Past 2026 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.
From the wrap up of the traditional end/-of-winter London meeting. In 2026 we were a packed room of 30+ participants who met at the offices of MSQ DX
2026 CMS Experts sessions
January was:
CMS Kickoff 26 in Florida
TYPO3 in Düsseldorf
On The CMS as a Museum in German by Olivier Dobberkau
February was:
Utrecht at Karel V
London at MSQ DX
March was
Vancouver on responsible AI, vendor growth and the content supply chain
Toronto at Havas
Montreal on designing in the age of agents
April was
San Jose at PayPal HQ with perspectives on the AI conversation and led by Matt McQueeny
Austin at Contentstack which Matt Garrepy called the perfect mix-tape
May was
NYC at Vimeo HQ where Matt Garrepy shared AI urgency and a recap on what stood out
Atlanta with some great takeaways by Michael Thompson and Atlanta conversations on digital experience leadership by Matt Garrepy and finally a summary by David Steeb from b13 who joined all the way from Stuttgart, Germany: Why Governance Is Quietly Becoming the Deciding Factor for Enterprise CMS
From the rooftop hangout after our Atlanta group meeting in May
June was
From our Paris meeting
Chicago hosted by americaneagle.com. A brief summary by Rogelio Villanueva from who shared a legacy and journey in digital transformation, AI, Sitecore, Microsoft, and customer experience.
Paris, where we met for the first time in over a decade
Barcelona; a brief summary by our member Daniel Serrano from griddo and bit more reflections on the value of the open exchange
Leeds where IDHL hosted us once again
Montreal with two things that inspired the group leader Julian Mills and also Alex Dergachev on agencies are being pulled higher up the value chain
Orlando with Full Sail University hosting us. Brief summary by Matt McQueeny and a bit longer reflections by Matt Garrepy
Vancouver led by Mark Demeny. See a brief summary by Darin Gad from Staffbase
August was
San Franciso hosted by Contenful. The conversation that day circled around the AI visibility race, AEO, and what's actually worth measuring in the age of AI. Read more about it in Matt Garrepy's recent blog post.
Leiden at Crossphase office. Jeroen Fürst wrote a summary and shared his take on whether AI makes content modelling more important?
Munich meeting at EineWeltHaus together with Benedek and the rest of the digital leaders met to talk about CMS, AI, and where digital leadership is headed in 2026.
More coming soon…