September 12-14, 2016
View Source is an event by developers, for developers, exploring best practices and exciting new techniques.
Sessions will dive into the code, analyze the web experience across browsers and devices, and explore ready-to-use new technologies. Demos will focus on products that create powerful, convenient, and easy-to-use apps and websites.
View Source features 16 world-class speakers (plus discussions and Q&A breakouts), exposing best practices and new technologies. Check out our confirmed speakers below, and stay tuned for upcoming additions to our stellar lineup.
Rachel Andrew lives in Bristol, England. She is one half of web development company edgeofmyseat.com, the company behind Perch CMS (grabaperch.com).
Rachel has been working on the web since 1996 and writing about the web for almost as long. Her books include the recent Get Ready for CSS Grid Layout and HTML5 for Web Designers second edition. She is a regular columnist for A List Apart as well as other publications online and print. You can find her on Twitter as @rachelandrew and writing about technology and business on her blog at rachelandrew.co.uk.
Ola is a senior engineer at Styla living in Berlin, who is very passionate about Open Source, the Offline First concept and Hoodie. She loves making the web accessible for everyone, riding the trails, and daughter-driven development.
Lena Reinhard is a consultant, team leader, and former CEO with an interdisciplinary background. She has co-founded a software company and contributed to the Open Source projects Hoodie and Apache CouchDB. Lena has also co-organised tech conferences and has been an editor for the feminist blog Kleinerdrei.org. Through her work, Lena aims to support change in the tech industry to make it more accessible, diverse and inclusive. She currently lives in Berlin and really loves Alpacas.
Dubbed “the Terry Gross of the tech industry,” Jen Simmons is the host and executive producer of The Web Ahead. Her in-depth interviews explain emerging technology and predict the future of the web — and won the 2015 Net Award for Podcast of the Year.
Jen is a Designer and Developer Advocate at Mozilla, where she advocates for web standards and researches the coming revolution in graphic design on the web. She’s spoken at events including SXSW, An Event Apart, Fluent, Generate, Future of Web Design, and Respond. Her talk, Modern Layouts: Getting Out of Our Ruts, was awarded Best Conference Presentation at CSS Dev Conf 2014.
RADIALSYSTEM V
Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin, Germany
Formerly a turn of the century pumping station for the Berlin Wasserwerke (Berlin Water Services), RADIALSYSTEM V – situated in the urban centre of Berlin between Friedrichshain, Mitte and Kreuzberg – currently functions as a cultural centre where new ideas radiate out in all directions, attracting artists and the public from within as well as beyond the city limits of Berlin.
Radialsystem V is located on the Spree River bank, just across the street from the Ostbahnhof train station. A five-minute walk away from the station, the venue can also be easily reached by S-Bahn, by bus, and by local and express trains.
There is no direct subway or train connection to Tegel Airport. Various buses and express buses operated by BVG (Berlin Transport Services) have stops located right outside Terminal A and B. Take TXL Bus / TXL JetExpressBus to Hauptbahnhof. From Hauptbahnhof S+U station take the S-Bahn S75 (direction S Wartenberg ) to Berlin Ostbahnhof. It is a short 5-minute walk to the venue.
Take the Airport Express (RE7 & RB14) regional train to Berlin Ostbahnhof. Travel Time: 15 minutes, trains run between 4:40am - 11:00pm. It is a short 5-minute walk to the venue.
The closest train station to the venue is Berlin Ostbahnhof.
Metro: S-Bahn lines S3, S5, S7, S75 and S9
Warschauer Strasse lines: U1, U15 and U12
Alexanderplatz lines: U2, U5, U8
From Berlin Hauptbahnhof (main station) trains leave frequently to Berlin Ostbahnhof. It’s a 7-minute ride and from there a short 5-minute walk to the venue.
Berlin Ostbahnhof is served by bus lines 140, 147, 347.
We strongly advise against coming to the venue by car, as parking is very difficult. We encourage you to take advantage of the comprehensive public transport system.
Hotel rating: ☆☆
Preferential rate: €94,00 for a single room - preferential rate can only be guaranteed until 18 July 2016 - rooms subject to availability
Address: An der Schillingbrücke 2, 10243 Berlin
How to book
Contact Daniela Schneider
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: +49 30 257600
Booking reference: View Source 2016
A credit card will be necessary to secure a booking.
Hotel rating: ☆☆☆
Preferential rate: €105 for a single room - preferential rate can only be guaranteed until 29 July 2016 - rooms subject to availability
Address: Heidestraße 62, 10557 Berlin
How to book
Contact main hotel reservation or ask for Mrs. Addo
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: +49 30 80 94 15 2221
Booking reference: View Source 2016
A credit card will be necessary to secure a booking.
Hotel rating: ☆☆☆
Preferential rate: €102 for a single room - preferential rate can only be guaranteed until 29 July 2016 - rooms subject to availability
Address: Torstrasse 136, 10119 Berlin
How to book
Contact main hotel reservation or ask for Mrs. Addo
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: +49 30 80 94 15 2221
Booking reference: View Source 2016
A credit card will be necessary to secure a booking.
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