Meet SmashingConf LA 2015: California, Here We Come!

Bingo! SmashingConf LA. April 27–29th 2015. Tickets now available — View in the browser • California, Here We Come. Meet SmashingConf LA 2015, our new US conference with as many practical takeaways as sunshine hours in Los Angeles. Get the ticketsIt's going to be quite a ride. Only 450 tickets. About The Conference When preparing a conference, we care deeply about how practical and valuable it will be. With our very first SmashingConf L.A. (oh my!) on April 27–29th 2015, we'll focus on hands-on techniques and strategies. Be it your workflow, front-end, design, UX or nerdy performance tricks. In fact, we've prepared quite a treat for you: Santa Monica in L.A. — not a common location for web conferences. Until now. Image credit. Two full days packed with practical design/front-end talks and workshops—you'll leave with a treasure of useful tips and tricks applicable to your work right away! Intimate, personal event with only 450 attendees. No crowded multi-track experience. 1 track, 2 days, 16 thoroughly curated speakers and lots of networking. A quite spectacular conference experience in Santa Monica, right at the coast of the Pacific ocean, with an onshore ocean breeze and sunshine in the back! First Confirmed Speakers The speakers line-up is filling up, but of course we aren't going to reveal everything just yet. To spice up your appetite a bit, here are the first confirmed speakers: Andy Budd (+ workshop) (UX, Clearleft) Andrew Clarke (+ workshop) (RWD, Front-End) Sara Soueidan (+ workshop) (SVG, Front-End) Peter Smart (+ workshop) (UX, British Airways) Samantha Warren (Style Tiles, Twitter) Steve Souders (Performance, Google) Patty Toland (RWD, FilamentGroup) Mystery Speaker (Someone you definitely know.) ...more speakers will be announced soon! We reserved 50 early-bird tickets for US$549, and if you book a workshop, too, you save US$100 off the conference + workshop price. Now, seriously, get your ticket already. Get the ticketsGrab your sunglasses, too. Only 450 tickets. Convince Your Boss (PDF) We've prepared a neat Convince Your Boss (PDF) (0.15 Mb) that you can use to convince your colleagues, friends, neighbours and total strangers to join you or send you to the event. We know that you will not be disappointed. "8 reasons why you should send your incredibly hard-working, deserving employee to the SmashingConf" (PDF). Quite self-explanatory, really. Of course we'd love you to be on board as well. Perhaps you'd like to be part of the event? We're looking for some very special sponsors; if you're interested, check out the options available Sponsoring Opportunities (PDF, 0.9MB) — we'll make sure it's worth it! Why This Conference Is For You The conference is for you because you'll learn lots of valuable techniques and meet fantastic, like-minded people from the industry. You'll learn: How to improve user experience and design workflow, Strategies for building fast responsive websites, Front-end techniques for scalable designs, How to make use of pattern libraries and style guides, Guidelines for designing flexible design systems, How to deal with responsive images and RWD email, Common problems and solutions in eCommerce, Advanced front-end tooling, setup and workflow, Mistakes and lessons learned from large projects, …more practical, actionable takeaways. Good enough? Alright then! Only 450 tickets are available, so get your ticket right away — it won't take more than 60 sec. Still not convinced? → Ah, and happy upcoming Thanksgiving, everyone! Sent to truly smashing readers of Smashing Magazine. We love our customers: orders@smashingmagazine.com. Unsubscribe — Sorry, but why am I receiving this?