Adrian Parr's Blog

XOXO was an arts and technology festival held in Portland, Oregon, back in September 2012. The festival started out as a Kickstarter project by Andy Baio, and raised it’s goal of $175,511.

They have now posted videos of all the session online for free.

Some of the highlights include:

• James Swirsky & Lisanne Pajot
  Indie game: The Movie
• Ron Carmel
  World of Goo
• Bre Pettis
  Co-founder and CEO of Makerbot
• Yancey Strickler
  Co-founder of Kickstarter
• Chad Dickerson
  CEO of Etsy

View the full list of videos on the XOXO Festival YouTube Channel.

I’ve just come across an awesome conference happening in Munich, Germany on 23rd & 24th November 2012. It’s called the Push Conference, and is focussed on User Experience (Sold Out) and Interactive Arts. I’m particularly interested in the sessions by some of the people on the second day …

• Kyle McDonald
• Karsten Schmidt
• Marius Watz

There are still tickets available for day two (Interactive Arts) and they are currently only € 89.00

Well, it’s that time of the year again where the great Flashers from all around The World decend on Brighton, England. That’s right folks, Flash On The Beach is upon us once again. I’m really looking forward to it again this year (no different to any previous year really). Looking forward to coming away feeling enthused, inspired, educated and though provoked.

John Davey (the conference organiser) has only gone and made choosing what to see even harder this year by including a fourth track. Thanks John ;¬) Like it wasn’t hard enough trying to pick what to see (and what to miss).

At this moment in time, I have penciled in the following schedule …

Day 1: Monday 27th September 2010

• 09:00 Keynote with Andrew Shorten, Thibault Imbert, Richard Galvan and Doug Winnie – Adobe Expose All!
• 10:15 Robotlegs And Signals – A Match Made In Heaven? (Conrad Winchester)
• 11:30 Meet LoaderMax (Rich Shupe)
• 13:30 So Long, and Thanks for All the Flash (Mario Klingemann)
• 14:45 Developing for the Social Media Douchebag – an Intro to Social API’s (Stacey Mulcahy)
• 16:00 Practice makes perfect, so what are you practicing? (Robert Hodgin)
• 20:00 Design and Happiness (Stefan Sagmeister)

Day 2: Tuesday 28th September 2010

• 09:00 The Elevator Pitch
• 10:15 HYPE: Combining Creativity & Code (Branden Hall)
• 11:30 Flash Components in Flex apps (Mike Jones)
• 13:30 What the Flux!? (Seb Lee-Delisle)
• 14:45 Adobe AIR for mobile development (Veronique Brossier)
• 16:00 The Other Side (Nando Costa)
• 20:00 Makers of Things (Brendan Dawes)

Day 3: Wednesday 29th September 2010

• 6 of the Best – 10 Mins Each
• Zero to Game Designer in 60 Minutes (Iain Lobb)
• Data Visualization Will Change Your Life (Doug McCune)
• Triangle affairs (Frank Reitberger)
• Multi-Screen Web Dev with Dreamweaver CS5 (Lee Brimelow)
• The Computational Artifact (Jared Tarbell)

fLooking forward to 2010, here is a list of dates to put in your diary. Most of them are Flash Platform related, others are more general but still of interest. I will add to this list as events get announced. If you know of an event that I haven’t mentioned, then post a comment at the bottom and I’ll do my best to add it to the list.

January 2010

February 2010

Macworld 2010
February 9th – 13th, 2010
San Francisco, California, US

Mobile World Congress
February 15th – 18th, 2010
Barcelona, Spain

FITC Amsterdam 2010
February 22nd – 23rd, 2010
Amsterdam, Netherlands

March 2010

CeBIT 2010
March 2nd – 6th, 2010
Hannover, Germany

360|Flex
March 7th – 10th, 2010
San Jose, California, US

Flash Gaming Summit 2010
March 8th, 2010
San Francisco, California, US

PushButton Summit 2010
March 9th – 10th, 2010
Salt Lake City, Utah, US

SXSW 2010 – Interactive
March 12th – 16th, 2010
Austin, Texas, US

MIX10
March 15th – 17th, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada, US

April 2010

NAB Show
April 10th – 15th, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada, US

FFK10
April 13th – 16th, 2010
Cologne, Germany

The Next Web Conference 2010
April 21st – 23rd, 2010
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Fractal’10
April 23rd – 24th, 2010
Medellin, Colombia

Flash Israel
April 25th, 2010
Tel Aviv, Israel

FITC Toronto 2010
April 25th – 27th, 2010
Toronto, Canada

May 2010

Web 2.0 Expo
May 3rd – 6th, 2010
San Francisco, California, US

Lift10
May 5th – 7th, 2010
Geneva, Switzerland

webdu 2010
May 6th – 7th, 2010
Sydney, Australia

12th flashconference 2010
May 7th, 2010
Stuttgart, Germany

Adobe Developer Week 2010
May 10th – 14th, 2010
Online

Multi-Mania (2M10)
May 10th – 11th, 2010
Kortrijk, Belgium

FutureEverything (formerly Futuresonic)
May 12th – 15th, 2010
Manchester, UK

Flash And The City
May 14th – 16th, 2010
New York, US

Scotch on the Rocks (SOTR2010)
May 24th – 25th, 2010
Location not announced yet

Web Flash Festival
May 28th – 30th, 2010
Paris, France

June 2010

Augmented Reality Event
June 2nd – 3rd, 2010
Santa Clara, California, US

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
June 7th – 11th, 2010
San Francisco, California, US

GestureCamp 2010
June 10th – 12th, 2010
Lille, France

gotoAndSki();
June 11th – 13th, 2010
Galdhøpiggen, Norway

Flashbelt 2010
June 13th – 16th, 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

d2w – Designer/Developer Workflow Conference
June 19th – 20th, 2010
Kansas City, Missouri, US

OFFF Paris 2010
June 24th – 26th, 2010
Paris, France

July 2010

Flash at the Lake
July 2nd – 3rd, 2010
Zurich, Switzerland

Flash Camp Manchester
July 8th, 2010
Manchester, UK

Flex Mania ’10
July 8th – 10th, 2010
On-line (in Portuguese)

TEDGlobal 2010
July 12th – 16th, 2010
Oxford, UK

SIGGRAPH 2010
July 26th – 30th, 2010
Los Angeles, California, US

August 2010

FITC San Francisco 2010
August 17th – 19th, 2010
San Francisco, California, US

The Adobe Flash Platform Summit 2010
August 25th – 26th, 2010
Bangalore, India

September 2010

Flash Camp St. Louis
September 3rd, 2010
St. Louis, Missouri, US

IBC2010
September 9th – 13th, 2010
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Flash on the Beach ’10
September 26th – 29th, 2010
Brighton, UK

October 2010

Streaming Media Europe 2010
October 14th – 15th, 2010
London, UK

Being-Digital ’10
October 7th, 2010
London, UK

Flex and the City
October 20th, 2010
London, UK

decoded
October 23rd, 2010
Munich, Germany

Adobe MAX 2010
October 24th – 27th, 2010
Los Angeles, California, US

Latin Flash Tour
Mexico City, Mexico: October 29th – 30th, 2010
Bogotá, Colombia: November 2nd – 3rd, 2010
Lima, Peru: November 4th, 2010
Santiago, Chile: November 8th, 2010
Buenos Aires, Argentina: November 10th, 2010
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: November 13th – 14th, 2010

November 2010

Streaming Media West 2010
November 1st – 3rd, 2010
Los Angeles, California, US

Creativity and Technology
November 10th, 2010
London, UK

RIA Unleashed Boston 2010
November 11th – 12th, 2010
Boston, Massachusetts, US

Bloom
November 18th – 19th, 2010
Cape Town, South Africa

December 2010

Flash Camp London
December 2nd, 2010
London, UK

Flash GAMM!
December 5th – 6th, 2010
Kyiv, Ukraine

The 2010 list can be found here …

http://www.adrianparr.com/?p=115

Ok, I know it is a bit late through the year to be posting this, but here is a round-up of conferences and events that relate directly and in-directly to the Flash Platform and digital media in some way. This give you some idea of what happens when and where around the world and what to look out for in 2010. If you want me to add your event then just let me know about it (add a comment at the bottom of this page).

January 2009

Flex Camp Chicago
January 22nd – 23rd, 2009
Chicago, Illinois, US

February 2009

FITC Amsterdam 2009
February 22nd – 24th, 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands

FOWA – Future Of Web Apps
February 22nd – 24th, 2009
Miami, Florida, US

Flex Camp Amsterdam
February 25th, 2009
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Lift09
February 25th – 27th, 2009
Geneva, Switzerland

Flash Camp London
February 26th, 2009
London, UK

March 2009

Flex Camp Ottawa
March 3rd, 2009
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

TOCA ME
March 7th, 2009
Munich, Germany

SXSW – Interactive
March 13th – 17th, 2009
Austin, Texas, US

Maker Faire Newcastle
March 14th – 15th, 2009
Newcastle, UK

MIX09
March 18th – 20th, 2009
Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Flash Gaming Summit
March 22nd, 2009
San Francisco, California, US

April 2009

The Next Web Conference 2009
April 15th – 17th, 2009
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

NAB Show
April 18th – 23rd, 2009
Las Vegas, Nevada, US

FITC Toronto 2009
April 25th – 28th, 2009
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FFK09
April 27th 30th, 2009
Cologne, Germany

May 2009

11th flashconference 2009
May 7th, 2009
Stuttgart, Germany

OFFF
May 7th – 9th, 2009
Oeiras, Portugal

Thinking Digital
May 13th – 15th, 2009
Gateshead, UK

Multi-Mania
May 18th – 19th, 2009
Kortrijk, Belgium

360|Flex
May 18th – 20th, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Flash On Tap
May 28th – 30th, 2009
Boston, Massachusetts, US

Flash Camp San Francisco
May 29th, 2009
San Francisco, California, US

BarCampLeeds
May 30th – 31st, 2009
Leeds, UK

Maker Faire Bay Area
May 30th – 31st, 2009
San Francisco, California, US

June 2009

Flashbelt
June 7th – 10th, 2009
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Flash Camp Warsaw
June 9th, 2009
Warsaw, Poland

REMIX09 Australia
June 11th, 2009
Sydney, Australia

Flash Camp Birmingham
June 16th, 2009
Birmingham, UK

Digital Media Conference East
June 25th 2009
Washington, D.C., US

Flash at the Lake
June 26th – 27th, 2009
Zurich, Switzerland

July 2009

TEDGlobal
July 21st – 24th, 2009
Oxford, UK

August 2009

SIGGRAPH
August 3rd – 7th, 2009
New Orleans, Louisiana, US

CFUnited
August 12th – 15th, 2009
Leesburg, Virginia, US

Flash Camp Atlanta
August 28th, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia, US

September 2009

ARS Electronica
September 3rd – 8th, 2009
Linz, Austria

dConstruct
September 4th, 2009
Brighton, UK

Flex Camp Rimini
September 5th, 2009
Rimini, Italy

BarCampBrighton
September 5th – 6th, 2009
Brighton, UK

onedotzero – adventures in motion
September 9th – 13th, 2009
London, UK

IBC2009
September 10th – 14th, 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Flash Camp St. Louis
September 11th, 2009
St. Louis, Missouri, US

FITC Mobile 2009
September 13th – 14th, 2009
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Actionscript Conference
September 14th – 15th, 2009
Singapore

Lift Asia 09
September 17th – 18th, 2009
Jeju, Korea

Flash Platform Code Camp Wellington
September 19th, 2009
Wellington, New Zealand

Flash on the Beach
September 20th – 23rd, 2009
Brighton, UK

London Digital Week
September 21st – 27th, 2009
London, UK

i-Design 09
September 24th, 2009
London, UK

FOWA – Future Of Web Apps
September 30th – October 2nd, 2009
London, UK

October 2009

LAFlashapoloozastock IV
October 3rd, 2009
Venice Beach, California, US

FITC Unconference @ MAX
October 4th – 7th, 2009
Los Angeles, California, US

360|MAX Unconference
October 4th – 7th, 2009
Los Angeles, California, US

Adobe MAX
October 4th – 7th, 2009
Los Angeles, California, US

Flashpitt
October 15th – 16th, 2009
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Flash Camp Egypt
October 17th, 2009
New Cairo, Egypt

PLAY :: The Berkeley Digital Media Conference
October 17th, 2009
Berkeley, California, US

FITC Edmonton
October 17th – 18th, 2009
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Scotch on the Road
October 19th – 29th, 2009
Munich, Germany
Zurich, Switzerland
Milan, Italy
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brussels, Belgium
London, UK

Digital Media Conference West
October 28th, 2009
San Francisco, California, US

Playful
October 30th, 2009
London, UK

November 2009

VIEW Conference
November 4th – 7th, 2009
Turin, Italy

Flash Camp Philadelphia
November 7th, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Latin Flash Tour
November 7th – 18th, 2009
Santiago, Chile
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lima, Peru
Bogotá, Colombia
San Jose, Costa Rica
Mexico City, Mexico

RIA Unleashed : Boston
November 13th, 2009
Boston, Massachusetts, US

FOWD – Future Of Web Design
November 16th – 17th, 2009
New York, US

Flex Camp Wall Street
November 16th – 17th, 2009
New York, US

CaT London
November 19th, 2009
London, UK

FITC Tokyo
November 28th, 2009
Tokyo, Japan

December 2009

RIAdventure 360
December 6th – 13th, 2009
Depart from New Orleans, Louisiana, US then cruise around the Caribbean

Just thought I’d put together a list of all the Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR conferences I know of that are going on around the world this year (plus a couple of others that are related, ie. SXSW and MIX). If you know of any other ones that I have missed then let me know and I’ll add it to the list.

January 2008

none

February 2008

TOCA ME
February 23rd, 2008
Munich, German

FITC Amsterdam 2008
February 25th – 26th, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands

360|Flex Atlanta
February 25th – 27th, 2008
Atlanta, US

March 2008

MIX08
March 5th-7th, 2008
Las Vegas, US

South by Southwest (SXSW)
March 7th – 11th, 2008
Austin, US

Adobe Developer Week 2008
March 27th – 28th, 2008
Online

April 2008

360|Flex Europe
April 7th – 9th, 2008
Milan, Italy

Scotch on AIR
April 11th, 2008
Dublin, Ireland

NAB Show 2008
April 11th – 17th, 2008
Las Vegas, US

FITC Toronto 2008
April 20th – 22nd, 2008
Toronto, Canada

May 2008

10th flashconference 2008
May 8th, 2008
Stuttgart, Germany

OFFF
May 8th – 10th, 2008
Lisbon, Portugal

WebManiacs 2008
May 19th – 23rd, 2008
Washington DC, US

Flashforum Konferenz 2008
May 21st – 24th, 2008
Cologne, Germany

Multi-Mania
May 23rd, 2008
Kortrijk, Belgium

Web Flash Festival
May 23rd – 25th, 2008
Paris, France

June 2008

Scotch on the Rocks ’08
June 4th – 6th, 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland

flashbelt
June 10th – 13th, 2008
Minneapolis, US

webDU 2008
June 12th – 13th, 2008
Sydney, Australia

FITC Chicago 2008
June 22nd – 23rd, 2008
Chicago, US

July 2008

none

August 2008

Flashforward 2008
August 20th – 22nd, 2008
San Francisco, US

FlexCamp
August 28th, 2008
London, UK

September 2008

Flash on the Beach 2008
September 28th – October 1st, 2008
Brighton, UK

October 2008

Flash on Tap
October 7th – 9th, 2008
Rescheduled: May 28th – 30th, 2009
Boston, US

Flashpitt 2008
October 10th, 2008
Pittsburgh, US

The Actionscript Conference
October 19th, 2008
Singapore

Singularity 08
October 24th – 26th, 2008
Online

November 2008

Adobe MAX 2008 North America
November 16th – 19th, 2008
San Francisco, US

December 2008

Adobe MAX 2008 Europe
December 1st – 4th, 2008
Milan, Italy

January 2009

Adobe MAX 2008 Japan
January 29th – 30th, 2009
Tokyo, Japan

Don’t forget that the Adobe on AIR Tour is coming to Europe this spring. Starting off in Madrid, Spain on March 31st, and then running through to June 13th in Milan, Italy. Check the website to see if it is coming to a European city near you (it is in London on April 9th at The Brewery).

One other Flash conference that has happened in the past, but it doesn’t look like it is happening any more is Spark Europe.