Organisers of the inaugural Australian InDesign Conference, held in Melbourne mid October, are so delighted with the response from attendees, they are planning a second conference to be held in Sydney in 2005.
Barry Anderson, conference organiser, says, “With over 350 people attending across the three days, I’m delighted our first Australian conference received such attention and response. Delegates would leave a session with one speaker saying that just one tip they heard meant the conference had paid for itself.”
Delegates came from across Australia and New Zealand, all having positive feedback about the conference and the InDesign software package:
“Just thought I should send you a short note to thank you for bringing to town the InDesign Conference. I had wondered how much I would learn, but I didn’t come out of any of the sessions without something, whether that be a feature or interesting ways to present material. Thanks again for bringing the conference to Australia it was a valuable experience!” – Steve Nichols
“Many, many thanks to yourself and the rest of the team for a great, no, splendid three days. The conference exceeded may expectations in everyway. Not only did I learn more about InDesign, but I came away with a much better understanding of how to conduct training with my clients here at work. The groundswell of people taking up InDesign is certainly there for us to see, which makes me even more excited for what the future holds.” -Tony Johnson
The Melbourne InDesign Conference hosted the largest group of InDesign experts assembled in a single training event and delegates said one of the most valuable aspects was gaining one-on-one mentoring time with world-renowned, international InDesign specialists. These included David Blatner, a consultant specialising in InDesign, QuarkXPress and Photoshop; Sandee Cohen, Author/Trainer; and Deke McClelland.
“InDesign is a rich, amazing piece of software, and this user conference helped people learn how to get the most of out of it, with unprecedented access to international expertise. Given the response from the Australian audience, there is clearly a hunger amongst the InDesign, and even the wider Adobe user community, for knowledge and interaction. This makes planning a second conference in Sydney very exciting indeed,” added Anderson.
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