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The Future Of Web Apps

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This one-day conference brings together the pioneers in the web development industry. They will be discussing how you can use Web 2.0 technologies to build powerful, next generation tools.

This one-day conference brings together the pioneers in the web development industry.

They will be discussing how you can use Web 2.0 technologies to build powerful, next generation tools.

Price: £75 + VAT

http://www.carsonworkshops.com/summit/

The line-up includes:

* Joshua Schachter (del.icio.us)
* David Heinemeier Hansson (37Signals)
* Eric Costello (www.flickr.com)
* Steve Olechowski (www.feedburner.com)
* Shaun Inman (www.haveamint.com)
* Tom Coates (www.yahoo.com)
* Ryan Carson (www.dropsend.com)

There are 500 places available and seats cost £75.

Location

ensington Conference Centre, The Town Hall, Hornton St, London, W8 7NX.