CMS Expo 2009 Session Schedule

Below is the CMS Training Schedule for the 2009 CMS Expo in Evanston, Illinois, covering Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 29th, 30th and May 1st. Wednesday is Pre-Conference Day. It includes the Ultimate CMS Showdown (comparing Drupal, WordPress and Joomla!) hosted by George DeMet; The CMS Comparison for Higher Education, hosted by Nathan Gerber; and for beginners, check out the CMS KickStart^TM Sessions to help you get up to speed on Joomla, Drupal and Plone.

Wednesday, April 29th: Pre-Conference Sessions
12:30p	The Ultimate CMS Showdown: Find the Right Solution For the Job 12:30 - 2pm \| 9th Floor - Hinman Auditorium	Content Management & Higher Education: Solutions For Your Institution 12:30 - 2pm \| 2nd Floor - Grand Ballroom
2:00	Joomla! CMS KickStart Training: Basic Training for Joomla! CMS 2:00 - 5:30 \| 2nd Floor - Grand Ballroom
	Drupal CMS KickStart Training: Basic Training for Drupal CMS 2:00 - 5:30 \| 9th Floor - Hinman Auditorium
	What About Plone? An Introduction to Plone CMS 2:00 - 5:30pm \| 2nd Floor - Evans Room
8:30	Pre-Conference Meetup at The Prairie Moon Pub All Attendees Are Invited (pay as you go) (Map it)

Thursday, April 30th: Booths Open for Business 7:30 am - 4:30 pm
7:30a	CMS Expo Sign-In and Breakfast
8:30	Welcoming Keynote Addresses: Matt Asay \| Wilco Jansen
	Track I: Joomla! 2nd Floor: Ballroom	Track II: Drupal 2nd Floor: Heritage	Track III: Alfresco 2nd Floor: Evans	Track IV: Foundations 9th Floor: Bonbright	Track V: Business 9th Floor: James	Track VI: Power Apps 9th Floor: Rogers
9:30	Joomla! SiteBuilder I	Drupal SiteBuilder I	Intro to Alfresco	Linux Primer	Application Support	Community Builder
10:30	Joomla Developer I	Drupal Developer I	Alfresco Developer I	JavaScript & JQuery	SEO Best Practices	Geo CMS
11:30	Lunch Break and Keynotes: Nancy Garrity \| Mitch Pirtle
1:30p	Joomla! Template Dsn I	Drupal Theme Dsn I	Alfresco CMIS Implement	Killer Photoshop	ROI In a GPL World	CMSaaS On a Cloud
2:30	Joomla! Admin	Drupal Admin	Alfresco Doc Mgmt	Design Basics	Case Study Jelly Telly	Jentla Defines Multisite CMS
3:30	Business Networking Break - Visit Expo Booths
5:00	North By Northwestern Night On the Town!

After a Day of Web Learning & Meeting New Friends, It's Time For Some Fun!
CMS Expo is hosting North By Northwestern Night!

Friday, May 1st: Booths Open for Business 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
7:30a	CMS Expo Sign-In and Breakfast
	Track I: Joomla! 2nd Floor: Ballroom	Track II: Drupal 2nd Floor: Heritage	Track III: Alfresco 2nd Floor: Evans	Track IV: Foundations 9th Floor: Bonbright	Track V: Business 9th Floor: James	Track VI: Power Apps 9th Floor: Rogers
8:30a	Joomla! SiteBuilder II	Drupal SiteBuilder II	Alfresco SiteBuilder	PHP Techniques	Tech- preneurs	KickApps
10:00	Joomla Developer II	Drupal Developer II	Alfresco Developer II	CSS Done Right	Google Analytics	QueryPath
11:30	Lunch Keynote - Jarrod Gingras Business Networking & Giveaways
1:00p	Joomla! Template Dsn II	Drupal Theme Dsn II	Plone: SugarCRM Integration	Secure Your Server	Usability Testing	WordPress For Joomla!
2:30	Break
3:00	Socialize Your Joomla Site	Socialize Your Drupal Site	Web 2.0	DataBasics	Project Mgmt	Magento
4:30	Interactive Panel Discussion - Audience Q & A
6:00p	Close of Expo \| Drawings \| Thanks for Coming!

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