OpenCms Days 2011
The OpenCms 8 User Experience

OpenCms Days 2011 does focus on the new version 8 of OpenCms that offers an improved user experience for the content manager. Experts from Alkacon Software will offer workshops on the new features of OpenCms 8. OpenCms users from all over the world will present their successful OpenCms projects.

OpenCms 8 will bring a major update of the content manager user interface. The new Advanced Direct Edit feature will allow content managers to create, modify and publish new pages directly “ inline” from their web pages, making OpenCms much more user friendly.

The final version of OpenCms 8 will be available on the first day of the conference. A release candidate version of OpenCms 8 will be downloadable earlier.

The conference will provide a unique opportunity to learn about the new features of OpenCms 8 directly from the developers.




Information for Speakers
Conference sessions

OpenCms Days 2011 will have two tracks: The showcase track and the workshop track.
Showcase track sessions:

Showcase track sessions should focus on successful OpenCms projects and should deliver a clear practical value to the audience, e.g. in the form of an OpenCms module or extension that is freely available. For example, this could be

* Highly specialized custom versions based on OpenCms you want to share with the community
* Module extensions and add-ons you developed
* Successful implementation of a customer's needs in an OpenCms project

We will only allow sessions that are of general interest for all OpenCms users, we are not looking for company or product promotional sessions.
Workshop track sessions:

Workshop sessions for developers will offer know-how from the source. Alkacon Software experts provide in-depth, hands-on presentations and workshops about the new technical features of OpenCms 8.



OpenCms Days 2011 is targeted towards an international audience. The language spoken at the event will be English, and all presentations have to be held in English language, too.
Speaker expenses will be covered

All confirmed speakers will have free access to OpenCms Days 2011. During the event, speakers will enjoy free food and beverages from the conference buffet.

We will also reimburse all speakers that do not speak on behalf of conference sponsors for their travel and hotel costs expenses. There is a limited budget for this, so the following rules apply for the reimbursement of expenses for speakers:

* We will provide a hotel room for a speaker for up to 3 nights. This will be a *** star hotel close to the location of the event, which is also in the heart of the city of Cologne, Germany. The hotel room will include breakfast.
* We will pay the travel costs (e.g. flight, train, taxi etc.) of a speaker up to a maximum amount of 500 Euro.
* Speakers will have to disburse the price for the travel costs tickets upfront. The Speaker can then claim reimbursement for travel costs after the event. For reimbursement, the speaker must submit the tickets used to arrive to the event. Reimbursement will be given only for the tickets actually submitted.