Future of Web Apps Expo

Schedule

Conference Day One - 9th Oct

Business

Developer

09:00 - 10:00

Registration

Registration opens - Passes are arranged alphabetically by surname

10:00 - 10:15

Introduction to FOWA

Introduction by our conference chairs

10:15 - 10:50

The Future of News

Kevin Rose, digg

10:50 - 11:00

Web apps are dead, long live web apps...

Edwin Aoki, AOL

11:00 - 11:45

Morning break

Grab a coffee, play Xbox or attend FOWA University!

11:45 - 12:20

Technology & Psychology

Suw Charman,

Languages don't scale

Blaine Cook, ex Chief Engineer at Twitter

Joe Stump, digg

12:30 - 12:50

The future of enterprise web apps

Kevin Marks, Google

Dopplr: It's made of messages

Matt Biddulph, Dopplr

12:50 - 14:20

Lunch

Plenty to do in the lunch break! Check out the expo floor, attend FOWA University, or chill out on the beanbags and catch up with old friends.

14:20 - 14:55

How the future of the mobile web is going to change everything

Stefan Fountain, Soocial

The future of social app interface design

Alvin Woon, Plurk

15:05 - 15:40

Bringing Internet Television to the Masses

Ron Richards, Revision3

Colliding Worlds: Using Jabber to make awesome web sites

Blaine Cook, Ex Chief Engineer at Twitter

15:40 - 16:25

Afternoon break

Grab a beer and chill out or catch the last FOWA University session of the day!

16:25 - 17:00

How to take your community to the next level

Ben Huh, I Can Has Cheez Burger

Blowing up social networks with Open Tech

David Recordon, SixApart

17:10 - 17:30

How to take your web app mobile

Tony Fish, AMF Ventures

Building Desktop Caliber Web Applications with Objective-J and Cappuccino

Francisco Tolmasky, 280 North

17:30 - 17:50

Web will heal itself

Crick Waters, BT

17:50 - 18:25

TechCrunch Pitch! @ FOWA

Mike Butcher, Techcrunch UK

19:30 - 00:00

Party @Fox! Sponsored by Media Temple

Join us at Fox for some beers!

Conference Day Two - 10th Oct

Business

Developer

10:00 - 10:10

Introduction

Introduction to Day 2 from our conference chairs

10:10 - 10:45

The Fear Factor: What to be Frightened of in Building A Web Application

Tim Bray, Sun Microsystems

10:45 - 10:55

Cloud Computing in the Enterprise - How Businesses are Taking Advantage of the Future of the Web

Adam Gross, Salesforce.com

10:55 - 11:35

Morning break

Grab a coffee and check out the startup marketplace

11:35 - 11:55

Innovation, the future and why nothing is ever simple

Simon Wardley, Freelance

How oAuth and portable data can revolutionise your web app

Chris Messina, Vidoop

12:05 - 12:40

How to decrease the environmental impact of your app

Gavin Starks, AMEE

Relevance in the age of social media

Bret Taylor, FriendFeed

12:40 - 13:50

Lunch

Pick up some lunch, relax and attend FOWA University!

13:50 - 14:25

Work/life balance or Blood, sweat and tears: Which is the startup way?

Jason Calacanis Mahalo.com

Tom Nixon, Nixon McInnes

Beyond Google Maps

Andrew Turner, Mapufacture

14:30 - 15:05

The important bits of cloud computing

Tony Lucas XCalibre

Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services

Scaling the Synchronous Web

Elaine Wherry, meebo.com

15:05 - 15:45

Afternoon break

Last chance to catch a FOWA University session!

15:45 - 16:15

The Future of Entrepreneurship

Julie Meyer, Ariadne Capital

How to build a desktop app for your web app

Jeremy Baines, Howard Baines

16:20 - 16:40

How to survive outside of Silicon Valley

Michael Galpert, Aviary

Andy McLoughlin, Huddle

Y!OS: Opening up Yahoo! to Users and Developers

Neal Sample, Yahoo! Inc

16:45 - 17:00

To Borg or not to Borg

Gavin Bell, Nature Publishing Group

Making the web more social with Facebook Connect

Dave Morin, Facebook

17:00 - 17:15

Adobe AIR Competition Finals

The three successful entrants pitch the Dragons their AIR app ideas and then face the AIR Dragons questions. The Dragons will be looking for the audience's level of support when considering their decisions. AIR Dragons, Andrew Shorten (Adobe), Ryan Carson (Carsonified) and Richard Moross (Moo)

17:20 - 17:50

Fireside chat with special guest, Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

17:55 - 18:25

How to grow and nurture your community

Kathy Sierra, JavaRanch

19:30 - 20:30

Diggnation!

Grab your beer and join Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht for the live filming of Diggnation.

20:30 - 00:00

FOWA wrap party with Facebook & Digg Meetup

Join us at Fox for the official FOWA wrap party with Facebook & DIGG MEETUP!

Future of Web Apps

London, 8th - 10th Oct 2008

Schedule

Conference Day One - 9th Oct

Business

Developer

Registration

Introduction to FOWA

The Future of News

Web apps are dead, long live web apps...

Morning break

Technology & Psychology

Languages don't scale

The future of enterprise web apps

Dopplr: It's made of messages

Lunch

How the future of the mobile web is going to change everything

The future of social app interface design

Bringing Internet Television to the Masses

Colliding Worlds: Using Jabber to make awesome web sites

Afternoon break

How to take your community to the next level

Blowing up social networks with Open Tech

How to take your web app mobile

Building Desktop Caliber Web Applications with Objective-J and Cappuccino

Web will heal itself

TechCrunch Pitch! @ FOWA

Party @Fox! Sponsored by Media Temple

Conference Day Two - 10th Oct

Business

Developer

Introduction

The Fear Factor: What to be Frightened of in Building A Web Application

Cloud Computing in the Enterprise - How Businesses are Taking Advantage of the Future of the Web

Morning break

Innovation, the future and why nothing is ever simple

How oAuth and portable data can revolutionise your web app

How to decrease the environmental impact of your app

Relevance in the age of social media

Lunch

Work/life balance or Blood, sweat and tears: Which is the startup way?

Beyond Google Maps

The important bits of cloud computing

Scaling the Synchronous Web

Afternoon break

The Future of Entrepreneurship

How to build a desktop app for your web app

How to survive outside of Silicon Valley

Y!OS: Opening up Yahoo! to Users and Developers

To Borg or not to Borg

Making the web more social with Facebook Connect

Adobe AIR Competition Finals

Fireside chat with special guest, Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg

How to grow and nurture your community

Diggnation!

FOWA wrap party with Facebook & Digg Meetup