2017 CMS Experts meetings

The CMS Expert community goes back over a decade. We started in 2008 with the idea to bring customers, analysts, vendors and agencies together in this forum. In 2011 we then also launched a local chapter in North America and these days we cover broadly everything labelled digital experience.

Enjoy some of the highlights during the years below - more to come. Get in touch if you are missing something or have a fond memory to contribute.

Rob Hoeijmakers from Liberty Global sharing his experiences

"Curiosity is my driver"

That's how we started our Frankfurt session in September 2017 with content technologists and CMS experts hosted by Christian Köhler at byte5 in their friendly office

Big themes were:

  • discipline of execution

  • gamification

  • millennials with different expectations

  • speed and time to market

Viewing the Frankfurt skyline from the byte5 offices on Hanauer Landstrasse. They moved to downtown Frankfurt in 2023.

And Boris Kraft (co-founder Magnolia) quoted Charles Eames:

"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."

Janus Boye in conversation with Sam Pouyt behind the back of Rob Hoeijmakers at the informal part of our Frankfurt session in September 2017

We had burgers at our informal social event in Frankfurt in September 2017. Notice Gavin Colborne in the front to the right.

Creative energizer at group meeting in New York City in May 2017: 5 minutes to build a LEGO duck

Did Deane Barker end up building a headless duck? From the May 2017 meeting in NYC held at The Farm, a coworking space in Soho

We usually meet in London during Q1 and have a tradition of going out for pizzas. Here’s from our February 2017 meeting. Third from right is Jonty Lewis, who was with Zengenti back then.

Informal dinner in Washington DC in 2017 with James Stout and Travis Wissink on the front row. To build better relations and improve the learning and networking experience, we usually have a social event with local guests as a part of each meeting.

Informal dinner in Washington DC in 2017 with James Stout and Travis Wissink on the front row. To build better relations and improve the learning and networking experience, we usually have a social event with local guests as a part of each meeting.