OpenCms Days 2008 - Program Overview

OpenCms Days 2008 conference featured 2 parallel tracks with Business and Technical sessions:

  • Business sessions did focus on OpenCms showcases, best practices, industry discussions and management decision making insights to OpenCms.
  • Technical sessions were targeted towards developers and provided in-depth, hands-on presentations and workshops about OpenCms technical features.

Find below the track overview of the OpenCms Days 2008.

More information about the individual sessions is available in the list of sessions.

You can also download the conference program as a PDF file.

Day One - Monday, May 5 2008

09:00 - 10:15
Registration
10:15 - 10:30
Conference welcome
Moderator: Arash Kaffamanesh
10:30 - 11:30
Conference Opening Keynote - Status of the OpenCms project
Keynote speaker: Alexander Kandzior
11:30 - 12:00
Break
12:00 - 13:00
BUSINESS TRACK
OpenCms at the Royal Library of Denmark
Speaker: Carl Alex Friis Nielsen
TECHNICAL TRACK
Building Dynamic Websites with OpenCms and jQuery
Speaker: Matt Butcher
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
BUSINESS TRACK
Change & Challenge: Switching 15 complex insurance sites to OpenCms
Speaker: Christian Schöneich
TECHNICAL TRACK
Secrets of using the OpenCms Content Relationship Engine (CRE)
Speaker: Michael Moossen
15:00 - 15:15
Break
15:15 - 16:00
BUSINESS TRACK
www.gardena.com - a global flash based site with OpenCms

Speakers:
Heribert Wettels, Alexander Lehn
TECHNICAL TRACK
Leveraging the Direct Manipulation Capabilities of OpenCms
Speaker: Konrad Wulf
16:00 - 16:15
Break
16:15 - 17:00
BUSINESS TRACK
OpenCms in Spain

Speaker: Alejandro Alves
TECHNICAL TRACK
Using and extending OpenCms search capabilities
Speaker: Claus Priisholm
17:00
Day 1 End

Day One - Evening (optional)

19:00 - 22.00
OpenCms Days 2008 Conference Dinner

Spend the evening dining with speakers of the OpenCms Days 2008 conference.

Please note: The Conference Dinner is not included in the registration fee for OpenCms Days. Tickets for the Dinner must be purchased separately in advance!

Day Two - Tuesday, May 6 2008

09:00 - 09:15
Day 2 Welcome
09:15 - 10:15
BUSINESS TRACK
A Guide to the Java OS Web Content Management Landscape
Speaker: Seth Gottlieb
TECHNICAL TRACK
Creating savings with OpenCms multi site functionality
Speaker: Olli Aro
10:15 - 10:30
Break
10:30 - 11:30
BUSINESS TRACK
Discussing OpenCms Workplace usability
Speaker: Christian Weber
TECHNICAL TRACK
Build Procedure for OpenCms based Projects using Maven 2
Speaker: Felix Noz
11:30 - 12:00
Break
12:00 - 13:00
BUSINESS TRACK
Qimonda Intranet: creative, passionate and fast
Speaker: Hannes Distler
TECHNICAL TRACK
Single sign-on enabled OpenCms
Speaker: Pavel Slavícek
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
BUSINESS TRACK
OpenCms @ Bayer

Speaker: Pascal Hollenbrock
TECHNICAL TRACK
Developing custom widgets in OpenCms
Speaker: Dan Liliedahl
15:00 - 15:15
Break
15:15 - 16:00
BUSINESS TRACK
Breaking down the door: OpenCms in the UK market

Speaker: Jonathan Grove
TECHNICAL TRACK
Do you speak ... ? - Integration of other scripting languages than JSP
Speaker: Sebastian Himberger
16:00 - 16:15
Break
16:15 - 17:00
Conference roundup discussion panel
Moderator: Arash Kaffamanesh
17:00
Conference End

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