Schedule

A lot of balloons at SmashingConf SF 2019.

You probably know the drill: 2 days, 1 single track, 12 speakers. The conference will start around 9:30 AM and we’ll finish around 6 PM on the second conference day. We’ll be hosting our (in)famous side events the day before the conference, so it might be worth to arrive in the morning before it all starts. You know, to settle in and stuff.

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Our speakers rarely show slides: they show how they work — their setup, techniques and shortcuts for getting work done in live interactive sessions. So expect everything from refactoring and debugging to sketching and redesign, live. Once we have most speakers confirmed we will be releasing the schedule.
— Vitaly, the one who loves ironing, front-end, UX and has tons of crazy ideas.

Workshops Monday, 8th | Conference Tuesday, 9th | Conference Weds, 10th | Workshops Thu, 11th

Monday, 8th – Workshops

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM	Workshops 👩‍💻 On Monday, we will be running four hands-on workshops: The Front-End Accessibility Workshop with Sara Soueidan. Building Modern HTML Emails Without Going Mad with Rémi Parmentier. Resilient Web Systems with CSS & Sass with Miriam Suzanne. Smart Responsive UX Design Patterns with Vitaly Friedman.
6:30 PM	Jam Session The night before the conference kicks off, we’re hosting a warm-up event with drinks and talks from your fellow attendees. We hope you’ll join us to connect ahead of the main event!

Tuesday, 9th – Conference

8:30 AM	Doors Open
9:30 AM	Welcome
9:50 AM	Design Systems Coming soon! Brad Frost
10:40 AM	Applied Accessibility: Practical Tips For Building More Accessible Front-Ends Coming soon! Sara Soueidan
11:35 AM	Coffee Break. Time to refill that coffee cup, grab a snack and visit one of the sponsors..
12:05 PM	Front-end Coming soon! Mandy Michael
1:00 PM	Think Like An Email Geek Coding HTML emails is a beast of its own, often perceived as relying solely on outdated practices. And for a good reason, email client quirks can make even the most clever front-end developer crazy. Emails are still part of your user's journey, from commercial newsletters to transactional emails. The first step to thinking like an email geek is to understand how email clients change our code and why this happens. From technical and security constraints to user experience enhancements, every quirk is there for a reason. Those constraints then allow email geeks to invent new ways to use HTML and CSS. From building responsive layouts without media queries to creating interactive emails without any JavaScript—"Life finds a way" to quote my favorite mathematician. Rémi Parmentier
1:55 PM	Lunch Break. It’s time for lunch! We’ll be hosting a couple of lunch sessions where our partners tell you everything about a topic in their field. Details will follow..
3:25 PM	International Is The New Mobile First Since last year, Shopify launched in 18 new languages. In this talk, you’ll gain insight about how international is forcing us to fundamentally shift our way of thinking. In the same way mobile disrupted a once desktop-only internet, international is disrupting the way we think about commerce. Learn about the UX principles and tooling we’re using to take on meaty challenges to drive forward a large scale product that was previously only supported in English. Robyn Larsen
4:20 PM	Web Fonts And Font Performance Coming soon! Zach Leatherman
5:15 PM	Afternoon Break. One more break before we close. Have a chat with the sponsors and grab a snack to feel all energized for the last talk of the day. .
5:45 PM	CSS Coming soon! Miriam Suzanne
8:00 PM	After Party Time to party it up! Take your team members, or make some new friends, and we’ll have a wonderful night of networking and fun.

Weds, 10th – Conference

8:30 AM	Doors Open
9:05 AM	Welcome
9:05 AM	Do you already know who our Mystery Speaker is? We know it's early, but please make sure you're there for our Mystery Speaker. You won't reget it ;-) Mystery Speaker
9:55 AM	From Milliseconds To Millions A Look at the Numbers Driving Web Performance We all know performance is big business, but how big? Let’s take a look at some of the numbers powering the web performance industry from both sides of the table. What do performance improvements mean for my clients, and how do we translate that into a working relationship? Harry Roberts
10:50 AM	Coffee Break. Time for coffee and tea! Don’t forget to chat with our lovely sponsors, they won’t bite.
11:20 AM	Illustration Coming Soon Gemma O’Brien
12:15 PM	Building Websites Coming soon! Chris Coyier
1:10 PM	Lunch Break. Time for lunch! This is also you last chance to talk to the sponsors and pick up some swag .
2:40 PM	Coming soon! Luke Wroblewski
4:00 PM	Some late afternoon fun! If you don’t want your SmashingConf to end yet, why not join us for a relaxing afternoon activity? More info to be announced!

Thu, 11th – Workshops

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM	Workshops 👨‍💻 On Thursday, we will be running another four hands-on workshops: The CSS Layout Masterclass with Rachel Andrew. Making and Maintaining Successful Design Systems with Brad Frost. Front-End Performance: Building Faster Websites with Harry Roberts. New Front-End Adventures, 2020 Edition with Vitaly Friedman.

Schedule

Workshops Monday, 8th | Conference Tuesday, 9th | Conference Weds, 10th | Workshops Thu, 11th

Monday, 8th – Workshops

Workshops 👩‍💻

Jam Session

Tuesday, 9th – Conference

Weds, 10th – Conference

Thu, 11th – Workshops

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