You're Invited! May 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2010

7:30 am

Sign-In ~ Breakfast ~ Exhibit Booths Open For Business 7:30 - 5:30

8:00

Welcome To CMS Expo
CMS Head-to-Head: How To Evaluate and Select the Right CMS For Your Business
Moderated Interactive Panel of CMS Industry Leaders (Grand Ballroom)

Noon

Lunch In the Grand Ballroom ~ Keynote
(Interactive Roundtables ~ "Unconference-Style" ~ 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

Case Study
Video Content Management

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

Open Source
Developer
Workshop

Tienda
E-Commerce
For Joomla!

6:00

Dinner Break
(Dinner is on your own. See restaurant listing in the CMSX Attendee Welcome Packet )

7:30

Meetup Monday:
Joomla! Meetup
(Downtown)

Meetup Monday:
Drupal Meetup
(Downtown)

Meetup Monday:
WordPress Meetup
(Downtown)

Meetup Monday:
Business Networking Meetup
(Downtown)

7:30 am

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

8:00

Tuesday Morning Keynote
(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
Administration

7 Habits Of
Effective Websites

jQuery In
88 Minutes

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

Lunch and Keynote
(Grand Ballroom)

1:00

Joomla! Template
Design 1

Drupal Basic
Development

WP Frameworks
& Child Themes

Twitter For
Business

User Experience
Fundamentals

FlexiContent
Advanced CMS
For Joomla!

2:30

Joomla!
Administration

Drupal
Basic Design

WP Ecommerce & Must-Have Plugins

Training For
CMS Clients

Web Design
Essentials

Multi-Site
For Drupal

4:00

Interactive Panel Discussion - Audience Q & A
(Grand Ballroom)

5:30

North By Northwestern Night

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

Wednesday Morning Keynote
(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

Web Project
Management

Interactive Panel: MySQL v Mongo
Head-To-Head

Prothemer
Morph Theming
For Multi-CMSes

10:00

Joomla!
Development 2

Drupal
Advanced
Design

WordPress
Advanced
SiteBuilder

An Enterprise
State of Mind

Secure
Your Server

ProjectFork
Project Manager
For Joomla!

11:30

Lunch and Keynote
(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

Social Marketing
Reality Check

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

Pods CMS
Advanced CMS
For WordPress

4:00

CMSA Spotlight Awards Presentation ~ Celebrating the Best CMS-Powered Websites, Apps & More
(Grand Ballroom)

5:30

Closing Address ~ Drawings and Major Prize Giveaways!
(Grand Ballroom)

7:00

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