What is the vision for the future of Internet design and what role will Flash technology play? Is convergence the key?

Tips from the lab30 unique and life-saving techniques that will help you solve even the weirdest Flash development problems. Bring a pad and pencil, you'll want to write these down!

This session will delve into the toolkit of today, 3D Flashers. It will highlight the tools and techniques involved in creating a truly 3D Web experience. This is a session not to be missed for all budding 3Ders.

How to make cartoons without fart jokes. Learn to avoid the cliches and the pitalls of online animation as James talks about the development of his new cartoon show Preschool ProtoCops. How to generate not only laughs, but also characterization in this short-form entertainment medium. Warning: No exploding gerbils allowed.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to journey inside the Sydney Opera House Virtual Tour and discover how this mutli-award winning interactive site was created completely in Flash.

30 minutes of Flash mayhem. See the best blitz the rest. Your eyes and ears will not take a break in this session of pure flash excess. See this technology pushed to the limits, remember to blink.

Flash offers many designers today, ways of delivering compelling animated pieces through the web. But Flash isn't just used on the internet. Flash provides additional features and benefits to designers in the video arena. In this session, you will see the advancements being made with QuickTime and the integration of Flash within this video media.

Learn how to convert a static HTML site to a database driven Flash site. This presentation takes you from creating a database and populating it to preparing your Flash file and connecting it to the database. See how to easily create database driven menus etc using undocumented features ofFlash. Then discover how to enable your client to update their content without having to touch the Flash file.

Flash has grown in popularity and acceptance in mainstream and corporate websites globally. With this the demands on the developing community to create localized content versions of their flashed sites has increased. This session would concentrate on the issues involved and possible solutions for bringing in other language scripts into flash.

One of the most powerful uses of Flash is game design. Online gaming with Flash has been propelled into new levels. This session takes you through fundamental gaming concepts, planning, structuring and then designing your game. A step-by-step approach.

Sound has incredible power to create atmosphere and improve usability in the movies you create. In this session you will learn how to get the most out of Flash's sound controls to get the biggest "bang" for your bandwidth.

The session will give you an introduction to XML, the ActionScript XML object and the use of Flash together with XML.