Schedule for User

Thursday
9:30 am to 10:30 am

Session Description
Key Note

Open Source Software - a culture, more than mere software developing & implementation Diana Cocoru will open the conference with the story of her personal encounter with open source software as an implemented solution for African Community grassroots, and her professional path of becoming a senior analyst who catalyses innovative thinking for...

with Diana Cocoru - Open Forum Europe

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Thursday
10:30 am to 11:30 am

Session Description
Introduction to CiviCRM / CiviCRM 101

Are you TOTALLY new to CiviCRM, think it might be right for your organisation and are here to find out more? This session is for you, aimed at those who have never seen CiviCRM in detail before, we'll talk you through the basics of a CiviCRM system. You'll also be able to play with a working CiviCRM system, ask the experts some basic questions...

with Aidan Saunders - Squiffle

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What's new in CiviCRM 4.7 and coming soon

This session will showcase what is new in CiviCRM v4.7, what is coming soon and recent extensions from the community

with Eileen McNaughton, Tim Otten

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Thursday
11:30 am to 12:30 pm

Session Description
CiviCRM and Joomla

To its fans, Joomla is the 'goldilocks CMS' sitting somewhere between the user-friendliness and command-line-free space of Wordpress and the substantial enterprise-level power of Drupal, while to its detractors it's the worst of both worlds. CiviCRM works with all three and this session explores how it works with Joomla, the second most popular ...

with Nic Wistreich

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CiviCRM case study - Healthwatch England

  Healthwatch England are the national body for 152 local Healthwatch across England. They capture the experiences of consumers that use health and social care services in England, providing influential intelligence to the Health and Social Care Sector, resulting in improved services for consumers In a what has been a significantly sized project, ...

with Deborah Griver, Systems Manager - Healthwatch England, Jamie Novick - Compucorp

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Drupal and CiviCRM: Webform integration

In this session we will look at the basics of Drupal Webforms and what they can bring to your CiviCRM system. We will examine the differences between CiviCRM's built in Contribution/Profile forms and what is possible using an integrated CiviCRM Webform. Oliver Gibson will then create some sample forms so you can see how to get started with ...

with Oliver Gibson - Northbridge Digital, Andrew Davidson - The Vegan Society (UK)

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Thursday
1:45 pm to 2:00 pm

Session Description
Group Photo

Don't miss your opportunity to be part of the group photographs in the Main Hall for all conference attendees

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Thursday
1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

Session Description
Lightning Talks and Extension Showcases

Each day we will be giving the CiviCRM community the chance to share in this lightning talk and extension showcase combo session: A series of quick 5 minute presentations by different contributors on their experiences working with CiviCRM and some exciting current projects being worked on. Do you have a feature you'd like to talk about? Something...

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Thursday
2:45 pm to 3:45 pm

Session Description
From Data Processing to Data Insights

At Amnesty Flanders a lot of work was done integrating civiCRM, the analytics platform RapidMiner and Qliksense, to speed up the street fundraising process and to get fast insights in what is really happening in the fundraising. The civi-extensions streetimport and civiSEPA smoothly and daily process data from newly recruited donors. At the same...

with Ilja De Coster - Amnesty International

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The business case for CiviCRM: Why open source

Are you looking to implement a CiviCRM projected in your organisation and need some help putting together your business case?  During this session we will cover the many benefits of Open source over other proprietary solutions, why it is may be the right solution for your organisation and when it may not be! We'll also discuss becoming members of...

with Jaap Jansma - CiviCoop

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Thursday
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Session Description
Round table discussion on what charities need from the CiviCRM community

Civi Newbies: Round table discussion on what charities need from the CiviCRM community What do users feel is holding them back?  Is more support required for non technical users? Is more support required for the mature user? Is there a need for a Women in Civi working group?    Come and have your say at this round table discussion. Please email...

with Daniella - Veda, Alice Gaskell - GMCVO

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Friday
9:30 am to 10:30 am

Session Description
Migrating Data Into CiviCRM: A user focused view of how to migrate your data

Are you thinking of moving to CiviCRM but worried about all your existing data? This session covers the approaches and techniques of getting data into CiviCRM. It will show you how to get started with CiviCRM if you already have data elsewhere, in a simple, user-focused way. The session also includes some examples of migrating data into CiviCRM ...

with Parvez Saleh - Veda

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Friday
10:30 am to 11:30 am

Session Description
CiviBooking

Are you a non profit with Rooms or Resources that you think you could raise money by renting out? Or are you a community center or voluntary service looking to manage your resources better? Sick of spreadsheets, emails and that Google calendar that no one keeps up to date? Then CiviBooking is for you! CiviBooking is a CiviCRM extension which...

with Matt Lind - Compucorp

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CiviHR

HR is hard. Especially for non profits who not only have to track employees, but a high turnover of temporary staff and volunteers as well. Currently, the only option for non profit organisations are a suite of expensive commercial solutions designed for companies, or a raft of homegrown systems, spreadsheets and processes. CiviHR is a unique...

with Fernanda Munhoz - Zing, Mike Kondrashin - Compucorp

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Using CiviCRM module: CiviCRM Cases

During this session, we will cover all you need to know about CiviCRM Cases, sharing best practices and common problems, along with some key client based examples

with Andy Norgate - NFP Services

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Friday
11:45 am to 12:45 pm

Session Description
Lightning Talks and Extension Showcases

Each day we will be giving the CiviCRM community the chance to share in this lightning talk and extension show case combo session. A series of quick 5 minute presentations by different contributors on their experiences working with CiviCRM and some exciting current projects being worked on. Do you have a feature you'd like to talk about? Something...

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Friday
2:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Session Description
Birds of a Feather Sessions

"Birds of a Feather" groups are self-organised discussions about topics of mutual interest. Participants will be posting discussion topics during the morning and then attendees can join a group based on their interests. In prior conferences, sessions have included: Social media and CiviCRM Documentation working group User to user support (forums...

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Friday
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Session Description
Case study round table

Are you thinking about venturing into the world of Civi but want to know what its really like? The case study round table is your chance to get the honest truth from the people using Civi out in the field. We'll have several organisations of all different types and sizes represented giving honest views about implementing and working with CiviCRM....

with Jamie Novick - Compucorp

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Mailing and Marketing with CiviCRM

Want to make the most out of CIviCRM's communication capabilities? We'll cover the basics and also talk about the advanced stuff and often overlooked features. Whether you're a new user looking to get the lay of the land, or a more experienced user looking for tips and tricks, we'll have something for you. Come along to find out about: Out of the...

with Michael McAndrew - Third Sector Design

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Friday
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Session Description
Using CiviCRM module: CiviCRM Events

This session is aimed at existing CiviCRM users and administrators as well as those considering adopting CiviCRM. We'll go through how you can use the CiviEvent component to help you better manage and market your organisation's events programme whilst reducing your admin burden. Within this session we will aim to cover: Setting up events Using...

with Aidan Saunders - Squiffle

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We Move Europe - Case study

Case study

with Xavier Dutoit - Tech to the People

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