Free half-day seminar: Plone in Business

October 26th 2010, Bristol UK. This is a one-day standalone event, aimed specifically at end users, managers, analysts, and consultants who are currently using Plone within their organisation. Or those people looking to find out more about Plone with a view to evaluating it for their needs.

Plone, an Open Source Content Management System used throughout the world has a massive following and Plone events are held around the globe. The largest of these is the annual Plone Conference and this year will be held in the UK. Plone is used for developing websites, intranet and portals for corporations, NGOs and the public sector.

This is a one-day standalone event, aimed specifically at end users, managers, analysts, and consultants who are currently using Plone within their organisation. Or those people looking to find out more about Plone with a view to evaluating it for their needs.

This event is separate from the main conference and is free to attend.

This event starts at 12:30pm at the Thistle Grand Hotel, Bristol, UK (after the Plone Community of Practice in the morning) with a Networking lunch, followed by a number of case studies of Plone in action.

 For more details or to register for this free event, go to http://ploneinbusiness.eventbrite.com

12:30 - 13:30

Networking Lunch

13:30 - 14:15

A Comparison of Plone with other CMSs

Mike Grafham

, Deloitte MCS

14:15 - 15:00

Connexions and Enterprise Rhaptos — A Global Education and Plone Success Story

Joel Thierstein

, Connexions / Rice University, USA

15:00 - 15:15

Break

15:15 - 16:00

Open Source Content and Document Management in the Public Sector

Graham Oakes

, Principal, Graham Oakes Ltd

16:00 - 16:45

Citizen Space - Building public engagement and consultation for government in Plone

Gez Smith

, Delib, UK

16:45 - 17:00

Closing Wrap-Up

Geir Bækholt

, President, Plone Foundation