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One of the webby highlights of the year must be the CSS Day conference in Amsterdam. It is not just single day conference about CSS, it’s much more than that. The conference itself is two days, and there are events on the day before, and on the day after the conference as well. So if you want to, it’s a four day event, filled with brilliant speakers. I love these days. I’m not always surrounded by hundreds of people with whom I can discuss all the latest developments around CSS, unfortunately. It’s four wonderful days of utter niche nerdery. I love it. Me and my colleagues always try to be a part of the events, not just by visiting, or by speaking, but also by organising side events.
On the afternoon before CSS Day I’ve always tried to organise a meetup at the University of applied sciences in Amsterdam. Since many of the international speakers are already in Amsterdam, I try to invite one or two of them to come over and speak to my students, to my colleagues, and to everyone else who is interested. I did the same thing this year, which resulted in the one and only Unofficial Pre-CSS Day event1 on Wednesday June 4 at 16:00, and I am very excited about the line up.
Nils Binder is not speaking on CSS Day, but he should be. So this is a chance to see him talk about really creative, and really webby webdesign. It’s an important topic. Nils will show us that the web is not done, it cannot be automated. We need creative designers who understand the material that websites are made from, in order to make the web accessible, usable, and beautiful.
And Miriam Suzanne will give a talk about the fact that Tech continues to be political. You may have read that article recently, it did the rounds, and this is your chance to listen to Miriam tell an updated version of this story, live. It is a very important topic, you should be there and hear it.
We’ll also give a short presentation of the work our students have made during the creative CSS course they followed a few weeks ago. This course was given by Sanne ’t Hooft, Roel Nieskens and Nils Binder. I am so jealous of my students!
You’ll have the chance to meet Nils, Miriam, our students, and all the other visitors, after the talks. Please do register on our Gath.io page, so we can make sure there are enough chairs, and enough drinks and bites for you all. The event starts at 16:00 on June 4, and it takes place in the beautiful old lecture hall on the 9th floor of the Kohnstamm building, with an incredible view over Amsterdam. After the event there will be people who can guide you to the Official Pre-CSS Day Event.