• Date: Tuesday, 9th June 2009 at 18:30 (Light refreshments from 17:45)
• Speaker: Chris Mills, Opera Software
• Venue: the Met, King Street, Leeds LS1 2HQ

Chris Mills, Developer Relations Manager with Opera Software and Editor of Opera’s Web Standards Curriculum (www.opera.com/wsc) will speak about a range of topics relating to Web Standards. This will include a discussion of the past, present and future of Web Standards, beginning with the development of the original HTML and CSS specs and ending with the ongoing development of modern standards including HTML5 and CSS3.

In addition, Mr. Mills will also explore the importance of Standards based web development in terms of accessibility and cross device rendering, particularly important given the ballooning use of mobile devices to access the Internet

Opera believes the Web is a force for good. As an industry leader in providing innovative and standards-compliant Web browsing, Opera Software seeks to work with the next generation of leaders and thinkers whose ideas will decide the future of the Web.

This presentation will explore:

• the history and future of the Web
• the browser industry
• open Web standards
• Web applications
• the role of the Web and mobile browsing, particularly in developing countries

This briefing can also be downloaded in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF formats:

• Joint Event with YPG June Meeting 2009 (PDF) (15.6KB)
  
• Joint Event with YPG June Meeting 2009 (DOC) (19KB)

Emma Fairhurst

Tags: CSS, HTML, HTML5, June, June meeting, Opera Software, Web Standards, YPG

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