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August 30, 2010
Third Annual Design For Mobile Conference A Month Away
By Doug Caverly

Design experts who live in Illinois - or who wouldn't mind visiting it for most of a week, at least - may want to block September 20th to 24th off on their calendars. The third annual Design for Mobile Conference will be held in Evanston, Illinois during that period.

More specifically, the conference will take place at the Hotel Orrington in Evanston, and for people with an interest in a particular field, it's supposed to represent a once-a-year opportunity. An official statement described the gathering as "the first and only event in North American [sic] focusing on the mobile user experience."

The speaker list makes the conference sound quite important, too. Representatives from Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Razorfish, the Smithsonian Institution, and Symbian are all scheduled to show up, and it's not often you see people from those varied and distinguished organizations getting together. They should have plenty of good advice to share.

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