Web 2012 at Penn State

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Ethan Marcotte (@Beep) is an independent designer/developer who is passionate about beautiful design, elegant code, and the intersection of the two. Over the years his clientele has included New York Magazine, the Sundance Film Festival, the Boston Globe, and the W3C. Ethan coined the term “responsive web design” to describe a new way of designing for the ever-changing Web and, if given the chance, will natter on excitedly about it—he even went so far as to write a book on the topic. A popular and experienced speaker, he is also the coauthor of Jeffrey Zeldman’s Designing With Web Standards (3…

Manager, Penn State Film Office, University Relations, The Pennsylvania State University

Clair Poletti is the Manager of the Penn State Film Office in the Department of University Relations at Penn State. In this role, Clair manages national branding opportunities through TV and Film production, name mentions, and product placements. She develops and implements the University-wide brand strategies for strategic video for web, commercial, and broadcast outlets. Currently, Clair is co-leading Polaris, a University-wide group responsible for the redesign of Penn State's web presence. 

Director, IT Communications, Penn State

Marcus P. Robinson is the Director of IT Communications for the Office of the Vice Provost for Information Technology at Penn State. In this role, Marcus leads a team of communication professionals who develop print, video, online and in-person strategies and tactics that showcase Penn State's brand strengths, and highlight the important role IT plays in supporting the University and its mission. Together with his team, Marcus provides strategy and direction to address the communication needs, opportunities and challenges of a workforce of more than 1,5…

Erik Runyon is Director of Web Communications at the University of Notre Dame where he oversees the development of university web properties and sets development standards for University Communications. He is a staunch advocate of accessibility, semantics, the mobile experience, and data portability. Erik can be found talking Web at WeedyGarden.net and conveying ND.edu specific information on the ND.edu blog. He can be found on Twitter at @erunyon.

accessible information technology, agile software development, employee empowerment, leadership development;

Luke Wroblewski (@LukeW) is an internationally recognized digital product leader who has designed or contributed to software used by more than 700 million people worldwide. Luke was Co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Bagcheck which was acquired by Twitter Inc. just nine months after being launched publicly. Prior to this, Luke was an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Benchmark Capital and the Chief Design Architect (VP) at Yahoo! Inc. where he worked on product alignment and forward-thinking integrated customer experiences on the Web, mobile, TV, and beyond. Luke is the author of t…