Yes, Neerav, There will be a WE05 in Sydney. It will be about twice as full on as last year, as we have around 5-6 speakers. More importantly:
1. There will be a strong representation of female speakers (something sadly missing from last years event) 2. The event will be split into streams, so we can pack more sessions into the two days (although all international speakers will be given single sessions so no one misses out). 3. This year there will be more detailed hands-on sessions. 4. there will be a new theme added to standards and accessibility this year - user experience. We have some big name speakers coming out who will focus on this area. We will announce the full list of speakers and the full schedule in early May when we launch the site. But wait, there is more. Did I mention a set of steak knives? </end sales pitch> Thanks Russ > This time last year you couldnt pop your head out the door without John > Allsopp trying to sell you tickets to Web Essentials 2004 :-) > > So far in 2005 I havent heard anything about tickets for Web Essentials > 2005 being sold but according to http://molly.com/events.php its already > being planned, the dates are clear and some of the people attending are > certain as well? > > The following "proof" is an excerpt from Molly E. Holzschlag's events diary > >> WE05 - Web Essentials 2005 >> >> Sydney, Australia - September 29 - 30 >> >> Sessions TBA >> Speakers will include Eric Meyer, Tantek �elik, and others [including the >> aforementioned Molly] ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
