2009's Future of Web Design tour hits the road in September with talks and workshops on networking, microformats and numerous topics relating to making the most engrossing online marketing platforms possible.

With Key speakers including Clearleft's Paul Annett, Steve Pearce from Skype and Patrick Lauke 'Web Evangelist' at Opera and columnist for .net Magazine, the sessions prove to be quite dynamic and way above value for money with ticket prices starting at £44.00 for early bird buyers.

Where is it?

Hosted by Carsonified, who had great success with last months FOWD event in London, will be pulling the bus over on the following dates:

02 Sept - Belfast
09 Sept - Bristol
14 Sept - Glasgow
16 Spet - Leeds

For more information check out the FOWDTOUR website
http://events.carsonified.com/fowd/2009/tour

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