01:30 pm

Are you looking for a JOB? Are you a RECRUITER? Are you an HR manager, MANAGER, or small business OWNER? Then this session is a MUST for you.

For the Recruiter, HR Manager, Manager or Business Owner, this session will:
- Provide an overview of why social media is important for organizations to care about
- How it is shifting the corporate landscape forever
- Discuss practical and general applications of social media within organizations

As web development grows more complex, Application Architecture and User Experience Design have become even more important. So, what are the real-life lessons you need to master these skills? In this session Ben will explore what’s uniquely challenging about building internet applications, how to feel your way through the development process, and how a few golden rules can make or break your design.

Hear Brent Shaffer (@bshaffer), a Symfony developer and contributer, duke it out with Travis Roberts (@travisroberts), a Ruby on Rails proponent, in the battle of two frameworks. The discussion will include an introduction to both frameworks and a comparison of the PHP and Ruby languages. At the end, Symfony and Rails will meet in a no-holds-barred battle to the death, and only you can decide the victor. Time for Q&A will also be allotted.

Your intellectual property can create value or cost you. In the digital explosion, protecting it has never been more important. We'll explain why and how.

An overview of intellectual property including copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets with practical tips about legal protections in the 21st century.