billion enterprise software market.
The primary stumbling block, according to Levie, is the necessity of centralized control over business applications at most enterprises. Gartner has predicted that 25% of enterprises will have their own app stores by 2017 but we haven't quite figured out what that means.
While mobile apps ultimately serve – and are acquired by – the end-user, individuals outside of IT often don’t have the budget or responsibility to bring in or standardize on (paid) applications easily. The whole point of post-PC is speed, efficiency and simplification, yet the way enterprise software is bought today is anything but.
And while there are several companies offering tools for creating and managing internal app stores, they haven't yielded a runaway hit for any particular post-PC developer or application. So when will the enterprise finally get its own Angry Birds?
]]>Jeff Atwood is the founder of Stack Overflow and Discourse. In this keynote, he shares his view of where the web is headed in an attempt to answer this question: What will websites and applications actually look like in 2020?
]]>The Ultimate Developer Event 2013 will bring developers of all types together for two days of inspiration, education, and fun. Hosted at the Seaport World Trade Center in the heart of the Boston Innovation District, the Ultimate Developer Event is perfect for developers of consumer and business apps, front-end or back-end engineers, mobile app developers, information architects, open-source contributors, students, startup founders, hackers, Trekkers, and anyone else who believes technology is going to save the universe.
But we need your help.
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