
	The Willamette Galley A Bi-Monthly Newsletter Volume 4, Issue 3, July 2001

WebVisions

The Web: it's not just HTML any more. Advances in user knowledge and acceptance, together with emerging standards like CSS and XML (and technologies like Flash) are shaping the Web into an increasingly sophisticated and profound medium--and making development far more complex. At the same time, the industry continues to be shaken by business setbacks and failures. What does all this mean to artists and developers? How can you best prepare to embrace the coming Web?

Jeffrey Zeldman and a panel of experts will explore the medium's technical and creative evolution--where we've been and where we're going--offering insights to help artists, writers, developers and business people survive and thrive as they embrace an industry and a medium in flux.

Date:	August 7, 2001
Location:	Northwest Cultural Center
	1819 NW Everett
	Portland, OR 97209
Time:	5:30 - 9:30
Admission:	$15 for early registration / $18 at the door

Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served at the event.

About the Featured Speaker

Designer and author Jeffrey Zeldman www.zeldman.com is one of the most important voices on the Web today. He is that rare artist who understands the technical and aesthetic issues designers and developers must deal with in the trenches, and who also grasps (and can explain) the impact emerging technologies will have on the way we build the Web.

Zeldman is the author of TAKING YOUR TALENT TO THE WEB (New Riders: 2001); the publisher and creative director of A List Apart www.alistapart.com, a weekly magazine "For People Who Make Web sites;" co-founder and group leader of The Web Standards Project www.webstandards.org, a grassroots coalition fighting for standards on the web. He is a featured columnist for Adobe Web Center, PDN-Pix Magazine, Crain's Creativity, and Macworld, and speaks at conferences in the U.S. and Europe.

Panel of Experts

Geoff Hiller

Photographer turned multimedia producer/designer Geoffrey Hiller www.hillerphoto.com specializes in Web documentaries. Hiller has designed sites for Tektronix and Xerox and directed creativesight.com. He has received two Macromedia "Site of the Day" mentions, as well as awards from Apple Computer, Photo District News, USA Today and the Christian Science Monitor.

Heather Irwin

Heather Irwin has worn many hats over the last 10 years--from reporter to designer, creative director, copywriter and budding entrepreneur. She founded Estronet, one of the first independent women's networks and has developed many women's publications including ChickClick, SheWire, Maxi, Bitchmag.com and is currently collaborating with her husband on AtomicPDX.com.

Gabe Kean

Gabe Kean is lead designer of Second Story Interactive Studios www.secondstory.com and founder/art director of Born Magazine www.bornmag.com, an interactive venue for design and literature collaboration. Gabe's work has been recognized by Critique, The One Show, ID, Communication Arts, HOW, and The Seattle Show.

Molly Sokolow

Molly Sokolow fell in love with the hyperlink while getting her BFA in Visual Communications at CalArts in the early 1990s. She's been working as a Web designer in Portland since 1996 and is currently happy to be the Girl Art Director at Paris France www.parisfranceinc.com. Her most recently launched project is www.fioriinc.com.

WebVisions Agenda

5:30 - 6:15	Registration and networking
6:15 - 6:30	Welcome to event
6:30 - 7:30	Jeffrey Zeldman: Taking Your Talent to the Web
7:30 - 9:00	Panel Discussion moderated by Zeldman Geoffrey Hiller, hillerphoto.com Heather Irwin, atomicpdx.com Gabe Kean, bornmag.com Molly Sokolow, parisfranceinc.com
9:00 - 9:15	Raffle prizes, thank sponsors and speakers

To register for WebVisions or get more information, visit the Web site at www.oregon.org/webvisions/.