Convince Your Boss

Most companies set aside budget for on-going education and personal development in their software teams. A day at Viewport is one of the best-value ways you can spend your learning budget: just £179 for the ticket, one working day, and a train to Liverpool.

What are the benefits?

Ship less code

Teams that know what browsers do natively can ship less code and depend on fewer libraries.
Less refactoring

Using modern CSS and consistent design systems means less duplicated work and fewer layout bugs.
Keep great people

Investing in your team is one of the cheapest ways to keep good people working for you.
Ideas for the whole team

One person’s day out can become a write-up, a learning session, and result in better decisions.

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Here is a ready-made message you can send to your manager to tell them why Viewport is a great place to spend the learning budget.

Hi,

I’d like to attend Viewport, a one-day independent web conference at the Liner Hotel in Liverpool on Friday 14 May 2027.

The talks cover areas that matter to us right now:
- New web platform features: knowing what browsers now do natively means less polyfilling and fewer dependencies to maintain.
- Modern CSS for every screen size: less rework and fewer layout bugs across devices.
- Design systems: more consistent products and less duplicated work across teams.
- Teams that work for neurodivergent colleagues: a better working environment for the whole team, and people who stay.
- Big tech and the web platform: how big tech’s choices about the web affect our users, and what we can do about it.

Speakers include Jake Archibald (Mozilla), Andy Bell (Set Studio), Katie Fenn (Front End North), Parul Singh (Parallel Minds), with more to be announced.

What I’ll bring back:
- A short write-up of the talks for the team
- A learning session for the team on the most useful talks

Cost:
- Ticket: £179, no VAT to add (early bird price until 31 January)
- Time: one working day (it’s on a Friday)
- Viewport can invoice us if that’s easier for finance
- There’s a discount if three or more of us go

Booking before 31 January keeps the ticket at £179. After that it goes up to £229.

Thanks