The representative body for the Australian Web Industry
Quantum leaps are often achieved when like-minded people share ideas. And by providing the forums for these interactions, we hope to facilitate the types of environments where the seeds for those quantum leaps are able to grow.
Take a look below at some of those forums including the monthly networking meetings, annual conference, seminar series, online community forum and annual web industry awards.
The Australian Web Awards seek to showcase Australian-grown talent by recognising outstanding web design and development by businesses and individuals to the Australian Web Industry.
Open to businesses and individuals across all states since 2008, the Awards cover a number of categories including:
For the state grouping finalist a further 4 awards categories are available:
Visit Australian Web Awards for more information on categories, past winners and information on closing dates for this year's Award Submissions. You can also subscribe to the Web Awards mailing list or follow us on Twitter @auswebawards to keep up-to-date on news and information as it happens.
Bringing a world-class web conference experience to Western Australia. This year's Edge of the Web Conference will feature leading national and international speakers in a full day of presentations, followed by a day of practical interaction.
29th JulyDelegates: $300
Non-delegates: $350
1/2 day workshop:
29th JulyDelegates: $180Keep up-to-date on what's happening this year as it unfolds by visiting:
The Ideas Series invites guest speakers to present and facilitate locally held workshops and seminars on topics of interest to the web design and development community around Australia.
Since they first started in 2008, these events have covered topic such as usability and accessibility, social networking,the impact of WCAG2 and accessibility in PDF's.
In December 2010 the Ideas Series ran a workshop on ARIA / HTML5 with Bruce Lawson, co-author of Introducing HTML5 [2010] and Steve Faulkner, Director of The Web Accessibility Tools Consortium (WAT-C) and creator and lead developer of the Web Accessibility Toolbar accessibility testing tool.
Check out our news and events section to see more about recent and upcoming event.
First established in 2002, the Port80 Online Forum provides a place for web professionals to communicate, socialise, find work or source potential talent from across Australia, without leaving their desks.
The forums currently boast over 450 active members and 40,000 posts.
Everyone is welcome to attend Port80 meetings - members and non-members. So this is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people in your local area within a social networking environment. Meetings are currently established in Perth and supported by Ninefold, with Adelaide starting soon and there are hopes they will soon expand to Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.
Port80 Mini Talks kick off the Port80 networking meetings in the form of two 10-minute talks. Each talk focuses on a different topic of interest related to the web industry such as web software, industry trends, JavaScript and more.
Cost: free entry, cash bar
Interested in creating a Port80 Monthly Networking Meeting in your local area?