The State of Plone 5

Eric Steele - Plone Release Manager

Keynote: Why I Am Not an Open Source Developer

Brian Silverman - MIT Media Lab Consulting Scientist

Keynote: The Sociology of Open Source Community

Steve McMahon - Plone Foundation Board Member

Bootstrap Framework and Plone - Lessons Learned

Chris Thomas
Abstract: With the advent of Diazo, Plone is now even more flexible than ever when it comes to design. With so many frameworks to choose from, its easy to get confused. This talk will focus on using Bootstrap with Plone and things to consider.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education, Enterprise, Government, Non-profit, Small Business
• Target Audience: Designer, Developer, Integrator

Plone and Drupal: CMS Coexistence in Higher Education

Calvin Hendryx-Parker
Abstract: 70% of Higher Ed institutions running Plone also use Drupal. While some universities go down the path of consolidating onto one platform, there is another simpler and cheaper option: integrating the two CMSs (demo included!).

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education
• Target Audience: Developer, Integrator, Manager

CANCELLED - The Trinity of Integration

Josh Johnson
Abstract: We live in a world where we have to work with multiple technologies and systems. Integration is such a common task that we've established roles in our industry that focus on it. This talk presents a common-sense approach to integration - one that relies less on hacking themes and tweaking APIs, and more on lightweight approaches that maintain loose coupling. Finally, a fully-integrated user experience is presented as a developer tool stack, combining a Plone CMS, GitLab (a Ruby on Rails app), ScrumDo (Django), Jenkins, and a (trivial) custom WSGI service.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education, Enterprise, Government, Non-profit, Small Business
• Target Audience: Designer, Developer, Integrator

Everything Add-ons

Nathan Van Gheem
Abstract: There are so many addons in Plone that it can be difficult to know which to choose or how to know if an addon is of high quality. The purpose of this talk is to help integrators find, evaluate and choose Plone addons for their projects and provide guidelines to addon developers on the best ways to develop and maintain their addons.

• Nerd Factor: Low
• Target Sector: Education, Enterprise, Government, Non-profit, Small Business
• Target Audience: Developer, Integrator

Managing Chaos: Merging 120 Sites Into a Single Plone Multisite Solution

Clayton Parker
Abstract: Discover how the Penn State College of Liberal Arts moved over 120 separate websites running on their own Plone installation into a single system utilizing Lineage in less than 90 days. The new system retains the independent permissions and workflows each site needed to have. This talk will discuss the reasons for the consolidation and why the new system is more efficient and easier to navigate for administrators.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education, Enterprise, Government
• Target Audience: Developer, Integrator, Manager

Agile with Plone Case Study

Darryl Dueck
Abstract: Case Study of how Palliser Furniture has been using Plone for a B2B portal for 10 years, and how we are reinventing the portal with Plone 4.

• Nerd Factor: Low
• Target Sector: Enterprise, Small Business
• Target Audience, Integrator, Manager

Designing a Course Delivery Framework Using Plone

William Fennie
Abstract: This presentation looks at the process of working with a team at a governmental land management agency to help define and build a system to deliver online learning experiences to a widely distributed network of Cultural Resource professionals. The system needed to augment an envisioned social network platform and needed to provide a means for an instructional designer to construct meaningful interaction within online courses which were being migrated from a face-to-face format. The system needed also to incorporate SCORM reporting standards in order to integrate with other government learning management systems. Through a series of meetings we helped the agency team to come up with a set of requirements which was then used to describe the system to developers. Members of the Plone community were helpful in producing initial cost estimates to help the agency team get a sense of what they faced to get a first-iteration system up and running.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education, Government, Small Business
• Target Audience: Designer, Integrator, Manager

The Future of [Plone] Theming

Chrissy Wainwright
Abstract: How theming changes in Plone 5 and front-end development in general.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education, Enterprise, Government, Non-profit, Small Business
• Target Audience: Designer, Developer

Plone for Education Bibliographies

Sally Kleinfeldt
Abstract: Last year when I talked about bibliographies in Plone, some of you said that the tools really should support CSL (Citation Style Language). In this talk I will describe a new bibliography add-on that does just that.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education
• Target Audience: Developer, Integrator, Manager

Student Information System with Plone

Gildardo Bautista
Abstract: We'll present a simple case where Plone is used as a student information system. This includes registration (re-registration), evaluation of applications and student records.

• Nerd Factor: Low
• Target Sector: Education
• Target Audience: Integrator

Visualization of Information with eea.facetednaviation and Custom Views

Adriana Ramírez Vigueras
Abstract: We'll present how eea.facetednavigation with custom views is beeing used in the Institute of Matematics, UNAM for a dynamic analysis of productivity.

• Nerd Factor: Low
• Target Sector: Education
• Target Audience: Integrator

Developing the Go NAP SACC Plone Site

Andy Leeb
Abstract: This talk will cover development practices engaged while building a multi-user, multi-permission, workflow heavy, javascript reliant, Dexterity based, z3c.form utilized, ajax-y Plone application. A description of the purpose of the project, who its for and who the intended participants are is included with an emphasis on development practices including: software design decisions, technology decisions, implementation details and external system integrations. Additionally, this project has a rich test suite both unit and functional (Robotframework) which may be described in detail. Warning, talk will include adapters.

• Nerd Factor: High

Getting ready for the new Javascript framework in Plone 5

Franco Pellegrini
Abstract: The Javascript story in Plone has been outdated for some years now. Plone 5 is about to change that, introducing new tools and practices, to get up to speed with the rest of the world.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Audience: Designer, Developer, Integrator

Two Years of collective.cover: Advanced Layout Editor

Hector Velarde
Abstract: From a promising idea to reality in portals worldwide. See who is using one of the most advanced front page editors in CMS world. Real cases, extensions and future.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education, Enterprise, Government, Non-profit, Small Business
• Target Audience: Developer, Integrator

Improvised Plone

Luke Scorcio
Abstract: What makes a person view technology as "too difficult for me to understand"? What makes one person a "computer guy" and someone else "technologically challenged"? This is the story of how a would-be improv actor went into Plone with nothing; and with a little of help from his friends, and a bit of improvisation, he became a a Plone forms developer.

• Nerd Factor: Low
• Target Sector: Education, Other

Adding More Cowbell to Your Site with CSS

Rob Porter
Abstract: Today's CSS isn't just fonts, colors, and text decorations. Today you can do really cool things with it. I will go over many of these exciting things that you never knew were possible.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education, Enterprise, Government, Non-profit, Small Business
• Target Audience: Designer, Developer, Integrator

Documentation: It's Not an Afterthought

Paul Roeland
Abstract: Documentation can make or break a system. There are now helper tools available to make your documentation shine: they can be multi-lingual, but also adorned with screenshots using the theme/layout you are using for your organization.

• Nerd Factor: Intermediate
• Target Sector: Education, Enterprise, Government, Non-profit
• Target Audience: Integrator, Manager, Other