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 at the
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.
- Security
- 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:
- Specific Red Flags to look for in your code
- How malicious invaders can exploit these vulnerabilities
- What you can do as a CFML developer to avoid this from happening
- 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:
- Modernizing Websites
- 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.
So, let’s kick off the 2019 conference season with a great showing!
For those looking to book a room, the Summit East will be held in the Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel. If you have additional questions, feel free to contact Adobe through Carahsoft. Also, join in on the conversation on Twitter with #CFSummit2019 and #CFSummitEast2019.
Cheers!
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