Dear Friends,

With our third SmashingConf San Francisco taking place on April 17 & 18, we want to explore strategies for making outstanding and fast experiences, and what we all need to know today, to be more productive and make smarter decisions tomorrow.

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Early bird ticket pricing ends in 7 days, on January 31.

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The Early Bird tickets are only available until the end of January (7 days!) so don't delay and get those discounted tickets today!

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Confirmed Speakers

One track, two conference days, 14 speakers, and just 500 available seats. We'll cover topics such as production-ready CSS Grid Layouts, how to introduce & manage design systems, building fast & performant websites, enhancing your visual design skills, UX, multi-cultural designs, and other fields that may come up in your day-to-day work.

• Visual Design
  Aaron James Draplin (Draplin Design Co.)
• CSS Grid Layout
  Rachel Andrew (Perch)
• Design for Machine Learning
  Josh Clark (Big Medium)
• Design Systems
  Mina Markham (Slack)
• Resilient & Performant Websites
  Trent Walton (Paravel)
• CSS & Typography
  Huijing Chen
• UX & Psychology
  Joe Leech
• Overcoming Multi-Cultural Design Barriers
  Yiying Lu
• Beyond Media Queries
  Michael Riethmueller
• Design Decisions in Big Projects
  Kate Dawkins
• Modern Loading Best Practices
  Addy Osmani (Google Chrome)
• Mystery Speaker
  Somebody you definitely know, and respect.

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"Coming to Smashing Conferences fundamentally changed how I develop websites." — Ryan Chittenden

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Add A Workshop

We'll also host 8 workshops to let you deep-dive into an area of your choice. On Monday (April 16), we have Sarah Drasner leading her Vue.js class, Barry Munstersteiger will be teaching Critical Design Thinking, and Vitaly Friedman will walk you through advanced UX Design Patterns.

On Thursday (April 19), Rachel Andrew will be live-coding production-ready CSS Grid Layouts with you, Josh Clark will provide a hands-on approach for Designing Exceptional Mobile Experiences, Mark Boulton will be running a Graphic Design Crashcourse, and Vitaly Friedman will be sharing his latest RWD Tips and Tricks.

Register for three days and save $100 off the cost of registering separately for the conference and the workshop. Plus, if you register before Jan 31, you'll save another $100! (link)

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We know that sometimes companies encourage their staff to attend a different conference each year. We say; once you've found a conference you love, why stray... 😌

Think your boss needs a little more persuasion? We've prepared a neat Convince Your Boss (PDF) that you can use to tip the scales in your favor to send you to the event.

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🎟 Get Your Ticket

Early bird tickets are available until January 31, so get your ticket right away — it does take only a second!

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