Students of the Olivet University participated in San Francisco's annual Web 2.0 Expo this past week, a global conference on the latest in technology and internet. The theme of the conference “The Power of Less” attracted students from both the Olivet Institute of Technology (OIT) and Olivet College of Art & Design (OCAD) to participate in the various workshops and seminars.
The conferences covered a variety of areas from business models, development, design, and products that foster the online community. Experts on the subjects hailed from Google, Apple, Microsoft as well as Stanford University and Rhoda Island School of Design.
Seminars that students attended include Human Centered User Interface Design, How to Build Business Social Websites, Building Brand and Loyalty, HTML, and Open Leadership. In addition, the students studied technological trends that are leading to simpler yet more powerful services through the web.
Aside from sitting in the Expo's keynotes and lectures, students experienced the show floor, making networks and catching a glimpse of the latest trends in web design and development. It was a valuable experience in allowing students to catch a glimpse of the web's future trends and gain insight on design and business.