The 2008 Webmaster Jam Session is now open for Registration!

Unlocking Value Through User Experience

Innovation in Software, Products and Services

Saturday September 22 - 1:00 PM

Platforms, tools, standards, processes and the ubiquity of connectivity are changing the constraints that designers have typically had to manage in unlocking the value in software, products and services. The palette of options available to designers to prototype and iterate for the standards-based Web, rich Web and rich clients has never been filled with more opportunity. Learn how your design peers are taking advantage of these new breakthroughs today in compelling and profitable ways via a panel discussion with some of today’s top design professionals.

Your Speakers

  • Jose Martinez Salmeron Senior Designer at Frog Design
    Prior to joining Frog Design, he was a Design Manager for Yahoo! where he led the design of Websites such as Yahoo! Tech, Yahoo! Games and Yahoo! Video Games. He has also played the roles of Creative Director, Information Architect, Graphic Designer and Project Manager for Rare Medium, Organic, the University of California Irvine and Knight Ridder Digital.
  • Chris Bernard User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft
    Chris Bernard has been a practicing designer for the last 15 years working in the realms of broadcast, motion graphics, interactive, application and Web development. Currently a User Experience Evangelist for Microsoft, Chris has held previous roles as a Creative Director and Practice Leader in the Centers for e-business Innovation at IBM and has served in numerous design director and strategy roles in interactive and broadcast focused design studios.
  • Nishant Kothary
    Currently a User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft, Nishant Kothary engages top designers and agencies around to the world on delivering outstanding experiences. He also works with product teams to shape the long-term strategy of Microsoft’s suite of designer tools, Expression Studio.
  • Nick Finck Principal and Director of User Experience, Blue Flavor
    Nick Finck is an 12-year veteran of the Web and considered a Web craftsman by trade. His skills traverse Web design, development, analysis, and publishing, along with user research and information architecture.