For the third time, Arc Technology Group will be the lead sponsor of an conference for the open source content management system (CMS) community to be hosted by the CMS Association.
CMS Expo 2009 will take place April 29 - May 1, 2009, in Evanston.
Day 1 at cmsExpo (December 4) was filled with fantastic sessions covering everything from SEO techniques, theme development and some very serious advanced component development. The day's sessions were followed with a robust expert panel and finally the 2008 CMSAwards Banquet. Seven awards were presented:
Best Joomla-Powered Retail Website: www.innovative-baby.com by The Incite Group
Arc Technology Group is in Denver and getting ready to meet hundreds of people in the Joomla economy. Day 0 included setting up our booth, some shenanigns and the speakers' dinner.
For more information on cmsExpo, go to www.cmsexpo.net and follow our photo gallery on facebook.
Yesterday we installed a trial version of JomSocial, and today made it available to a select group of testers (n=25), as the basis for a "Evanston Business & Technology Community."
Initial observations:
In a blog posting today, Azrul announced that he will be introducing JomSocial at the CMS EXPO in Denver on December 5. (Specific time TBA.)
This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in social networking and social media to get in on the ground floor with the newest Joomla extension.