Don't forget about the Early Bird Discount!

Save $100 when you register by August 1 and be entered for a chance to win a registration for the UCDA Design Conference in 2014.

Pre-registration now available!

Why pre-register?

Save up to an additional $100 off the early-registration fee, and up to $200 off the regular registration.

Be the first to select sessions when they become available.

Be the first to choose from the pre-conference and optional activities when the become available.

See registration deadlines at https://ucda.com/registration13.lasso

Louisville... the new Portland?

Could it be that the new Portland is in… Kentucky? Louisville has asserted itself as a lively, offbeat cultural mecca on the Ohio River. New Louisville, also known as the East Market District or NuLu, features converted warehouses used as local breweries, antique shops and the city’s coolest restaurants. On Bardstown Rd in the Highlands you’ll find a hipster strip of shops and bars, not to mention many ‘Keep Louisville Weird’ stickers. Bourbon reigns in Louisville. This is the traditional jump-off for the Bourbon Trail; with bourbon’s current wave of popularity, new upstart microdistilleries, including some in and around Louisville like the small-batch Angel’s Envy, are giving the old names in bourbon a run for their money. Try for the first Saturday in May to witness the ‘greatest two minutes in sports,’ the Kentucky Derby.

Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/travel-tips-and-articles/77583#ixzz2Jfb3kHXr

Travel Tips

If you are traveling to the Montreal-Trudeau airport, you can exchange your currency if needed upon exiting the airport. You may, however, need cash to do so. You can also purchase your bus ticket downtown directly from the currency exchange (the Hilton Bonaventure is stop 5).

More information on the 747 bus line service.

UCDA Silent Auction

Going to the UCDA Design Conference? Don't forget to bring something for the silent auction! Last year these owls were a hit.

Emily Oberman Added to Conference Schedule

Exciting UCDA Design Conference news! Emily Oberman from Pentagram has joined the speaker lineup with her session "Taking a Leap." You can read the full session description on UCDA's website or learn more about Emily's background on Pentagram's website.

3 Techniques Bill Clinton Uses To Wow An Audience

Sam Harrison shares his perspective on Bill Clinton's presentation skills in his article on FAST COMPANY. Sam will be sharing with UCDA Design Conference attendees ways we can better present our work in his session "From NO to GO: Getting the Go-Ahead for Your Ideas." http://www.fastcompany.com/3001087/3-techniques-bill-clinton-uses-wow-audience

Mobile Success Stories

Paskill Stapleton & Lord showcases before and after shots of a few of their mobile success stories. Bill Hurlburt from PS&L, will cover Effective Mobile Marketing for Higher Education at the UCDA Design Conference.

http://www.psandl.com/mobile/case-studies.php#

FREE Business Cards for Conference Attendees

MOO is offering 50 free business cards for those attending the UCDA Design Conference. Order by October 3 and pick up during the conference (great if you forget yours when packing or just want some cool cards to network with!) moo.com/link/h8wu

Print + Web: Can This Marriage Be Saved?

General session speaker, Scott Dasse is the Creative Director for Interactive Design at Boston University. Among many of the in-house agency's projects is the impressive alumni magazine of Boston University, Bostonia. Customized for each issue, the website's content refreshes both with new articles and a new look. Experience both current and past issues.

At the 2012 UCDA Design Conference, Scott will discuss the relationship between print and web during his general session Print + Web: Can This Marriage Be Saved? on Tuesday, October 16. As both a designer and a technologist, Scott will share his experience in creating a singular print and web product whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts.