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"Web Development: Past, Present, and Future" (2001 seminar)

The 2001 stlwebdev.org Web Developers' Seminar was held at Principia School on October 20, 2001. Thumbnail pictures of the event are shown below. (To see any full-size image, just click on the thumbnail. You will then need to click your browser's Back button to return to this page.)

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Dinner at Houlihan's Trees on Principia campus Principia administration bldg.
Speakers and board members met our out-of-town guest Jared Spool for dinner Friday night at Houlihan's. The next morning, the weather was perfect and everyone arrived on the Principia campus to check in.

Guests check in The STL STC chapter processed check-ins Guests pick up their goodie bags Board members watch over morning activity
Registration and check-in was handled by members of the St. Louis chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. stlwebdev.org board members watched over the morning activity.
Board member and host Allan Trick welcomes attendees Keynote speaker Jared Spool Jared Spool explains how to attract site visitors Guests listen intently to the keynote speaker
Allan Trick welcomed everyone to the seminar and introduced the keynote speaker, Jared Spool of User Interface Engineering. The keynote was on "Designing for the Scent of Information." (A copy of the slides used is available here in PDF format.)
Attendees mingle in auditorium lobby Vendors displayed their wares during lunch and breaks Attendees had breaks in the lobby between sessions
After the keynote address, attendees were served box lunches and then they mingled in the lobby area before the afternoon sessions. Six vendors had tables set up here for people to visit.
Jeff Lash spoke on technical aspects of usability Bill Miller talked about developing intranets Lee Lammert presented on tools for managing sites Lee's audience paid close attention to his talk
Breakout sessions began after lunch. Attendees had five different sessions from which to choose. Three of the speakers are shown here: Jeff Lash, Bill Miller, and Lee Lammert. (Copies of the breakout session talk slides are available here.)
Joe Grant's session was in a workshop format Participants learn hands-on rapid interface design Mark Volkmann's session was on XML and Web services Mark Volkmann explains a point on XML to his audience
Other speakers in the afternoon breakout sessions were Joe Grant and Mark Volkmann, both shown here. (Copies of their session slides are available here.)
Guests enjoyed a cookie and lemonade before the closing session Attendees got lots of useful ideas from the closing panel discussion Closing panel speakers Tom Wheeler and Jared Spool Closing panel speakers Scott Granneman and Jeff Barczewski
After a snack break, everyone participated in a closing panel discussion on the future of Web development, moderated by Allan Trick. Panel members were Tom Wheeler, Jared Spool, Scott Granneman, and Jeff Barczewski.
The closing panel focused on the future of Web development stlwebdev.org board members Jared Spool with members of the stlwebdev.org board
The day ended at 4:00 after the panel discussion. Board members posed by the IWA banner with Jared Spool before he left to catch his flight back to Boston.