Join Refresh Detroit (opens new window) for “From Documents to Apps: Evolving an Open Web” – in which Molly Holzschlag (opens new window) will discuss the entire state of Web development/design and show the Open Web Technology Stack visually from back end to front end.

About Molly Holzschlag

Molly E. Holzschlag, known to many as “mollydotcom” or just plain “Mols” is an author, teacher and Open Web Evangelist. She has spent the majority of her 25 years in IT working with the Internet, and observed the Web emerge and evolve from its first days at CERN. She has spent the years since educating herself and others about the Web, its languages, and its core philosophies.

Currently an invited expert to the W3C (opens new window), Molly works globally to connect consumers, businesses, Web designers, developers, browser implementors and tool makers; encouraging cultural diplomacy, technical interoperability and professional excellence.

Honored by multiple organizations and sites as one of the most influential women on the Web, a long-time friend and colleague once quipped “If Tim Berners-Lee is the father of the Web, than Molly is its fairy godmother.” Warm, colorful, and interested in everyone’s stories and successes, be sure to say hello at an event or on Twitter: @mollydotcom (opens new window)

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Thanks to Our Sponsors

We are grateful to the following sponsors for helping make this month’s event possible:

Quicken Loans Inc. (opens new window) is the nation’s largest online home lender and a top five retail lender. The company closed a record $30 billion in retail home loan volume across all 50 states in 2011. Quicken Loans generates loan production from five web centers located in Detroit, Ohio and Arizona. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates in 2010 and 2011.

Skidmore Studio (opens new window) is a kick ass design studio based in Detroit’s historic Madison Theatre Building. A fun, fearless and fanatical group, Skidmore is dedicated to generating inspired ideas that translate to extraordinary results. Their team of designers, illustrators and strategists work best with those who appreciate design thinking and have a willingness to build their brand with bold strategy and design.

TechSmith (opens new window) provides more than 50 countries with screen capture and recording software for individual and professional use. Founded in 1987 by William Hamilton, who remains the company’s president today, TechSmith has seven products that do anything from taking screen captures, to screen recording and managing consumer content.

Venue: M@dison Building

This historic theater building, where Detroit came to see what was new, was reshaped as a long-awaited hub for high-tech entrepreneurial activity and special events. Features include inspiring spaces for anchor businesses, a desk-for-a-day environment for enterprising techies, a 150-seat theater for technology events and a rooftop terrace overlooking Comerica Park and Ford Field.

Parking:

The Detroit Tigers will be playing a home game on the night of this event. The game will start at 7:05pm and since the M@dison is located so closely to Comerica Park we suggest you allow plenty of time to arrive and park.

Limited parking will be available at the Detroit Opera House parking structure, located on Farmer Street between Gratiot Avenue and Monroe Street. Cost for parking at the Opera House parking structure is expected to be $20. You may be able to find cheaper parking further away from Tiger Stadium, taking the People Mover, getting off at the Greektown Station, and walking to the M@dison.