Joomla Day Chicago 2012 Schedule

The second annual Joomla! Day Chicago 2012 Business Expo and Learning Conference event is a highly Joomla focused event that will have two levels of focus this year.

On the first day (The Business Day) we will be showcasing how Joomla is a solution for big business. We will be focusing on large corporate enterprise and education solutions that are using Joomla within their businesses. This first day will have a very professional "white glove" type of atmosphere focusing on the professional community. Professional Attire is required for all presenters and staff working the event.


The second day of the event will be a more generally relaxed community day. This day will be more focused on the users and site implementers and casual attire. This will be more like a typical unconference style event that most Joomla Day events are like.

Friday Aug 10th – Business Day

8:30

Registration Open - Coffee

10:00

Welcome Session
(Mike Carson)

10:15

Sponsor Intros

10:45

Keynote: Joomla + Microsoft and Beyond
(Grace Francisco - Microsoft)

11:00

Squeeze Maximum Performance
From Your Joomla Website
(Tenko Nikolov)

Microsoft Technologies and Joomla
(Robert Jacobi)

 

Secrets of Getting an A+ Joomla!
Reputation and Attracting A+ Clients

(Joe Sonne)

 

12:15

Integrating Joomla and CS-Cart For
The Ultimate Joomla Ecommerce Solution
Case Study: SourceBooks.com
(Robert Nowak: Aulent Group)
(Nick Martinelli: Sourcebooks, Inc.)

Building Community Websites
With Joomla
Case Study: My Puget Sound
(Christopher Nielsen - CNP Integrations)

1:00

Lunch

2:00

Keynote: Where is Joomla going?
(Joe LeBlanc)

2:30

Enterprise Joomla in the Clouds
Case Study: Boston Children's Hospital
(Sarah Mahoney: Boston Children's Hospital)

3:15

Harnessing the power of social networks for your Joomla site
(Alex Andreae)

Super Charge your Sales through Inbound Marketing: A Complete Guide
(Gabe Wahhab)


RFP's, Proposals, Contracts: From Freelance to Professional
(Mike Carson)


Double Session Workshop

4:15

Hacking Extensions the Right Way - An Intro to Template Overrides
(Chad Windnagle)

Responsive Web Design
(Dennis Kmetz)

6:00

Closing Remarks

7:00

 

Social Dinner Banquet / Recognition Ceremony
DJ and special appearance by The Blues Brothers
(Sponsored by Microsoft)

 

Saturday Aug 11th – Community Day

9:00

Websites In The Cloud
(Brian Prince)

Get your Nerd on: Technical SEO
(Jessica Dunbar)

 

Mobile Joomla Strategies and Techniques
(Cory Webb)

10:15

Migrating From
Drupal CMS to Joomla CMS
(Jon Neubauer)

Improving your SEO
campaign with sh404SEF

(Victor Drover)

Website Security
(Phil DeKoker)

11:30

Site Planning 101: What you should know about planning and building a website with Joomla
(Kendall Cabe)

Role Based ACL
(Randy Carey)

Checkout Your Options for J2.5 Ecommerce
(Deb Cinkus)

12:30

Lunch


1:00

Keynote: Paul Orwig
(OSM President)

1:30

Meet Joomla 3.0
(Brian Teeman)

2:15

Twitter Bootstrap: The new face of Joomla
(Jonathan Shroyer)

Building Web Applications
Using The Joomla Platform
(Jeremy Wilken)

Migrating Your Joomla 1.5
Web Site to Joomla 2.5
(Justin Kerr)

3:30

Joomla Platform: Joomla Development and You
(Elin Waring)

4:00 Open Discussion: Joomla and Beyond
(Andrea Tarr)
4:30 Stump The Chumps: All Speakers Panel Discussion

5:00

Closing Remarks

This schedule is subject to updates and changes without notice.