WebVisions brings their show to NYC for workshops and sessions by leading web, mobile, UX, DIY and strategy experts. WebVisions explores the future of Web and mobile design, technology, user experience and business strategy. In addition to presenting Indie/DIY/Maker goodness, WebVisions is kicking off the premiere of the second season of IFC’s “Portlandia” television series.  webvisionsevent.com/new-york/

When: January 18-20

Location: Hudson Hotel, 356 West 58th Street, New York, NY 10019

Please Note: As of the present time this is an attend on your own event.

18th Workshops 19th Keynotes, Sessions and Panels, with Evening Networking Parties and Industry Meetups

Luke Williams Ketnote: "Disrupt! Sparkling Business Transformation with Disruptive Thinking". Luke Williams is a leading consultant, educator, and speaker specializing in design thinking and innovation strategy and the author of Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business. He is also Adjunct Professor of Innovation at NYU Stern School of Business and a Fellow at frog design, one of the world’s most influential innovation companies.

Lou Rosenfeld Keynote: In “Beyond User Research“, Lou Rosenfeld, explores some of the other research perspectives and practices available and suggests how you can use them to develop better products and services for yourselves and your clients. Louis Rosenfeld is an independent information architecture consultant, and founder and publisher of Rosenfeld Media. He has been instrumental in helping establish the fields of information architecture and user experience, and in articulating the role and value of librarianship within those fields

Thor Muller Keyhnote: explores the eight pathways for generating the conditions that favor luck in his session “Get Lucky: The Business of Planned Serendipity.”

Khoi Vinh and Alice Twemlow discuss the challenges that designers face to make the transition to entrepreneurs, lessons learned from app development, why it's important to have a distinctive voice, and how user experience affects a product's success in its social communities of use in “Design + Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Khoi Vinh”.

Amber Case is a Cyborg Anthropologist and UX Designer whose focus is on applying anthropology to mobile computing and social software. Amber has spoken at MIT's Futures of Entertainment, SXSW, WebVisions and IGNITE and is the founder of CyborgCamp, an unconference on the future of humans and technology. In 2010 she was named one of Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Tech.

Nathan Shedroff, a renowned user experience pioneer and author of Make it So and Design is the Problem. His keynote address entitled "Make it So" explores the influence of SciFi on interface design and user experience.

Sessions: http://www.webvisionsevent.com/new-york/sessions/

Our Adobe User Group Affiliate Member Discount: If you use this URL to register you can get a full conference pass for $295 (current Early Bird discount for the general public is $450): http://wvnyc-adobe.eventbrite.com/.