Two fantastic days of conference followed by a weekend of skiing and snowboarding in scenic Whistler with almost 400 people attending each of the two years it ran.
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It’s hard to remember now that in 2006, there were very few web conferences anywhere in the world focusing on web-native languages and design principles, and especially not in Canada. This was the conference that changed that.
Fellow countryman Derek Featherstone and myself had spoken at Web Directions events in Australia in years past, where we met organizers John Allsopp and Maxine Sherrin. That year the four of us decided to form a partnership and start an event in Vancouver.
Web Directions North followed a common model for web conferences seen for years after — two days of talks with evening events. Our twist was that after the conference, we took attendees and speakers alike up to Whistler for an additional two days of skiing and snowboarding, relaxing, and socializing following the event.
We ran WDN in Vancouver in 2007 and 2008, with an international crowd of almost 400 web designers and developers in attendance each year.