Press Release
WOW Announces Web Professional Tutorial in Conjunction with International World Wide Web Conference
Folsom, CA July. 21, 2007: The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) announced today that it will be conducting a one day “Current Best Practices in Web Development and Design” tutorial with WOW certification exam option April 22, 2008 at the Beijing International Convention Center in Beijing, China in conjunction with the International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee (IW3C2) annual event.
Bebo White, PhD. Departmental Associate (retired) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), and Mark DuBois, Professor Illinois Central College will co-present current best practices in Web development and design at the international event.
The one-day tutorial provides a survey of contemporary design & development technologies and how they can serve you. It will cover the current thinking about contemporary Web development, including clarifying buzz terms such as AJAX and Web 2.0. It will help you to understand the benefits of web standards and best practices, and learn how technical and ROI performance improves with their implementation. Attendees will have the option to sit for WOW’s Certified Professional Webmaster examination.
Attendees will also learn:
- To author markup and style at an expert level.
- An understanding of microformats, tagging and other emerging metadata extensions and how they can be used today to enhance search and findability.
- Take away new ideas to permit adoption of the best of industry solutions.
WOW’s one day tutorial is open to practicing Web professionals on a first come first served basis. Advanced registration is required. For registration information visit: http://www2008.org/
WOW also recommends and encourages the International Web professional community to attend the 18th Annual World Wide Web Conference taking place April 21-25, 2008 at the Beijing International Convention Center in the historical and charming city of Beijing, host to the 2008 Olympics games.
About International World Wide Web Conference
The conference is a series that began in 1994 with the first International WWW Conference. This prestigious series produced by the International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee (W3C2) has provided a forum for international researches, technologist and leaders from industry, academia and government, to pursue their shared interest in the research and development of industry standards for the Internet and the Web and the products that support those standards. For registration and pricing information visit: http://www2008.org/
About WOW
The non-profit World Organization of Webmasters was founded in 1996 to
support and enhance the role of individuals and organizations that create,
manage or market Web sites. For more information please visit http://www.joinwow.org