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Adobe VP John Loiacono to Headline Photoshop World Conference Opening Keynote

By Scott on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at 5:14 am | Photoshop.

Great news! John Loiacono, Adobe’s Senior Vice President of Creative Solutions, will be the featured keynote presenter at the opening keynote at Photoshop World Las Vegas (the morning of September 4th). Johnny L. (as he’s known to friends, and previous Photoshop World keynote crowds) is definitely not “a suit” (if you’ve ever seen one of his presentations, you know he’s totally “one of us”), and he’s a very engaging, and downright fun presenter to watch.

But all that aside, one of the of the things I like best about having Johnny L. as our featured presenter is that he uses Photoshop World as a platform to either launch a new Adobe product (like he did when he launched the Lightroom 2 Public Beta at Photoshop World in Orlando), or he uses it to give the crowd on hand a sneak peak at some unreleased Adobe “future technology,” which is always amazing.

If you’re going to the keynote, make sure you get there early to get a good seat (by the way; our keynote theme this year is somewhat of a Star Trek parody. That’s all I’m gonna say). See you at the keynote!

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I’m attending Photoshop World for the first time and I can’t wait to see your opening act and listen to what Johnny L will announce!!! Can’t wait!!!

Mike Lao on July 24th, 2008 at 6:18 am

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Lightroom 2 release?

David Bier on July 24th, 2008 at 6:39 am

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Not a suite I guess! When I saw him speak in Vegas last year, I was floored because he really is one of us as you say. I wish I could go to PSW this year.

For all of you who have never been to this event, it is worth every penney. The book alone is worth the price of admission.

EVERY THING ELSE IS A BONUS!!

See ya Scott,

Mike

Mike on July 24th, 2008 at 8:45 am

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Hey Scott, I would love to watch a Photoshop World Keynote, however I am away over in Ireland and flights to get there are just beyond my budget at the moment, but I hope to take in a Photoshop world someday. Is there any possiblity that the Keynote might be video’d and maybe placed online for other NAPP members or Kelby training viewers to watch? (would be a small consolation for missing out on Photoshop World)

David on July 24th, 2008 at 5:41 pm