Joomla! Day Agenda

According to Wikipedia: An unconference is a facilitated, participant-driven conference centered around a theme or purpose. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid one or more aspects of a conventional conference, such as high fees and sponsored presentations.

Joomla!Day

Our Joomla!Day unconference will be centered around our wide range of speakers available and will be driven by our attendees.  Our speakers will not be tied to a set agenda, but will be given the freedom to answer the questions that the attendees bring to the event by giving sessions tailored to those topics. Our speakers will be able to give sessions on any subject in the Joomlasphere, in a round table setting and make sure each attendee gets the maximum knowledge out of the day.  Our focus will be our attendees and what they came to learn about.

Organizing the Sessions

The day will be faciliated by Allen Gunn (known as "Gunner" around the FOSS circles), an experienced unconference manager from the West Coast.  Gunner will be organizing the sessions and ensuring that the day runs smoothly and our attendees get the sessions they ask for.  The day starts by addressing the group and listing the topics they want to cover.  Gunner's job is to match those topics with the best speakers.

Our Speakers

Our available speakers are traveling from all corners of the world (Australia, the Netherlands, New York City, New Orleans and many places in between) and have various backgrounds (development coordinators, Joomla! security team, extensions developers and SEO experts, and many other specialities).

Available Speakers included (in alphabetical order):

• Anthony Ferrara - Joomla! Security Strike Team, Bug Squad Leader, Development Coordinator, Core Team
• Leslie Hawthorn - Open Source Programs at Google
• Wilco Jansen - Development Coordinator, Open Source Matters Board member
• Louis Landry - Development Coordinator, Core Team, Communications Lead
• Toni Marie - Joomla Extensions Directory Editor, template designer and JDay organizer
• Steve Burge - Owner of Alledia.com and Joomla Extensions Directory Editor
• Vic Drover - Third Party Extension Developer (JCal Pro), owner at Anything-Digital.com
• Elin Waring - President of Open Source Matters

Session Topics

Due to the varied and extensive experience of our speakers, the range of session topics can include:

• Introduction to Joomla as a CMS
• Developing extensions
• Designing templates
• Using the Joomla framework to build applications
• Security
• Performance
• Troubleshooting
• Trademark issues
• Search Engine Optimization
• Site administration
• ...just about any Joomla-related topic