Happening on January 14 - 15 in the Tampa Bay Area, Florida, this event will bring together top-notch speakers, our renowned learning format, and engaging social events.

Tired of impersonal and overwhelming gatherings? Picture this event as a unique blend of masterclasses, insightful talks, interactive discussions, impactful learning sessions, and authentic networking opportunities.

Brian Browning, VP Technology at Kin + Carta, shared after CMS Kickoff 24:

“refreshing to join such an interesting group of content-focused pros!”

Adam Böhm, Division Director at ACTUM Digital joined us all the way from Prague and wrote a longer summary, where he said:

“it is actually possible to bring the great minds of the field together in one place”

Similar to a traditional kickoff, we will reflect on recent trends and share stories from the frontlines. Additionally, we will delve into the current happenings and shed light on the future. Be prepared for an unparalleled in-person CMS conference experience that will equip you to move things forward. 

World-class speakers at CMS Kickoff 25

What is the CMS Kickoff?

We started with CMS Kickoff 23, which was quite well received. We made it bigger and importantly better at CMS Kickoff 24. Now we’re building on it and working on making it even better with input and participation from our global CMS Expert community.

Conferences come in many shapes and sizes. This one has about 100 participants and you can already secure your ticket.

The sessions are without the usual sales and marketing pitches. More details coming during the next months. There’s also plenty of time for conversations, so that you can bring actionable insights back to your desk and your projects.

Darren Guarnaccia, President of Uniform wrote about his conference experience in a detailed post with his take aways from CMS Kickoff 24. You can also hear more from him in the below brief video.

Who will you meet?

It’s an international conference with confirmed participants from Europe and North America. It’s a friendly mix of vendors, agencies, analysts and customers who get together to learn, network and talk about what really matters in CMS right now.

At CMS Kickoff 24, you could talk to European vendors like CoreMedia, Kentico, Kontent.ai, Magnolia, Ninetailed, TYPO3 and Umbraco. There’s also Agility, Conscia.ai and TechGuilds joining from Canada. Among the US-based vendors, you could meet a mix like BLINK, Concrete CMS, Contentful, Directus, dotCMS, Fastr, Optimizely, Searchstax, Solodev, Uniform and others. As you can see, it’s not just the usual CMS vendors, but also from the larger ecosystem.

On the agency and consulting side, we were joined by European friends Actum Digital and MMT Digital. Joining us from North America were experienced implementation folks from fine companies like Autogram, Bizstream, BlueModus, Crescendo Collective, Four Kitchens, Kin + Carta, Konabos, Lone Rock Point, Lullabot, Mostyn Marketing, Simple [A] and Stellar Elements. Talk to them about what happens “when the rubber hits the road” and they’ll help you towards 2024 project success.

Among the analysts joining were are Mark Demeny, Matt Garrepy from CMS Critic and our host Janus Boye from Boye & Co in Denmark.

A key point is also digital leaders from the customer-side. Stay tuned!

Conference partners

Venue

In 2023 and 2024, we met at the The Don CeSar on St. Pete Beach in Florida.

At the moment we are scouting venues for the 2025 event. Stay tuned