The Zap Your PRAM Conference is a gathering of creative professionals, academics, and intriguing people from around the world interested in design, the web and emerging technologies. We come together to relax and discuss design, media, art and technology.
To ensure diversity in point of view, interests, approach, and personality, the conference is by invitation only and limited to 50 attendees. If it feels like you should be invited, please ask.
Zap is not just a conference about technology, the internet, or gadgetry. It is not a yearly event nor is it a conference with a clear distinction between “presenters” and “attendees”. There are no paid speakers, no keynote addresses, no plenary sessions, no trade show, and no exhibitors.
Zap is not in a hotel with televisions or phones. You may not even have cell phone reception.
Zap is an opportunity to step outside the day–to–day cacophony, to take a broader view. Zap is intentionally remote and rural and is a conference where everyone is encouraged to contribute something—a session, a story, a discussion, a point of view.
Zap is for people who don't like going to conferences.
Zap is organized by Steven Garrity, Dan James, Peter Rukavina and a few of our friends. Zap is not a business, or a profit-making exercise. Conference fees cover costs, and everyone pays their own way.
The site was originally built as a private cottage in 1895. We'll have the entire place to ourselves. This is about as far from an Airport Hotel conference setting as you can get. Map of the Resort.If you read this and think “these guys are crazy”, then you probably don't want to come to Zap. However; if you read this and think “these guys are crazy, but it sounds like this might be a lot of fun”, then you should contact us now, because we'd really like to have you here.