Oslo, Norway – November 12, 2009
Opera Software will showcase its products and participate with some of the best minds in Web technology at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City, November 16 through November 19, 2009. As silver sponsors, Opera will have a big presence at the show including the latest product demos of Opera’s desktop browser, along with Web server technology Opera Unite, as well as Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, at booth number 1227 (on November 18 and 19).
Opera CTO, HÃ¥kon Wium Lie, popularly known as the father of CSS, will speak on the Design and UX track at the show on the topic, “CSS3 for Working Web Designers” on Wednesday, November 18 at 11:10 am. Wium Lie, during his days at CERN (the birthplace of the Web) introduced the concept of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). At the show, Opera will host an Opera Unite application-development contest and will give away some fabulous prizes to developers of the best application including Nintendo Wii’s and DSi’s.
In keeping with the fun spirit of the conference, Opera is also hosting a Tweetup for fans, enthusiasts, developers and media on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at ‘Disiac Lounge in New York City. For more details on registration, visit http://operatweetup.eventbrite.com/.
“At Web 2.0 Expo, Opera will showcase innovative products based on Web standards,” said Wium Lie. “I’m excited to present CSS3 and connect with designers and developers at the show.”
As part of our commitment to Web standards, Opera will host a Standards.next event in NYC on Friday, November 20, 2009. The event will be focused on CSS3 and emerging standards in the area of Web development. Speaking at the event will be Opera CTO, HÃ¥kon Wium Lie and Opera evangelist Molly Holzschlag, along with Microsoft Internet Explorer product manager Pete LePage and CSS Mastery author Andy Budd from Clearleft. See details here: http://www.standards-next.org/
For more information on Web 2.0 Expo New York 2009, visit: http://www.web2expo.com/webexny2009