My OpenCms Days 2009 program: Day 1
From June 15 to 16 the OpenCms Days 2009 are happening in Cologne. I really had a great time last year so for me the decision to go was a no-brainer. Unfortunately I had no time to prepare a session this year but having a quick look at the program tells me it may be better because I can enjoy even more great sessions (doing a session by myself was very exhausting and I only survived it because of Arash Kaffamanesh’s constant water devlivery 
) Here are my must-see sessions:
Day 1
Slot 1
Advanced XML Content & Widget Configuration
Andreas is doing a session about XML Content configuration and some new features in the 7.5 series. While the title sounded extremely boring to me (sorry Andreas) the abstract convinced me that I have to see this session. I know Andreas is a real OpenCms professional so I expect it to be a great session. I really want to see this session now.
Slot 2
I really don’t know which session I want to see more. The SAP NetWeaver integration looks pretty advanced and interesting but since I’m not an SAP-person I don’t know how much I can get out of it. I remember meeting Andy Savin (University of Bath: Boldly going where others fear to tread…) last year and he told me he was looking forward to my session (which I found very encouraging). We also talked a bit about how they use OpenCms at the university. It all sounded really interesting so I think I will propably watch this session.
Slot 3
Integrating OpenCms with Liferay Portal Server
I met Dan last year and remember him as an extremely friendly and professional person. I’m looking forward to meeting him again. I enjoyed his session last year a lot and will certainly watch this one too. The topic looks very promising since OpenCms and Liferay seem like a perfect match. Can’t wait to see it.
Slot 4
The Interactive Knowledge Stack (IKS) Project and OpenCms
The semantic web is something I was always interested in. I really don’t know anything about IKS but it sounds very interesting to me. I thought about integrating RDF based metadata into OpenCms before but never had the time to implement it. I think this is going to be very interesting.
To sum up it all up: To me the OpenCms Days 2009 look very promising. I hope I will see a few familiar faces and I’m looking forward to meeting new people.
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