It is no secret that HTML5 is important – the question is how big will it be? Word is out at GigaOm, that it will be huge – and moreover it is coming fast. Thanks to an article from Colleen Taylor, we also learn that Apple will have massive support for the platform. Moreover, Larry Dignan at ZDnet just wrote an article about how Amazon had to cave to Apple regarding in app purchases and how the only alternative for them and other companies is HTML5.

I couldn’t be happier to see this activity around HTML5 as this is the week where TMC has launched its first ever DevCon5 event focused on HTML5 design, development and business opportunities. Our partner Crossfire Media and my company TMC are committed to helping the HTML5 community and fostering conversation and networking in the space. So far, the attendance is made up of the some of the most impressive companies I have ever seen at a conference – from media to tech and telecom and VCs. It seems everyone who sees the future will be at the show this Wednesday and Thursday in New York City. You can still register now and check out some of the show highlights below:
                        

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

• 9: Keynote Presentation: David S. RoseRose Tech Ventures LLC
• 9:30: Keynote Presentation: Christopher SmithResearch in Motion Ltd.
• 10:15: Simple & Usable 101 (Design: The User Experience): Giles ColborneCX Partners
• 10:15: HTML5 – The Power of Canvas (Develop: HTML5): Thomas LewisMicrosoft
• 10:15: Innovation 3.0: Mobile Apps (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Terry RibbRevelens
• 11:45: Designing for Delight (Design: The User Experience): Giles ColborneCX Partners
• 11:45: HTML5 and the future JavaScript Platform (Develop: HTML5): Marcelo Lopez RuizMicrosoft
• 11:45: Customerization 3.0: Mobile Semantics (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Fred Chow & Terry RibbRevelens

1: Lunch Break

• 1:30: Keynote Presentation: Charles JolleyStrobe Corporation
• 2: Color: Interaction, Behavior, and Meaning Part 1 (Design: The User Experience): Leonard StokesSUNY Purchase
• 2: HTML5 – CSS3 & Advanced Design (Develop: HTML5): Paul TraniAdobe
• 2: Device Specific vs Brower Development (Deploy: The Evolving Web): William VolkPlayscreen
• 3:30: Color: Interaction, Behavior, and Meaning Part 2 (Design: The User Experience): Leonard StokesSUNY Purchase
• 3:30: The HTML5 Brower Wars (Develop: HTML5): Steve AdamsCrossfire Consulting
• 3:30: System Gamification (Deploy: The Evolving Web): William VolkPlayscreen, Ed GuyCleverSpoke
• 5: Welcome Reception overlooking the Manhattan skyline

                        
Thursday, July 28, 2011

• 9: General Session: Case Studies: The Enterprise and The Cloud: Edward HanapoleKaplan Inc., Dave JodoinThruPoint, Inc., Allan McNicholThomas Reuters
• 10:15: Layout Winners and Sinners: Simple Tips for Creating Effective Web Layouts (Design: The User Experience): Rebecca Jacobsen HagenUniversity of South Florida
• 10:15: WebGL and WebCL – 3D Graphics and Compute on the Web (Develop: HTML5): Neil TrevettKhronos Group, NVIDIA, Tasneem BrutchSamsung Electronic
• 10:15: Venture Capital for a Viral Virtual Mobile World (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Scott SnyderMobiquity
• 11:45: What Graphic Designers Know about Layout: Advanced Web Layout Techniques (Design: The User Experience): Rebecca Jacobsen HagenUniversity of South Florida
• 11:45: Hands on with WebGL (Develop: HTML5): Kenneth RussellGoogle, Inc., Bobby RichterMozilla Foundation
• 11:45: Seeding the Startups (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Scott SnyderMobiquity

1: Lunch Break

• 2: Beginning the Story (Design: The User Experience): Kevin BrooksMotorola Mobility, Whitney QuesenberyWQusability
• 2: Presenting Scalar Graphics 1 (Develop: HTML5): David DaileySlippery Rock University
• 2: The New Threat: Browser Security 1 (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Marco PistoiaIBM T. J. Watson Research Center
• 3:30: The Power of Story (Design: The User Experience): Kevin BrooksMotorola Mobility, Whitney QuesenberyWQusability
• 3:30: Presenting Scalar Vector Graphics 2 (Develop: HTML5): David DaileySlippery Rock University
• 3:30: The New Threat: Browser Security 1 (Deploy: The Evolving Web): Marco PistoiaIBM T. J. Watson Research Center

  Disclosure: I am CEO of TMC