Conference Program and (future) Online Materials
Monday, June 9, 2008: Web 2008 Conference
Penn Stater Conference Center
The Web
2008 Conference is open to University employees (faculty, staff, and student
employees) who support an official Penn State Web site as a server
administrator, writer, designer, programmer or manager. This year's conference
will offer 24
sessions, with several
new activities added to keep the Web Conference exciting.
The day will begin with poster
and vendor sessions and will include a continental breakfast break. Steve Krug, Keynote
Speaker, will be available from 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. to sign his book,
“Don't Make Me Think!” The book will be available for purchase at
the Penn State Bookstore table located beside registration while supplies last.
Lunch will be provided at the Penn Stater, where Kevin Morooney will speak to all attendees.
In place of the general session that usually closes the conference, a Town Meeting comprised
of Penn State's colleagues and peers from other higher education institutions
will be held and moderated by Kevin Morooney, vice provost for Information
Technology at Penn State. The Town Meeting will take place in Deans Hall.
Following the town meeting, conference attendees are invited to extend the conversations of the day — and the fun — by taking part in the “Restaurant Hops,” another new feature of this year's conference. Please sign-up for “Restaurant Hops” and a listing of restaurants that are available on the registration form.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008: Web 2008 Tutorials
Business Building
The Web 2008 Post-Conference Tutorials offer an exciting addition to 2008! This year, a special “Birds-of-a-Feather” session will be offered for free. “Birds-of-a-Feather” sessions typically are built around topics or subjects of immediate interest for conference attendees and often precede more formal follow-up organizational meetings or mini-conferences.
Seven additional Post-Conference Tutorials are being offered: four in the morning from 8:00 a.m. - noon and three in the afternoon from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Information on tutorial topics can be found in the conference program.
One tutorial costs $45 (includes lunch); two tutorials cost $80 ($10 discount for one lunch). To take part in the tutorials, you also must register for the conference.