Friday, October 21
Find the talks you most wish to see. You can click on a talk to see more detail about it.
8:00-9:00 am – Registration
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, One Memorial Drive
Everybody step right up! It's time to register for the conference, get your badge and your bag, and meet friends both old and new. Coffee will be served. You will need to show identification on the ground floor to gain entrance to the NERD center. As 9:00 am approaches, you'll travel to the MIT campus for the next event.
9:00-10:00 am – Keynote Address
Bartos Theater, MIT Media Lab
Keynote: Python Web Technologies
Brandon, who has been using Python since 1997 or 1998 (the exact year has been lost to history), will share his perspective on the past, present, and future of Python for the Web.
10:00-10:20 – relocate to Microsoft NERD Center
10:20-11:00 am – Talks and Demonstrations
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, One Memorial Drive
Mann Room
Flexible Data Access with Graph APIs
With the digital experience spanning multiple platforms, we need data access APIs that support a variety of user interfaces built in different technologies.
Sampson/Paul Room
Integrating SQL Data into your Plone Site
by Eric Steele
How to make external data act like Plone content.
Adams/Attucks Room
Web Development with Vim
About a modern Vim setup
Faceted Navigation in Plone 5
by Alin Voinea
Upgrading and developing for eea.facetednavigation.
11:00-11:10 – Hallway Track
Move between rooms, grab a bite. Talk amongst yourselves!
11:10-11:50 – Talks
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, One Memorial Drive
Mann Room
Websauna
A high level Python web framework that even military police can't break.
Sampson/Paul Room
Filter Bubbles
Guido riffs on the links between knowledge management theory, agile methodologies, the cold war, and more.
Adams/Attucks Room
Plone Security in Context
Plone is one of the most reliable content management systems and it has a very impressive security track record compared to other relevant commercial and open source CMSes.
11:50-12:00 –
12:00-12:40 – Talks and Demos
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, One Memorial Drive
Mann Room
Building a Castle
An opinionated distribution of Plone.
Sampson/Paul Room
Making Workflows Work for You
Stephan will describe the Zope-based workflow technologies he is currently working on.
Adams/Attucks Room
Collective.easyform Improvements
A 2016 Google Summer of Code project.
Managing Video and VR Content with Plone
Manabu will introduce two open source Plone add-ons that he and his colleagues have created.
12:40-14:00 – Lunch
14:00-14:40 – Talks and Demos
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, One Memorial Drive
Mann Room
Digital Marketing Platforms
by Ken Wasetis
Ken will explain how Plone enables and fits into a digital marketing platform.
Sampson/Paul Room
An Illustrated Guide to Microservices
The benefits and a how-to.
Adams/Attucks Room
Transforming for the Future: A Swiss University Success Story
by Tom Gross
Tom will outline the development process, the tools used, and show some of the Plone code that made the relaunch of this site a success.
Using Intranets to Manage Location Experience
Multi-device experience is crucial when you visit a venue for an event or a business meeting.
14:40-14:50 –
14:50-15:30 – Talks and Demos
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, One Memorial Drive
Mann Room
We, Plone
Psychoanalysis of a community. Psychology of developers. What motivates "us", the Plone community?
Sampson/Paul Room
Designing for a Strange CMS
by Doug Pfeffer
When designing the new KCRW website, the design firm had to hand off the complex design to be integrated into a CMS (Plone) they knew nothing about.
Adams/Attucks Room
Plone Foundation Annual General Meeting
Open to Plone Foundation members. Agenda to be published.
15:30-15:50 – Break
15:50-16:50 – Talks and Demos
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, One Memorial Drive
Mann Room
(room reconfiguration)
Lightning Talks
Lightning talks are quick off the cuff presentations that last up to FIVE MINUTES. Use them to rant, praise, muse, show off something you've done or something you think we need to know about! You will have a microphone, projector, and video projector.
Sampson/Paul Room
(room reconfiguration)
Lightning Talks
Adams/Attucks Room
Birds of a Feather
Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions are open sessions where like-minded people gather to discuss interests they have in common (similar to the "open space" concept).
16:50-17:50 – Closing Remarks
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, One Memorial Drive
Mann Room
Sampson/Paul Room
Closing Remarks and Sprint Planning
Closing Remarks and Sprint Planning