CMS Unconference

Update 2020: The series will be continued under a new title: Open Web Lounge.

The offical CMS Garden conference is an UnConference or BarCamp: Any session (prepared or spontaneously) will be announced informally. Whoever would be interested in a certain topic may post this as well. Usually there will be someone willing to hold a lecture on it. We know from many common activities that it need no more organization than this for a fertile sharing of expertise. Let yourself be inspired, educated, enthused!

And we have the perfect location for this event: The Unperfekthaus ("imperfecthouse") in Essen offers a variety of rooms in different size, creative atmosphere, a rooftop terrace, kicker table and many more highlights. The entry fee includes a flatrate for coffee specialties and cold drinks and there's a tasty buffet all day long.

Twitter hashtag: #cmsgconf

Agenda (outline)

Sessions schedule will be settled on friday evening/saturday morning. Prepare for 45 minutes per session (including questions and answers).

Friday

06 pm - 08 pm

Arrival, get-together, collecting session topics

08 pm

Dinner, drinking, meeting/making friends

Saturday

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Round of introductions (people + topics)

11:00 am - 01:30 pm

Sessions (see below)

01:30 pm - 02:30 pm

Lunch

02:30 pm - 06:30 pm

Sessions

06:30 pm

Dinner, networking

Sunday

10:00 am - 01:00 pm

Sessions

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

Lunch

afterwards

further exchange/networking

Tickets/fees

There will be no attendance fee (but feel free to offer sponsoing or a donation to the CMS Garden Association). Just let us know you're coming so we can reserve rooms of appropriate sizes!
Registration and organization of sessions will be provided by OpenSpacer.

Costs: Unperfekthaus charges a consumption fee for flat-rate drinks (depending on the duration of your daily stay) plus a variable fee for the food buffet (between 8 and 35 Euro per day, see www.unperfekthaus.de/restaurant)

Sessions

Bring your (!) own topics, no matter if you can hold a lecture, just want to suggest a session topic or invite to a discussion. Suggest your topic at OpenSpacer. Here's some inspiration:

• security and safety
• technical talk about your favorite cms/extension
• success story about how you customers benefit from open source applications
• multilanguage concepts
• agile project management
• offer calculation
• multiple-device design
• APIs
• accessibility
• privacy
• sustainable community-building
• usability
• test-driven development
• Contao, Joomla!, Plone, Drupal, WordPress, ScientificCMS, Umbraco, CONTENIDO, TYPO3, eZ Platform, Alchemy CMS, Neos ... or any other wonderful open source cms ... what do they have in common, what are the differences, how to evaluate ...

Friendliness, respect, and fun are always present. Feel welcome to join!

Support

You'd like to support this UnConference? Please contact sponsoring@cms-garden.org.

Accommodation

You will find several friendly and affordable hotels in walking distance from Unperfekthaus. Better book without breakfast as we will have this together at the venue.

How to get there ...and where to find a car park

From Essen's main railway station (Essen Hauptbahnhof) it's a nice 15 min walk through the pedestrian zone.

Car drivers beware, the car park at Limbecker Platz is not open 24/7. Make sure you can collect your car at your preferred time or chose one of the other car parks in the central city.

Unperfekthaus gives very detailed information about how to get there and where to park your car on their website (German only).