Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2025

Adobe and Carahsoft would like to officially invite you to our interactive Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2025. This exclusive event is your chance to explore groundbreaking advancements, enhance your skills, and build valuable connections with industry leaders.

Immerse yourself in cutting-edge developments, insightful keynotes, collaborative discussions, and hands-on workshops. This event promises to be a must-attend for staying at the forefront of web development innovation.

In addition to networking with Adobe ColdFusion experts, domain leaders, and peers, attendees of the Summit will:

• Be the first to preview Adobe ColdFusion’s upcoming features and enhancements
• Learn how to create faster, safer, and more reliable applications
• Master techniques to optimize your apps for speed, security, and efficiency
• Discover how innovative teams are solving challenges and driving success with ColdFusion
• Connect with ColdFusion experts, industry leaders, and fellow developers to share ideas and build relationships

Additionally, we would also like to invite you to our Adobe Certified Professional for Adobe ColdFusion the day before the Summit on March 25^th! To learn more about this full-day certificate classroom program, click here.

When is it?

• Wednesday, March 26, 2025
• Time: 8:00am – 4:00pm

Where is it?

• Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center
  11493 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190

Register

ACP: Adobe ColdFusion Workshop

Additionally, join Adobe and Carahsoft for our interactive Adobe ColdFusion Summit East on March 26^th! Attend the premier event for coders to engage with innovators from various government agencies and organizations working towards meeting the demands of the future.

Agenda

Title:
Hidden GEMS in Adobe ColdFusion 2025

Speaker:
Charlie Arehart Independent Consultant

Title:
Using Performance Testing for Scaling Your Adobe ColdFusion Application Architectures

Speaker:
Dakota Clum CTO, xByte Hosting

Title:
AI-Driven Observability: Transforming DevOps and Application Performance with FusionReactor and OpsPilot AI

Speaker:
David Tattersall CEO, Intergral Information Solutions (FusionReactor)

Title:
Recent Language Enhancements in Adobe ColdFusion

Speaker:
Mark Takata Senior Technical Evangelist, Adobe

Title:
Securing Adobe ColdFusion Applications: A Walk through the CWE Top 25

Speaker:
Pete Freitag Founder, Foundeo Inc.

Title:
Adobe ColdFusion and Microsoft Graph: Building Smarter Apps

Speaker:
Brian Bockhold VP and CIO, Coalesce Solutions

Title:
Utilizing Github Copilot in Adobe ColdFusion Development

Speaker:
Monte Chan Senior ColdFusion Developer, CF Webtools

Title:
Securing Your Adobe ColdFusion Applications with JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)

Speaker:
Kevin Wright Senior Applications Developer, Western National Group

Title:
I Am Afraid of No Test!

Speaker:
Luis Majano President, Ortus Solutions

Title:
Advanced Cryptography in Adobe ColdFusion

Speaker:
Justin Scott CISO, Smart Communications

Speaker:
Dave Ferguson

Title:
DOM as a Source of Truth

Speaker:
Steve Bryant Owner, Bryant Web Consulting LLC
Dave Ferguson

Speaker:
Corbin Crutchley Founder, Playful Programming

Speakers

Charvi Dhoot

Senior Product Manager, Adobe

Charvi Dhoot has over 12 years of professional experience as a software engineer for Qualcomm, and as a product manager for Speech AI & ML and Social technology products. She holds an Under Graduate degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering, with a minor in Computer Science from International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. She also holds Post Graduate Degree in Computational Signal Processing with 2 conference papers and 1 journal publication. Charvi has recently joined the Adobe ColdFusion team as a Senior Product Manager, where she looks forward to bringing her experiences and skills to solve newer challenges & identify opportunities for the continued growth of ColdFusion.

Vivek Kumar

Senior Director of Products, Adobe

Vivek Kumar has over 23 years of experience in leading people, setting up teams, creating new products, evolving products over various releases, and taking the business forward. He manages the worldwide business for Adobe ColdFusion, Captivate, and Technical Communication products.He is responsible for product roadmap & development, customer success, partner relationships, and go-to-market strategy.

Brian Sappey

CTO, Semify LLC

Brian Sappey is the CTO for Semify, responsible for the strategic direction, vision, and growth of the company's software initiatives. As a seasoned professional with more than twenty years of experience, Brian is known for his innovative solutions, integration processes, and complex problem-solving skills to address company and client needs quickly and effectively. Before his move into the digital marketing industry, Brian spent over fifteen years developing custom e-commerce platforms. Brian would eventually transition into the semiconductor industry, spending three years designing, building, and integrating custom CRM and ERP applications. Brian is an avid supporter of service-based environments, automation, DevOps, and all things ColdFusion.

Charlie Arehart

Independent Consultant

A veteran server troubleshooter who's worked in enterprise IT for more than three decades, Charlie Arehart (@carehart) is a longtime community contributor who as an independent consultant provides short-term, remote, on-demand troubleshooting/tuning assistance for organizations of all sizes and experience levels.

Brian Bockhold

VP and CIO, Coalesce Solutions

Brian is co-founder of Coalesce Holdings and serves as Vice President and CIO. He has developed systems in ColdFusion for over 20 years, both in his current and prior roles leading system development and architecture teams for global organizations. Brian is a certified AWS Solutions Architect – Associate and AWS Developer – Associate.

Steve Bryant

Owner, Bryant Web Consulting LLC

Steve Bryant has been developing web applications for all of the 21st century, including over 20 years as an independent contractor – primarily writing ColdFusion applications. He still believes in the old ideals of progressive enhancement and still loves HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. When he's not programming, he likes spending time with his two kids – including volunteering with each of their Boy Scout troops.

Monte Chan

Senior ColdFusion Developer, CF Webtools

Monte Chan is currently a Senior Adobe ColdFusion Developer at CF Webtools. He has been programming in ColdFusion since version 4.5 back in 1999. He was a co-manager of the Alamo Area ColdFusion User Group from 2008 to 2010. He enjoys learning any web development related technologies or just programming languages he can put his hands on.

Dakota Clum

CTO, xByte Hosting

Dakota is CTO at xByte Hosting with a specialization in cloud and dedicated infrastructure solutions. He is responsible for delivering secure and innovative solutions that helps organizations reach scale. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction and innovative problem-solving, Dakota possesses a passion for helping organizations adopt enterprise cloud solutions.

Pete Freitag

Founder, Foundeo Inc.

Pete Freitag has well over a dozen years of experience building web applications with ColdFusion. In 2006 he started Foundeo Inc (foundeo.com), a ColdFusion consulting and products company. Pete helps clients develop and architect custom ColdFusion applications, as well as review an improve the performance and security of existing applications. He has also built several products and services for ColdFusion including a Web Application Firewall for ColdFusion called FuseGuard (fuseguard.com) and a ColdFusion server security scanning service called HackMyCF (hackmycf.com). Pete holds a BS in Software Engineering from Clarkson University.

Corbin Crutchley

Founder, Playful Programming

Corbin Crutchley is a polyglot developer with vast experience in multiple languages and frameworks. He is the author of The Framework Fieldguide, Founder of Playful Programming, a community builder and educator.

Luis Majano

President, Ortus Solutions

Luis Majano is a Computer Engineer born in El Salvador and is the president of Ortus Solutions (www.ortussolutions.com), a consulting firm specializing in web development, architecture and professional open source support and services. His background includes over 19 years of software development experience, architecture and system design. He is the creator of the ColdBox Platform, ContentBox Modular CMS, TestBox BDD, CommandBox CLI and many more open source projects. He lives in The Woodlands, Texas with his beautiful wife Veronica, baby girl Alexia and baby boy Lucas!

Justin Scott

CISO, Smart Communications

Justin is the Chief Information Security Officer at Smart Communications and has been working with Adobe ColdFusion for 25 years. His career has spanned application architecture and development, network design and administration, systems administration, database management, as well as risk management and compliance. He resides in Vancouver, WA and when not working on technical matters enjoys reading and occasionally playing competitive dodgeball.

Mark Takata

Senior Technical Evangelist, Adobe

Mark Takata is the Technical Evangelist for Adobe ColdFusion. He has been an application developer for over 25 years, with professional experience in over a dozen languages & frameworks. He is based in West Sacramento, CA.

David Tattersall

CEO, Intergral Information Solutions (FusionReactor)

David Tattersall has been in working in IT for over 30 years. Since co-founding Intergral in 1998, he focused on company management, business development and sales & marketing. Intergral has become a leader in server monitoring and application performance monitoring (APM) solutions in the ColdFusion / Java segment. His flagship product – FusionReactor – www.fusion-reactor.com is used on over 25,000 production servers and has been purchased by over 5,000 customers.

Kevin Wright

Senior Applications Developer, Western National Group

Through his consulting company, Kinetic InterActive, Kevin provides businesses insight into the use of technology to solve a variety of business challenges. Providing business workflow analysis, user experience design, website usability and custom software, Kevin helps organizations understand the importance of technology in today’s business environment. Past projects have included work for VirginMobile, NBC Universal, Fox Home Entertainment in addition to many local small businesses and startups

Updates, images, presses and links from Adobe ColdFusion East 2024

The Essence of ColdFusion Summit East

Since its inception, the ColdFusion Summit East Conference has been a showcase for innovation, collaboration, and the ever-evolving technology landscape. It is an unparalleled experience featuring a gathering of professionals, developers, and thought leaders in the dynamic realm of ColdFusion technology. CF Summit East started in the second year of the CF Summit in Las Vegas, and it’s mainly for people who can’t travel to the West Coast.

Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2024

Welcome to Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2024!

When is it?

• Tuesday, April 24, 2024

Where is it?

• Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center
  11493 Sunset Hills Road,
  Reston, VA 20190

Costs

• No Fee – this event is complimentary, and breakfast and lunch will be provided.
• For more information on our government gifting policy, please click here.

For whom is this event?

This event is ideal for existing Adobe ColdFusion users who have basic proficiency in the application and are looking to expand their expertise and learn about the upcoming developments and advancements within Adobe ColdFusion. New developers getting started with Adobe ColdFusion would also find the event helpful and insightful. Others are welcome.

Agenda

Title:

Migrating Adobe ColdFusion Admin Settings between versions safely

Speaker:

Charlie Arehart

Description:

When moving from one Adobe ColdFusion version to another (or even just the same version from one machine to another), someone will face the need to “bring along” the CF Admin settings: datasources, scheduled tasks, mappings, and so on. How can that be done quickly and safely? (You should not just “copy over the neo xml files”, nor do you need to just “open two tabs/screens and start copy/pasting between them”.) Did you know there are a few different ways to migrate admin settings safely-one of which is new since CF2021? In this session, veteran CF troubleshooter Charlie Arehart will walk through these options, some old and some new, some built into CF and some freely available. We'll also cover briefly comparing CF Admin settings between two CF instances-again, other than just eyeballing two tabs/screens-as such a comparison can be very helpful to check things whether before or after such a migration.

Title:

Golden Standards for ColdFusion: Preparing Your Environment for Success

Speaker:

Dakota Clum

Description:

Preparing your Adobe ColdFusion server environment for production workloads. This session will cover topics surrounding ColdFusion server tuning best practices, ColdFusion JDK Updates, and ColdFusion Update(s) that will help with preventing unexpected bottlenecks or hangs post-deployment.

Title:

Powerful Graphics Format – Taking your PDF workloads to the next level

Speaker:

Mark Takata

Description:

Join Mark Takata, Senior Technical Evangelist for Adobe ColdFusion, as he deep-dives into the world of PDF in your Adobe ColdFusion applications. Mark will cover the incredibly powerful new features introduced in ColdFusion 2023's updated PDF 2.0 engine, explore how to use DDX to alter, manipulate and enhance your PDFs, and much more. This talk is geared toward mid-level developers and includes numerous code samples and examples of improvements over the previous PDF engine used in ColdFusion 2021 and older servers.

Title:

Unveiling Innovation and ColdFusion Roadmap Insights

Speaker:

Charvi Doot

Description:

Throughout its evolution, ColdFusion has transcended traditional boundaries, catering not only to dynamic web development but also empowering the creation of sophisticated applications and services. As a steadfast choice for developers seeking versatility and efficiency in web-based solutions and business applications, ColdFusion has continually adapted to meet evolving industry demands. The modernization journey initiated by ColdFusion 2021 & 2023 marks a pivotal moment, catalysing a transformative shift towards cloud infrastructure, microservices, and distributed architecture. Responding adeptly, ColdFusion introduced dedicated CF runtimes and connectors tailored for cloud-native development, now accessible on leading cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. Furthermore, embracing containerization with seamless integration, ColdFusion enhances DevOps efficiency while elevating performance levels to unprecedented heights. Join us for an insightful discussion as we delve deeper into the benefits of adopting the latest ColdFusion releases and explore the promising future that lies ahead. Discover how ColdFusion continues to redefine the landscape of web development, offering unparalleled flexibility and innovation.

Title:

Customizing the Web Platform with Web Components

Speaker:

Raymond Camden

Description:

You've been hearing that web components are the next big thing for at least a decade, but, over the past couple years, web components have really hit their stride, with new tooling and frameworks that are making them an indispensable tool for web development. This talk will cover what you need to know to begin extending the web with web components. We'll look at the what, why, and how of creating and using web components, including the history of the various technologies behind components, how to start building them now, and digging into plenty of examples.

Title:

Optimizing Adobe ColdFusion with FusionReactor APM: Unlocking Superior Performance and Reliability for your Applications

Speaker:

Charlie Arehart

Description:

Join us for an insightful session led by Charlie Arehart, a veteran ColdFusion monitoring and troubleshooting expert, as we delve into the transformative capabilities of FusionReactor APM. In a time when everyone demands the utmost in performance, and reliability, FusionReactor stands out as the premier monitoring tool designed to meet these critical needs. This presentation will not only introduce you to the advanced features and benefits of FusionReactor APM but also showcase a compelling case study of its successful deployment within a government setting. Expect a deep dive into real-time insights, troubleshooting techniques, and strategic optimizations – ensuring your ColdFusion applications run at peak performance. Whether you're a current user or new to FusionReactor, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to elevate your ColdFusion applications to new heights of efficiency and reliability.

Sponsors

• Managing Sponsor

  • Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider

• Exhibiting Sponsors

  • Coalesce Solutions
  • xByte Cloud
  • Ortus Solutions
  • Media3
  • Wris Web Services
  • Semify

Speakers

Adobe Keynote Speakers

VIVEK KUMAR

Senior Director of Products, Adobe

Certification Workshop Instructor

BRIAN SAPPEY

CTO, Semiy LLC

Breakout Track Speakers

CHARLIE AREHART

Independent Consultant

BRIAN BOCKHOLD

VP and CIO, Coalesce Holdings

RAYMOND CAMDEN

Senior Developer Evangelist, Adobe

DAKOTA CLUM

CTO, xByte Hosting

CHARVI DOOT

NOLAN ERCK

Owner/Director, South of Shasta

PETE FREITAG

Founder, Foundeo Inc.

MICHAEL HAYES

Architect, Azure Solutions

LUIS MAJANO

President, Ortus Solutions

MARK TAKATA

Technical Evangelist, Adobe

Key Takeaways for Attendees

Attendees of the Adobe ColdFusion Summit East can expect to gain several key takeaways:

• Gain firsthand knowledge about the future direction of Adobe ColdFusion, with updates on the roadmap and upcoming features
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in ColdFusion technology, gaining insights into new features, functionalities, and best practices
• Acquire best practices for optimizing ColdFusion applications, ensuring efficiency, security, and performance
• Explore real-world case studies and success stories to understand how ColdFusion has been successfully implemented in diverse projects and industries
• Connect with ColdFusion team members, fellow developers, and industry experts, creating opportunities for collaboration and professional growth
• Learn practical strategies for implementing ColdFusion in real-world scenarios, with insights into overcoming challenges and optimizing performance

Additionally, 50+ online videos, in addition to the workshop will be conducted on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the day prior to Adobe ColdFusion Summit East.

Pre-Conference Workshops

The workshop will explore:

• The major features in the latest release of Adobe ColdFusion
• How to use CFML to develop, test, and deploy web applications
• Adobe ColdFusion constructs and functions
• How to reuse code in Adobe ColdFusion
• The Adobe ColdFusion application framework and basic database operations
• Object-oriented programming and object-relational mapping
• Basic error handling in Adobe ColdFusion
• PDF, forms, and spreadsheet support in Adobe ColdFusion

Price

The price for this program is $99.00 USD. The price covers the registration fee, food and beverages for the day, the expert hands-on training provided, access to the online video library for 1 year, and access to a single attempt at the certification assessment.

Requirements

• All participants are required to bring their laptops with Adobe ColdFusion (2021 or 2023 release) Server. Those without the 2021 or 2023 release will NOT be able to complete or pass the assessment.
• The demo files and assets will be emailed to you two weeks before the classroom session. These must be completed and reviewed before the on-site classroom session.

To learn more about this full-day certificate classroom program, click here.

Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2024 podcast as announcement

Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2019 Full Report

Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2019 was awesome!

The 4^th Annual Adobe ColdFusion Summit East was held on April 10^th in Washington, D.C. At the interactive summit, attendees joined Adobe ColdFusion experts to learn how agencies across the U.S. are leveraging ColdFusion to rapidly build and deploy web and mobile applications.

The day was filled with engaging sessions and concurrent breakout tracks that:

• Discussed how Adobe is committed to ColdFusion, both now and in the future
• Provided insight into ColdFusion improvements and its surrounding ecosystems
• Explored product improvements Adobe has in store for the future roadmap of ColdFusion

Pre-Conference Workshops on April 09 Were Very Inspiring!

This was a full day pre-conference workshop available on Tuesday, April 9th

Two sessions were held.

1. Security
   1. Are you concerned with finding and fixing vulnerabilities in your ColdFusion code? Of course, you are! But are you proficient? This hands-on course took the participants through different types of security vulnerabilities and how they pertain to CFML. The take away from the course:
      1. Specific Red Flags to look for in your code
      2. How malicious invaders can exploit these vulnerabilities
      3. What you can do as a CFML developer to avoid this from happening

Related: How secure is your CFML?

1. Modernizing Websites
   1. Are you ready to take your ColdFusion Enterprise to the next level? Attend this session to learn how to utilize the API Manager and ColdFusion in tandem to strengthen your API strategy. You will also learn how to deploy reliable and robust APIs within AWS (Amazon Web Services).

Related: ColdFusion and the fear of change

Opening Keynote

The conference took off with an opening keynote from

1. Ashish Garg, Director of Engineering, Adobe
2. Dan Fredericks, Senior Associate, ICF International
3. Chason Hecht, Founder and CEO, Retensa
4. Rakshith Naresh, Product Manager for ColdFusion, Adobe

Download the full presentation here

Complete list and slides from presentations

Track 1:

Geek out with the Smart Language Additions in ColdFusion 2019
Rakshith Naresh, Product Manager for ColdFusion, Adobe

Download the full presentation here

Making Your Applications Fast and Furious with the New Performance Monitoring Toolset in CF 2018!
Elishia Dvorak, ColdFusion Solution Consultant & Evangelist, Adobe

Download the full presentation here

Adobe ColdFusion 2018 Hidden Gems
Charlie Arehart, ColdFusion Troubleshooting Consultant, CArehart.org

Download the full presentation here

Securing Mature CFML Codebases
Pete Freitag, Software Engineer & Web Consultant, Foundeo Inc.

Download the full presentation here

Step into Serverless with AWS and Adobe ColdFusion
Brian Klaas, Senior Technology Officer, Johns Hopkins University

Download the full presentation here

Track 2:

Faster Queries in ColdFusion & SQL Server
Eric Cobb, Database Development Manager, Centauri Health Solutions, Inc.

Download the full presentation here

Refreshing Your UI: Modern Uses for WebSockets
Giancarlo Gomez, Owner, CrossTrackr, Inc. and Fuse Developments, Inc. & Senior Web Application Developer, Duty Free Americas

Download the full presentation here

CF + ReactJS
Minh Vo, Lead Engineer, Draft STudios & Head of Development and Security, Advantage Data Inc.

Download the full presentation here

The Many Hidden Benefits of the Adobe API Manager to Unlock the Power of API
Brian Sappey, Applications Architect, Market America & Manager of Engineering, SHOP.com

Download the full presentation here

Revamp Your Monolith with Hierarchical MV
Luis Majano, President, Ortus Solutions

Download the full presentation here

Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2019 Announcement

Whoever says the ColdFusion community isn’t active and outgoing clearly needs their head checked.

After such an AMAZING conference circuit in 2018, things are ready to get started once again in 2019 with the Adobe ColdFusion Summit East.

The conference is taking place on Wednesday, April 10th in Washington DC. This will definitely be a great start for the CF year especially for those over on the East Coast. It will be full of incredible speakers, sessions, and workshops. Not to mention loads of networking and coffee.

Some of these sessions will be recaps from last year. These are definitely great for those who were unable to attend the session back in 2018. There will also be many new sessions along with an exhibiting sponsor of Media3!

Related: Adobe CF Summit 2018

Speakers

Along with awesome sessions, the speaker lineup is a veritable CF Powerhouse. From Adobe, we have three of the most recognizable voices in the ColdFusion community.

• Elishia Dvorak- Once a humble CF developer, she quickly moved her way up the ranks to become Adobe’s Technical Marketing Manager for ColdFusion and eLearning. Now, she is widely recognized as ColdFusion’s very own Evangelist.
• Rakshith Naresh- He is the Senior Product Manager for Adobe at ColdFusion. This is the man who literally decides the future direction of ColdFusion. He is very passionate about ColdFusion and greatly appreciates the useful input from the CF Community.
• Tridib Roy Chowdhury- Attendees will also be very lucky to get the chance to hear from Tridib. He is the Senior Director of Products and General Manager at Adobe Systems. He is directly responsible for the growth of ColdFusion through Adobe. He manages the whole team for ColdFusion from developers to marketing. Definitely worth the listen if you have the chance.  

But the Adobe lineup aren’t the only heavy hitters at this conference. Others include:

• Charlie Arehart- CF’s most distinguished veteran troubleshooter
• Luis Majano- President of Ortus Solutions and all things Box
• Pete Freitag- CF’s very own Security Guru and creator of Foundeo Inc.
• And Many More!

Here's a full list of speakers and their topics in this link

Pre-Conference Workshops

That’s right. For those of you looking to gain some hands-on experience with our pros, there is a full day pre-conference workshop available on Tuesday, April 9th

There will be two sessions.

1. Security
   1. Are you concerned with finding and fixing vulnerabilities in your ColdFusion code? Of course, you are! But are you proficient? This hands-on course takes you through different types of security vulnerabilities and how they pertain to CFML. At the end of this course, you should be able to take away the following:
      1. Specific Red Flags to look for in your code
      2. How malicious invaders can exploit these vulnerabilities
      3. What you can do as a CFML developer to avoid this from happening

1. Modernizing Websites
   1. Are you ready to take your ColdFusion Enterprise to the next level? Attend this session to learn how to utilize the API Manager and ColdFusion in tandem to strengthen your API strategy. You will also learn how to deploy reliable and robust APIs within AWS (Amazon Web Services).

As a disclaimer, all participants must bring their own laptops and ColdFusion platform. Any other prereqs will be provided onsite. Also… don’t forget your chargers. There will be ample power sources available. It would suck to miss out due to a dead battery.

The full-day program costs only $99. This not only covers the expert lessons, but food and drink for the day and registration. This is a great deal! Hurry up and reserve your spot today before slots are fully booked.

There is also an Ortus 2-day post-conference class “Zero to Hero” about ColdBox. It is $899.

ColdFusion Summit East 2018

Adobe ColdFusion CF Summit East 2018 was on April 25th, 2018 in Washington DC and it was free to attend.  

As Adobe people told us and predicted, more than 200 people attended the conference.

This is the East coast counterpart of Adobe’s more bigger event, the Adobe CF Summit (West) conference, which takes place in Las Vegas each year in the Fall. CF Summit East is mainly for the people who can’t travel to LV for any number of reasons (including LV business travel restrictions, budget issues). This is their 6th year in a row to organize this conference in the East Coast. This is the last year's highlights

One of the things that are very interesting is that this is FREE. Yes, that’s correct. It is free to go to this event. It even includes breakfast and lunch. Who said there is no such thing as a free lunch?

Speakers

Most of the speakers have been with the product for as long as it exists. We already know the names of the 10 speakers and what they will be talking about:

1. Rakshith Naresh – new features of CF 2018 (second half of 2018 release date)

2. Elishia Dvorak – CF API manager

3. Tridib Roy Chowdhury – Keynote State of CF with customers, Adobe’s plans, customer experiences with CF

4. Charlie Arehart – new in CF 10, 11, 2016 that you may have missed

5. Pete Freitag – Securing mature CFML codebases

6. Masha Edelen – Power of Simplicity in FW/1 Framework

7. Eric Cobb – Building Better SQL Server Databases

8. Kevin Schmidt – PDF

9. Trip Ward – Angular.js and CF

10. Mike Collins – Distributed caching

11. Dave Watts and Theonic Way – Upgrading legacy CF servers

From Government CF to all CFers

Last year event was titled the CF government summit – but in reality it was not all CF government focused. This lead to some confusion on who should be attending and this is why this year it’s does not include government in the name. All CFers (including government ones) are welcome to attend.

Why is it important?

It is important for all ColdFusion developers to go because you will learn about:

• New features in CF

• Direction of CF

• Roadmap through 2025

This event is very important for the ColdFusion community, and everyone using ColdFusion. It's the largest developer event on the East Coast focusing just on ColdFusion and the place for all CF developers and users to network and to address all the problems and challenges they’re facing and have people from Adobe directly present and involved and willing to listen and develop on that basis.

Adobe is committed in its roadmap until 2025 to improve and upgrade ColdFusion. It is nice to see Adobe’s commitment towards the product marketing with the CF Summit event.

Related:

• CF Summit East Adobe blog post

• CF Summit East registration

• CF Roadmap 2018 episode with Rakshith

• Everything CF Summit episode

Michaela Light is the host of the CF Alive Podcast and has interviewed more than 100 ColdFusion experts. In each interview, she asks "What Would It Take to make CF more alive this year?" The answers still inspire her to continue to write and interview new speakers.

Michaela has been programming in ColdFusion for more than 20 years. She founded TeraTech in 1989. The company specializes in ColdFusion application development, security and optimization. She has also founded the CFUnited Conference and runs the annual State of the CF Union Survey.