OpenCms Days 2011 - Conference and Expo

January 12, 2011

OpenCms Days 2011 - May 09 to May 10, 2011

OpenCms Days 2011 will take place from Monday, May 09 to Tuesday, May 10, 2011 in Cologne, Germany.

The OpenCms 8 User Experience

OpenCms 8 will bring a major update of the content manager user interface. The new Advanced Direct Edit feature will allow content managers to create, modify and publish new pages directly with drag & drop on their web pages, making OpenCms much more user friendly.

The final version of OpenCms 8 will be made available for public download on the first day of the conference. A release candidate version of OpenCms 8 will be downloadable earlier.

The conference will provide a unique opportunity to learn about the new features of OpenCms 8 directly from the developers.

OpenCms Days 2011 conference will feature 2 parallel tracks with Showcase and Workshop sessions:

  • Showcase track sessions will present a variety of OpenCms show cases and best practices from OpenCms projects all over the world.
  • Workshop sessions for developers provide in-depth, hands-on presentations and workshops about the new technical features in OpenCms 8.

At the OpenCms Days 2011 conference expo, OpenCms solution providers will exhibit their OpenCms business solutions and enhancements.

OpenCms Days 2011 is targeted towards an international audience. The language spoken at the event is English, and all presentations will be held in English language.

Registration price:

Early bird registration (by March 15): 180,- Euro
Normal registration (after March 15): 200,- Euro

The full program and list of speakers will be available March 16, 2011 from the conference website.

OpenCms Days 2011 conference and expo is an event organized by Alkacon Software GmbH. The goal of the event is to promote OpenCms and strengthen the OpenCms community.

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