Ah yes, this is indeed a glorious era for learning and networking. There are conferences and webinars coming out our ears, wifi spots a-plenty, 3G data services galore and if you're lucky, sponsored drinks at the bar.
So, what say you to some mingling? If you’d like to get out and partake in a solid (or virtual) handshake or two, our weekly events list is designed to help. Every Tuesday (or sometimes Thursday) we plug as many relevant events as we can find into the big list and publish it, just for you.
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Are we missing something? Don’t hesitate to add your event to our events calendar (view all events). And if you've got feedback on the coming events — good or bad — do share it in the comments below.
August Events
August 6 (London): Umbraco Meetup
A day of Umbraco fun, networking, socialising - we've got swag to give away including umbraco.tv subscriptions!
August 8-9 (Los Angeles): Drupal Camp
DrupalCampLA is the annual FREE conference organized by LA Drupal to unite and improve the Drupal Development Community in Los Angeles and the Greater Southern California Area.
August 10-14 (New York): Intensive Alfresco Training
If you are about to start an Alfresco development project, Alfresco are offering an accelerated option to get you up to speed as quickly as possible to develop with Alfresco. This intensive course is for new developers on Alfresco.
August 11-14 (San Jose): Search Engine Strategies
Each year, marketers, corporate decision makers, webmasters and search engine marketers (SEMs), including pay per click (PPC) advertisers and search engine optimization (SEO) professionals gather here to attend SES San Jose. Approximately 6,000 search and digital enthusiasts are expected in 2009. Your customers, colleagues and competition will be in attendance — will you?
August 12-13 (San Francisco): Open Source World
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo® is expanding to become OpenSource World™ and is co-locating with Next Generation Data Center™ and CloudWorld™ to offer an end-to-end view of enterprise technology within the data center.
August 12-13 (San Francisco): Cloud World
CloudWorld will bring together the users of Web-centric software, infrastructure and services designed to drive acceptance and deployment of cloud computing in the data center.
August 17 (Reno): Joomla Beginner Training
Learn all about Joomla 1.5 and begin managing your website like a pro. You'll learn how to build a Joomla website, from content organization, optimization, working with extensions and basic web marketing.
August 24 (New Orleans): Joomla Beginner Training
Learn all about Joomla 1.5 and begin managing your website like a pro. You'll learn how to build a Joomla website, from content organization, optimization, working with extensions and basic web marketing.
August 28-29 (Ukraine): Drupal Camp Kyiv
The largest conference for Drupal developers in Eastern Europe - DrupalCamp Kyiv
DrupalCamp Kyiv is a two day period of close contact between the Drupal developers from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. This year the event will gather around 200 specialists and enthusiasts for communicating, experience and ideas exchange.
September Events
September 1 (Paris): DrupalCon
Building on the success of previous DrupalCons we have included all the core features you’d expect, high quality sessions and keynotes from Drupal leaders. Plus, for the first time, we are introducing a Business day and a Drupal Job fair to further increase your networking opportunies.
September 9-10 (San Francisco): Aberdeen's CMO Summit
Aberdeen’s CMO Summit 2009: Best-in-Class Marketing Insights for Enhancing Customer Relationships
September 9-11 (San Francisco): X Change Web Analytics Conference
X Change is the premier conference for professionals in web analytics. At X Change we bring together a select group of the best minds in web measurement in a world-class setting for two days of in-depth conversation in a unique peer to peer format.
September 10-11 (Switzerland): Magnolia CMS Conference
This technical conference brings together Magnolia users, developers and administrators in one place. Through expert instruction, hands-on tutorials and case studies, attendees will gain the knowledge they need to rapidly build simple open source content management solutions with Magnolia CMS.
September 14-15 (San Francisco): TechCrunch 50
Last year, we hosted 250 start-ups and early-stage companies pitching to nearly 2,000 attendees, including 200 corporate buyers, VCs and angels and more than 150 members of the press.
We're proud of our irreverent history, and we're back for v3.0.
September 15-16 (Toronto): IDEA Conference
IDEA2009 brings together the world’s foremost thinkers and practitioners: sharing the big ideas that inspire, along with practical solutions for the ways people’s lives and systems are converging to affect society.
September 19 (Atlanta): Drupal Camp
Drupalcamp Atlanta is an attendee driven, completely volunteer initiative modeled after the open, participatory nature of barcamps. The event is catered towards those who have a like-minded interest in Drupal or simply want to find out more about Drupal in general.
September 24-25 (Huntsville): Collaborate Conference
The Collaborate Conference affords clients, VARs, and Partners an opportunity to explore best practices and see all the newest features and functionality of CNG’s solution first hand.September 26-27 (Sheffield): CMS Made Simple Geek Moot
The developers of CMS Made Simple have finalized plans for the yearly developer conference. However, there is one major change… we're inviting you to join us.
On 26-27 September, CMSMS will host the first public Geek Moot event at The Showroom in Sheffield, UK. There will be plenty of presentations by the devs and others, events, networking and just general geeking out. There are plans for evening events in the works and they will be announced soon.
September 28-29 (Atlanta): Hannon Hill Cascade Server User Conference
Last year's Cascade Server User's Conference was a huge success, and we're already working on making this year's even better. We'll be offering more user-driven sessions, more hands-on functionality-related demos, more basic-user intro sessions, and more case studies. You'll have the opportunity to learn more about Cascade, interact directly with the Hannon Hill team, and learn from and share your experiences with other users
September 30 - October 1 (Washington, DC): Rethinking Corporate Communications
In its second year, RETHINKING CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS is an interactive and intimate conference for corporate, government and non-profit communicators. Learn from the most perceptive thought leaders the skills and best practices essential for business success this year.
October Events
October 1-2 (Paris): Open World Forum
The Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) movement is revolutionizing IT strategies and the software industry.
October 4-7 (Los Angeles): Adobe MAX
MAX 2009 is an extraordinary opportunity to learn new skills, explore emerging technologies, and connect with thousands of other industry leaders, Adobe products users, and Adobe teams.
October 8 (Utrecht): Hartman Event
The HartmanEVENT will teach you everything about strategies, methodologies, techniques and tools to get value from your information. On October 8, meet national and international gurus and peers who will combine theory and best practices in an educating and interactive style.
October 11-15 (San Francisco): Oracle Open World
Oracle OpenWorld 2009 is your opportunity to be a part of the conversation. And this year, based on your feedback, we’re inviting customers, partners, and developers to play an even larger role in the show.
October 12-15 (Vienna): IFRA Expo
IFRA Expo is the international communication platform for the newspaper industry and its suppliers, covering the entire range of products and services for newspaper magazine production and bringing together the right people in the right atmosphere
October 12-13 (London): CDN Strategies Summit
This event will evaluate the rapidly changing CDN landscape, and using case studies examine market entry and expansion strategies, and options for technical architecture. The event is designed as a forum for executives in the CDN market, their suppliers and investors to educate their investment decisions.
October 15 (London): Global Information Management Conference
Hear the challenges our customers faced when supporting their global markets, how they addressed their multilingual content requirements by adopting a Global Information Management strategy, encompassing authoring, content management and translation.
October 15-18 (Orlando): 54th ARMA International Conference
This is the premier event in the records and information management field, drawing more than 4,000 professionals from around the world.
October 19-22 (Las Vegas): Microsoft SharePoint Conference
If you’re an IT Professional, an IT Decision Maker, an Architect or a Developer you will find a deep set of technical content to give you a kick start for SharePoint 2010 and further your skills and knowledge with SharePoint Server 2007.
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