Tech4Africa workshops offer global expertise

The Tech4Africa workshops will be held on 10-11 August 2010 before the start of its conference on 12-13 August at the Forum in Bryanston. The four workshops offer globally recognised subject matter experts from Yahoo!, Apple and Twitter.

8 Jul 2010

Workshop prices are R3900 for Early Birds and R4900 thereafter. If delegates book both a conference and workshop ticket together, there is a R500 discount.

Speakers

Google University, with Sarah Blake (Quirk)
Digital Projects, with Erin Caton (Apple)
Masterclass in Usability and Accessibility, with Andy Budd (Clearleft)
Masterclass in Architecting Applications and Advanced Javascript, with Jonathan Snook (Yahoo!), John Resig (jQuery) and Dustin Diaz (Twitter)

Partners

Tech4Africa partners include:

BizCommunity: Official Marketing Media Partner - www.Bizcommunity.com
Zoopy: Official Social Media Partner - www.Zoopy.com
Digital Edge: Official Podcast Partner - www.thedigitaledge.co.za
Old Mutual: Scholarships Partner - www.oldmutual.co.za
Seedcamp: - www.seedcamp.com
Memeburn: Official Media Partner - www.memeburn.com

Go to http://tech4africa.com/workshops/ for more details on the workshop and to http://tech4africa.com/register/ to register for the conference.

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