Thank You For An Electrifying Conference!

Keep That CMS Community Spirit Glowing Strong!

The 2010 CMS Expo is now over, but thanks to an amazing line-up of speakers and sponsors, along with awesome attendees, the spirit of community is glowing with excitement!  Over 300 participants from around the globe enjoyed a wildly successful event. CMS Expo helps Content Management pros choose and use the best web content management software available on the market today. Whether you're a designer, developer, admin or marketer, CMS Expo is the once-a-year "must-go" conference to help you learn more, and earn more!

Check out all the great photos! (thanks to Monty Ksycki)

Thank you to all the 2010 CMS Expo Sponsors! View the 2010 Program Book!

Planning For 2011

Thank you to all the folks who participated in this year's CMS Expo, held May 3rd-5th, 2010. We'll be taking the month of June to gather up all the feedback and response from this year's participants, and plan an even better 2011 conference! We look forward to hearing from everyone involved! 

 

2011 Call For CMS Entries

Make sure your CMS is featured at the 2011 CMS Expo Learning & Business Conference!  Contact the CMS Association today to request an application.


2010 CMS Expo Schedule


7:30 am

Sign-In ~ Breakfast ~ Welcome at 8:00 AM in the Ballroom |  Exhibit Booths Open For Business 7:30 - 5:30

8:00

Welcome To CMS Expo  ~ CMS Association Welcome
Interactive Panel ~ "How To Choose the Right CMS For Your Business"
Intro by Tony White Ars Logica. Featured Leaders from Joomla!, Drupal, WordPress, Plone, eZPublish, ImpressCMS & Hippo CMS
(Grand Ballroom - For a detailed analysis of the Ars Logica Report, attend Tony's 90-minute learning session!)

 

Joomla!TM Track
(James Room)

DrupalTM Track
(Bonbright Room)

WordPressTM Track
(Rogers Room)

PloneTM Track
(Cummings Room)

CMS Business
(Hinman Aud)

CMS Foundations
(Holgate Room)

Power Track
(Haven Room)

9:30

Future
Roadmap:
Joomla! CMS

Future
Roadmap:
Drupal CMS

Future
Roadmap:
WordPress CMS

Future
Roadmap:
Plone CMS




10:30

 CMS KickStart1
Joomla!
Introduction		 CMS KickStart 1
Guided Tour
of Drupal		 CMS KickStart 1 WordPress
Introduction

CMS Kickstart 1 Plone
Guided Tour

 Results-Driven
Marketing
Research
 Extremely Useful
CSS Techniques

Siruna
Mobile CMS
For Multi-CMSes

Noon

All-Attendee Luncheon
"Positive Impact: Using Open Source CMS To Make a Difference For Non-Profits"
Keynote by Ryan Ozimek, Open Source Matters Board President ~ The JoomlaTM Project
Interactive Roundtables follow luncheon ~ "Unconference-Style" meetings from 1:30 - 4:30 in the Grand Ballroom

1:30

CMS KickStart 2
Joomla! Content
and Navigation

CMS KickStart 2
Top Modules
for Drupal

CMS KickStart 2
WordPress Dashboard

CMS KickStart 2
Top Modules
For Plone

Open Source
Business
Built Right

Ground-Up
JavaScript

Integrate Video
Into Your
Business Plan

3:00

CMS KickStart 3 Joomla! Templates
and Extensions

CMS KickStart 3
Drupal Site Administration

CMS KickStart 3
WordPress Themes and Plug-Ins

CMS KickStart 3
Plone Site Administration

On the Money
With Google
Analytics

Write Answers:
Writing For
The Web

QueryPath
PHP Library For
Multi-CMSes

4:30

Interactive Panel:
Joomla! In Action

Interactive Panel:
Drupal In Action

Interactive Panel:
WordPress
In Action

Plone at Rice Univ
Connexions
& Lightning Talks

Maximum ROI:
Proven Usability Techniques

Alfresco
CMIS

Tienda
E-Commerce
For Joomla!

6:00

Dinner and "Meetup Monday!" ~ Business & Social Networking
Dinner is on your own. See restaurant listing in the CMSX Attendee Welcome Packet

7:30

Joomla! Meetup
Celtic Knot

Drupal Meetup
Bravo!

WordPress Meetup
Buffalo Wild Wings

Plone Meetup
Hotel Orrington

Business Networking Meetup
Panel Discussion: Publishers' Panel
Hotel Orrington

 

7:30 am

Sign-in ~ Breakfast ~ Exhibit Booths Open For Business
(Booth open 7:30 am - 5:30 pm)

8:00

Keynote by Dries Buytaert: "Community-Powered Innovation"
How Community-Driven Software Is Changing the Business Landscape
Grand Ballroom


Joomla! Track
(James)

Drupal Track
(Bonbright)

WordPress Track
(Rogers)

Plone Track
(Cummings)

Business Track
(Hinman)

Foundations Track
(Holgrate)

PowerTrack
(Haven)

8:30

Joomla!
SiteBuilder 1

Drupal
SiteBuilding 1

WordPress Hosting
and Security

Plone
Site Theming

7 Habits Of
Effective Websites

JavaScript Libraries:
Head to Head

DrupalCommerce
E-Commerce

10:00

Joomla!
Development 1

Drupal
Sitebuilding 2

How to Choose
WordPress
Themes

Plone for
Education

Strategic
ECommerce

This Is
Adobe Air

MongoDB
Non-Relational DB

11:30

All-Attendee Luncheon
Interactive Panel: Publisher's Panel
Moderator: Eric Benderoff (Bendable Media) leads this media panel today!
Grand Ballroom

1:00

Joomla! Template
Design 1

Drupal Basic
Development

WP Frameworks
& Child Themes

Plone
Content Types
& Workflows

Twitter For
Business

( NEW! )
Usability Testing
Workshop

FlexiContent
Advanced CMS
For Joomla!

2:30

Joomla! Hosting
and Security

Drupal
Basic Design

WP Ecommerce & Must-Have Plugins

Plone Usability &
Sneak Peek at
Plone 4.0!

Training For
CMS Clients

Web Design
Essentials

Multi-Site
For Drupal

4:00

Interactive Panel: Audience Q & A & Discussion On the Future of Content Management
Grand Ballroom

5:30

North By Northwestern Night Social

Great Food and LIVE Musical Entertainment Downtown Evanston!
Enjoy dinner and a great night on the town with friends
(details & specials in your Attendee Welcome Kit)

 

7:30 am

Sign-in   |   Breakfast   |   Exhibits Open For Business
(Exhibit booths open 7:30 am - 5:30 pm)

8:00

Keynote: "Now Is the Time To Raise the Bar"
Author Tom Canavan presents a call to arms by clients to demand outstanding support from the OS software community
(Grand Ballroom)


Joomla! Track
(James Room)

Drupal Track
(Bonbright Room)

WordPress Track
(Rogers Room)

Plone Track
(Cummings)

Business Track
(Hinman Auditorium)

Foundations Track
(Holgrate Room)

CMS PowerTrack
(Haven Room)

8:30

Joomla!
SiteBuilder 2

Drupal
Advanced Development

WordPress by
Design

Plone Security,
SaaS, SOA

WCM For Any
Channel and
Any User

MySQL or
NoSQL?

Templating With
Joomla
Gantry Framework

10:00

Joomla!
Development 2

Drupal
Advanced
Design

WordPress
Advanced
SiteBuilder

Plone for
Associations
and Subsites

Scaling Towards
an Enterprise
Solution

The Art of
CyberSecurity

ProjectFork
Project Manager
For Joomla!

11:30

All-Attendee Luncheon
Interactive Panel
(Grand Ballroom)

1:00

Joomla!
Template
Design 2

Drupal
SEO/Promotion
Techniques

Tricked Out
WordPress!

Enterprise Plone:
Integrate, Deploy,
Maintain and Optimize

SEO
Best Practices

PHP 5:
Must-Know
Techniques

OS HelpDesk
Great, But How's
The Support?

2:30

Interactive Panel:
Joomla! Recap

Interactive Panel:
Drupal Recap

Interactive Panel:
WordPress Recap

Interactive Panel:
Plone Recap

The Right CMS
for Your Business

Badass CSS:
What They Don't Teach You In
Design School

Pods CMS
Advanced CMS
For WordPress

4:00

The CMSA Spotlight Awards ~ Emcee Ed Swiderski
Come Celebrate the BEST in CMS-Powered Sites, Apps and More!
Ed Swiderski ~ Reality TV Star and Co-Founder of JoomlaChicago User Group, where CMS Expo was born!

5:30

Closing Address & Major Prize Give-aways!
Stay for give-aways including Apple iPads, Wii, Books, software and more!

7:00

Post-Conference Social
(Come Relax! It's Cinco de Mayo!)

2010 CMS Expo Sponsors

CMS Expo Blog Posts

CMSA Spotlight Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the CMSA Spotight Awards, presented at the 2010 CMS Expo! Here are the award winners:

 

Best Web Design Firms of 2009:

The Best Joomla Web Design Firm:  Zuno Studios ~ Los Angeles, California
The Best WordPress Design Firm:  Paper Tower ~ Elgin, Illinois

 

Best App Development Firms of 2009:

The Best Joomla App Development Firm:  iJoomla ~ Long Beach, California

 

Best Apps of 2009:

The Best Joomla App:  JomSocial ~  by Azrul Studios
The Best Plone App:  Plone-Salesforce.com Integration ~  by ifPeople

 

Best CMS-Powered Non-Profit Sites of 2009:

Joomla-Powered Site:  The Morton Arboretum ~  Carrotseed & CloudAccess
Plone-Powered Site:  New Global Citizens ~  ifPeople

 

Best CMS-Powered Business Site of 2009:

Joomla-Powered Business Site: FitPro Online Personal Training ~  The Savvy Group

 

Best CMS-Powered Education Site of 2009:

Plone-Powered Education Site:  Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences ~  jazkarta

 

Congratulations to all the winners, and to the entire CMS Community!
More info and announcements to come on this!

 

CMSX: Conference For The Best In CMS

Check out these photos and more in the CMS Expo Photo Album:

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