Showcasing the Best In the CMS World

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!)

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 Joomla^TM 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

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

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

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

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)

Business Track
(Hinman)

Foundations Track
(Holgrate)

PowerTrack
(Haven)

8:30

Joomla!
SiteBuilder 1

Drupal
SiteBuilding 1

WordPress Hosting
and Security

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

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

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

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)

Business Track
(Hinman Auditorium)

Foundations Track
(Holgrate Room)

CMS PowerTrack
(Haven Room)

8:30

Joomla!
SiteBuilder 2

Drupal
Advanced Development

WordPress by
Design

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

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!

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

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!)