Refresh NYC

There are lots of really exciting web/tech events coming up this week. Be sure to mark your calendars, these aren’t to be missed!

I’ve bookmarked these in Delicious for those who are interested. These, and all other relevant events will be tagged as “events“. Just go to: http://delicious.com/refreshnyc/events.

If you know of other events which are happening this week, post it in the comments below and I’ll make sure to update the list.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Future of Web Design, hosted by Carsonified (2 days)

There’s loads going on at this years event. You’ll hear from great speakers, enjoy in depth workshops and make new friends and contacts. It’s a 1 day, 1 track event with a 2nd day of fantastic workshops.

Web 2.0 Expo New York (4 Days)

Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O’Reilly Media and TechWeb, showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation Web. This annual multi-track conference brings together people, ideas, connections, contacts, products, and companies to foster stronger Web 2.0 communities. Web 2.0 Expo events occur in San Francisco and New York and feature influential keynotes and speakers, detailed workshops, a Launch Pad start-up program, an Expo show floor, a Web2Open unconference, and rich networking events.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Meetup.com Web Performance Story, hosted by the New York Web Performance Meetup

Meetup.com’s technology team will talk about their attempts to work on web performance, challenges they faced and technologies they used. They promise this to be deep and technical, they will also provide soda and beer.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Opera Tweetup with Håkon Wium Lie

Here is your opportunity to mingle with Opera CTO Hakon Wium Lie (the father of CSS), Opera evangelists and other Opera enthusiasts for the first time in New York. Join us for a tweetup at ‘Disiac Lounge (http://disiacloungenyc.com/) on Wednesday, November 18 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

HTML5 Workshop with Tantek Celik

In the past few years, HTML5 has gone from a WHATWG project to the official W3C draft revision to HTML and has captured the attention of web designers and developers world-wide.

Taught by industry leader and W3C invited expert Tantek Çelik, this introductory workshop will cover everything you need to know to get started with HTML5

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Bootup #4, hosted by bootup.io

IT Expertise and Service in the Cloud, Coupon and Discount Hyper-Local Social Network.

The Bootup Technology Start-up Investor Community puts startups in front of engineers and business professionals to create a forum for analysis, the technical pitch, and team building across disciplines.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Standards.NEXT

On Friday, 20th of November, standards.next will be hosting a free event for web developers and designers focused on CSS. Talks will range from CSS3 features related to color, typography and media, to discussions of Open Web-concepts, current case studies and demos. We’ll also hold brainstorming sessions to discuss and solve shared challenges within our industry.