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Local Dev Meetups

Calling all developers and technologists - Let's get together! Enjoy a night full of networking, great content/speakers, food, and beverages. Take a look to see when we'll be visiting a city near you and register today! We look forward to meeting up with you soon!

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Events

London - Jul 11

TBD

More meetups in your area coming soon!

Past Events (2024)

Manchester - Jan 11

Organized by 26 and Kin + Carta

Speakers/Topics:

  • Anil Patel, Knight Frank - Azure AI Language: Text Analytics Integration with Optimizely CMS
  • Jacob Pretorius, dotcentric - Introduction to Headless/Graph/SaaS and why we're excited
  • Simon Chapman, Optimizely - Update on Optimizely roadmap and the latest updates on SaaS
  • Andrew Markham, Unrvld - Web and Feature Experimentation: Getting started

Copenhagen - Jan 30

Partnered with DEPT®

Speakers/Topics:

  • Simon Chapman, Optimizely - The future of Optimizely
  • Allan Thraen, CodeArt - Initial impressions of SaaS Core CMS and Optimizely Graph
  • Chris Eccles, DEPT® - Lets Talk About Optimizely Decoupled Architecture
  • Alex Boesen & Denis Jensen, Sampension - How to go live with Optimizely CMS 12 in 4 months

Stockholm - Mar 11

Speakers/Topics:

  • Simon Chapman, Optimizely - Future of Optimizely
  • Jonas Bergqvist, Optimizely - SaaS CMS
  • Luc Gosso, OMVP and Senior Web Developer at Epicweb - The AI Assistant addon
  • Johan Kronberg, OMVP Tietoevry Create - Improving performance in DXP apps

Helsinki - Mar 13

Partnered with Knowit

Speakers/Topics:

  • Simon Chapman, Optimizely - Future of Optimizely
  • Martin Ottosen, Optimizely - SaaS CMS
  • Kenneth Krohn, Knowit - Learnings from migrating to CMS 12

Past Events (2023)

Helsinki - Feb 27

Speakers/Topics:

  • Jonas Bergqvist, Director Software Engineer at Optimizely - Content Graph
  • Petri Isola, Senior Solution Architect at Optimizely - Experimentation

Manchester - Mar 1

Organized by 26

Speakers/Topics:

  • Mark Stott, Lead Optimizely Developer at 26 - Simplifying a new website build on CMS 12
  • Mark Everard, Optimizely Consultant - Liquid Templating
  • Paul Gruffydd, Technical Director at Kin + Carta - Optimizely Content Graph
  • Simon Chapman, Lead Solution Architect at Optimizely - Experimentation

Stockholm - Mar 7

Speakers/Topics:

  • Steve Celius & Haakon Haugsten, Optimizely - Latest upgrade, ODP and Security
  • Ted Nyberg, ted&gustaf and OMVP - Adaptive Images add-on + tips for tweaking the CMS UI

Copenhagen - Mar 29

Speakers/Topics:

  • Jacob Jones, OMVP and Regional Technical Director at Valtech - Real Time segments in ODP
  • Allan Thraen, OMVP and Partner at CodeArt - Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
  • Hristo Bakalov, Solution Architect at Optimizely - Roadmap for CMS/Commerce and the things coming in 2023
  • Jonas Bergqvist, Director of Software Engineering at Optimizely - GraphQL

India - Apr 4

Organized by Rightpoint

Speakers/Topics:

  • Tomas Hensrud Gulla, CTO i NOVACARE AS. - Upgrading addons for Optimizely CMS from CMS 11 and .NET Framework to CMS 12 and .NET Core.

Stockholm - Apr 25

Organized by Epinova

Speakers/Topics:

  • Luc Gosso, OMVP and Senior Web Developer at Epicweb – Plugins you didn't know you needed
  • Matthias Wikenbrant, Junior Tech Lead at Epinova – Server-side rendered JavaScript in Optimizely/.NET
  • Johan Kronberg, OMVP and Software Architect at Tietoevry – Optimizely CMS 11 to 12 migration
  • Open Session – Optimizely .NET Core migration

Sydney - Apr 27

Speakers/Topics:

  • Jonas Bergqvist, Director of Software Engineering at Optimizely – Beyond the Traditional: Diving deep into ContentGraph and Headless CMS
  • Kevin Hayman, Lead Developer, Digital Experience and Design at Capgemini NZ – From data to insights: How to use ODP for powerful business reporting
  • Aria Zanganeh, Technical Director at Sudo Roux – Integrating Optimizely CMS and ChatGPT 

Montreal - Jun 1

Speakers/Topics:

  • Éric St-Pierre, Solution Architect, and David Drouin-Prince, Technical Lead at Yaksa – Return of .Net Core Migration & Authentication Processes 
  • Alain Marsolais, Optimizely Practice Director at Valtech – Feature Experimentation in Configured Commerce 
  • Doug Yoder, Technical Director at Verndale – Optimizely Connect Platform & ODP Data Manipulation
  • Simon Turmel, Technical Instructor at Valtech – Product Rec in Configured Commerce
  • Deane Barker, Senior Product Strategy Director at Optimizely – Surprise topic

Melbourne - Jul 27

Speakers/Topics:

  • Steven Croft, Director of Solution Architect at Optimizely – Deliver new experiences with more control and impact (Feature Experimentation)
  • Dan Copping, Senior Software Developer at Orchard – Unlocking the power of Optimizely Content Cloud and Data Platform (ODP) for Tourism Tasmania
  • Sanjay Kumar, OMVP and Technical Lead at Valtech – Leveraging Optimizely Feature Experimentation with AI generative content 

London - Sep 13

Organized by Niteco and UNRVLD

Speakers/Topics:

  • Mark Everard, FFT - Conversation is everyone's favourite User Interface
  • Minesh Shah, Netcel - Responsive Image Rendering: Edge Resizing and .NET 6 Tag Helpers in Action
  • Scott Reed of Niteco and Andrew Markham of UNRVLD - Leveraging the power of CMP to manage your content in both a standard site and Vercel headless site via content graph
  • Paul Gruffydd, Kin + Carta - Bringing the magic of generative AI to the editor with AI assistant

India - Nov 9

Organized by dxred

Speakers

  • Yagnik Jadav (OMVP), Director of Dxred Technologies
  • Manoj Kunwat (OMVP), Dynamic Dog
  • Rajesh Katare (SME), Tech Mahindra


Topic/Agenda:

  • Overview of CMS SaaS Core
  • Mosey Bank React + Next JS Demo
  • Vercel Overview