As you may have seen, the AIACC is hosting a new conference this year -NOW NEXT FUTURE: technology serving design . The event is scheduled for November 2-3, 2013 in San Francisco.
The conference focuses on exploring enhancements in design thinking made possible through technological innovation. It will help you weed thru the technology clutter, learn about costs and benefits of various tools, and discover ways to embed them into your business and design processes.
To view the agenda: http://aiacc.org/now-next-future-conference-agenda/
To view the speakers’ bios: http://aiacc.org/now-next-future-speakers/
I am going and I recommend that any small firm principals attend. It is a great way to get a head start on leveraging your marketing, design and production methods. Things are moving fast in the technology world related to what we do and this conference will help cut through the hype to those things that will make a difference in your practice. The best part is that it will give you a glimpse into the future so you can target where you want to be.
If you are an employee in a firm it is a great way you help sell your bosses on where they need to be guiding the firm. Come get the info and then go sell them on the value.
This will be a valuable use of your time then your all too scarce money
If you have zero experience (or even a little) in social media then come to the preconference Bootcamp Friday night (party afterwards) and get hooked up on Twitter ,Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, Pinterest ,Houzz, Color Capture, PDF Reader, and other exciting new apps. You can be up and running in one night. No more excuses, be there, get to NOW and be ready for NEXT and FUTURE