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Event Schedule

Day 1
  • Doors Open
  • Welcome and Introduction
  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Morning Break ☕️
  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Lunch Break 🍴
  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Afternoon Break ☕️
  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Closing Remarks
  • Party Time! 🎉
Day 2
  • Doors Open
  • The Mystery Speaker

    And so the mystery begins...

    Have you figured out yet who the mystery speaker is this time? ;)

  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Morning Break ☕️
  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Lunch Break 🍴
  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Afternoon Break ☕️
  • Speaker Name

    Mark Robbins

    CSS and Interactive Email

    Email has often been overlooked as simplistic, outdated and limited but with modern webkit based email clients accounting for over 60% of opens the possibilities have really opened up. The new age of email is a fully interactive experience based in modern CSS (with a solid fallback for Outlook).

  • Closing Remarks
  • Photowalk 📸

Workshops

  • Speaker Name

    Christian Holst will run:

    Hands-On Checkout Optimization

    In this full day checkout optimization workshop Christian Holst, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.

  • Speaker Name

    Christian Holst will run:

    Hands-On Checkout Optimization

    In this full day checkout optimization workshop Christian Holst, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.

  • Speaker Name

    Christian Holst will run:

    Hands-On Checkout Optimization

    In this full day checkout optimization workshop Christian Holst, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.

  • Speaker Name

    Christian Holst will run:

    Hands-On Checkout Optimization

    In this full day checkout optimization workshop Christian Holst, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.

  • Speaker Name

    Sara Soueidan will run:

    Mastering SVG

    In this full day checkout optimization workshop Sara Soueidan, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.

  • Speaker Name

    Sara Soueidan will run:

    Mastering SVG

    In this full day checkout optimization workshop Sara Soueidan, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.

  • Speaker Name

    Sara Soueidan will run:

    Mastering SVG

    In this full day checkout optimization workshop Sara Soueidan, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.

  • Speaker Name

    Sara Soueidan will run:

    Mastering SVG

    In this full day checkout optimization workshop Sara Soueidan, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.

Locations

Conference

Palace of Fine Arts

3301 Lyon Street
San Francisco
CA, 94123

Our conference venue, the Palace of Fine Arts, is located on Marina District on 3301 Lyon Street, near the Golden Gate Bridge waterfront. The area is one of San Francisco’s most beautiful areas, with breathtaking views of the bridge and Alcatraz Island. Parking spots are limited (ca. 80 spots), so we definitely recommend public transportation or coming by a Lyft, taxi, Sidecar, Uber and Carma. For any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Amanda — she’ll make sure to assist you with any questions.

Workshops

Microsoft Technology Center

555 California Street, Suite 200
San Francisco
CA, 94104

In the heart of the Financial District, we are so happy to spend the day at the Microsoft Technology Center for our full-day workshops! When entering Microsoft Technology Center, look out for our amazing volunteer follow the cat! Of course you'll receive an email with detailed instructions way ahead of time.

Why Should You Attend?

Pretty much because of the value SmashingConf will provide. We’ll explore how designers and developers work, design and build and how they approach problems strategically. Think of it as a playbook with handy rules of thumb for your next projects: it can’t get more practical than this.

Take a look at some of the videos from previous events, and check out some of the photos—The Smashing community is truly smashing, fun, inclusive and a delight to be a part of!

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