ConvergeRVA is a one day conference with workshops the day before, that will get your skills upgraded and inspire you at the same time.
Speakers
Change How You Work
It's all about the content, right?ConvergeRVA features some truly forward thinking people working in the industry today. If you care about keeping your skills and workflow up to date then this is the conference for you. Featuring a wide range of topics from design, front-end, development and how you work in and on your business.
Design & Front-End
Multi-Device Design ThinkingResponsive Web Design is the new hotness but it goes farther than that. Learn about approaches to design thinking for multiple devices, eye-tracking and other applied tech like Zurb's Foundation.
Development & Robots
What's this got to do with robots?Do you write JavaScript? Do you like robots? We have some great talks lined up about CoffeScript and how to approach making your JavaScript work better for you and take a look into the world of hacking robotics with some Arduino and other wondrous inventions.
Business
Learn to work on your business, not in your business.There are tons of details involved in running a successful design business (especially freelance) or working on a product team. Navigating that stuff can be difficult as well as life changing. These guys will change your worldview and your approach to doing what you do.
Workshops - Oct 11th
Build Responsively
Friday Oct 11th / 8am to 5pm / Full-dayA hands-on workshop about responsive web design. Cover the theory, the process, and get your hands dirty in some HTML and CSS. Leave a RWD Master.
Freakishly Profitable
Friday Oct 11th / 1pm to 5pm / Half-dayAre you getting worn out on small processes and tasks? Not making enough money? Getting lost in tedious client work? Have cashflow problems? Get some help! Get practical tips for turning pain into profit & making your business run smooth.