Backdrop LIVE

Our NEXT Backdrop LIVE event is happening March 12-14th, 2021. 

For more information or to register!

THIS EVENT IS OVER.
This is the archive.
 

Sept 17-19, 2020 
 

Backdrop Live is a global event designed to support and sustain website owners, designers, and developers. Backdrop CMS is a powerful and flexible open source CMS that is relatively easy to use, and affordable to support and maintain. 

This event is designed to be highly interactive. It will consist mostly of conversations offering an opportunity share information, show off what you have been working on, share ideas and experiences, and ask important questions. Participants will help set the agenda by recommending topics during registration.

Backdrop LIVE will feature facilitated discussions, but also offer a few formal presentations and/or demonstrations. The event will be scheduled in 3 hour blocks over a 48 hour window of time. We hope to engage with people from around the world in an exciting and interactive format.

Upcoming Discussion Schedule

one

Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Thu 09/17 7:00 pm



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Thu 09/17 9:00 pm



New York, USA
Thu 09/17 10:00 pm



London, UK
Fri 09/18 3:00 am



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 4:00 am



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fri 09/18 8:00 am



Sydney, Austrailia
Fri 09/18 12:00 pm


Welcome / Introduction (plenary)
Presentation (with discussion) 
Enter Room

Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Thu 09/17 8:00 pm



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Thu 09/17 10:00 pm



New York, USA
Thu 09/17 11:00 pm



London, UK
Fri 09/18 4:00 am



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 5:00 am



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fri 09/18 9:00 am



Sydney, Austrailia
Fri 09/18 1:00 pm


Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Thu 09/17 9:00 pm



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Thu 09/17 11:00 pm



New York, USA
Fri 09/18 12:00 am



London, UK
Fri 09/18 5:00 am



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 6:00 am



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fri 09/18 10:00 am



Sydney, Austrailia
Fri 09/18 2:00 pm


three

Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Fri 09/18 7:00 am



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Fri 09/18 9:00 am



New York, USA
Fri 09/18 10:00 am



London, UK
Fri 09/18 3:00 pm



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 4:00 pm



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fri 09/18 8:00 pm



Sydney, Austrailia
Sat 09/19 12:00 am


Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Fri 09/18 8:00 am



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Fri 09/18 10:00 am



New York, USA
Fri 09/18 11:00 am



London, UK
Fri 09/18 4:00 pm



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 5:00 pm



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fri 09/18 9:00 pm



Sydney, Austrailia
Sat 09/19 1:00 am


Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Fri 09/18 9:00 am



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Fri 09/18 11:00 am



New York, USA
Fri 09/18 12:00 pm



London, UK
Fri 09/18 5:00 pm



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 6:00 pm



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fri 09/18 10:00 pm



Sydney, Austrailia
Sat 09/19 2:00 am


four

Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Fri 09/18 12:00 pm



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Fri 09/18 2:00 pm



New York, USA
Fri 09/18 3:00 pm



London, UK
Fri 09/18 8:00 pm



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 9:00 pm



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sat 09/19 1:00 am



Sydney, Austrailia
Sat 09/19 5:00 am


Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Fri 09/18 1:00 pm



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Fri 09/18 3:00 pm



New York, USA
Fri 09/18 4:00 pm



London, UK
Fri 09/18 9:00 pm



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 10:00 pm



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sat 09/19 2:00 am



Sydney, Austrailia
Sat 09/19 6:00 am


Meet ClassicPress (A Demo)
Presentation (with discussion) 
Enter Room
Backdrop and CiviCRM
Discussion 
Enter Room

Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Fri 09/18 2:00 pm



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Fri 09/18 4:00 pm



New York, USA
Fri 09/18 5:00 pm



London, UK
Fri 09/18 10:00 pm



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Fri 09/18 11:00 pm



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sat 09/19 3:00 am



Sydney, Austrailia
Sat 09/19 7:00 am


Start Time



San Francisco, USA
Fri 09/18 3:00 pm



Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Fri 09/18 5:00 pm



New York, USA
Fri 09/18 6:00 pm



London, UK
Fri 09/18 11:00 pm



Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Sat 09/19 12:00 am



Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sat 09/19 4:00 am



Sydney, Austrailia
Sat 09/19 8:00 am


nine

Start Time
San Francisco, USA
Sat 09/19 1:00 pm
Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Sat 09/19 3:00 pm
New York, USA
Sat 09/19 4:00 pm
London, UK
Sat 09/19 9:00 pm
Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Sat 09/19 10:00 pm
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sun 09/20 2:00 am
Sydney, Austrailia
Sun 09/20 6:00 am

Start Time
San Francisco, USA
Sat 09/19 2:00 pm
Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Sat 09/19 4:00 pm
New York, USA
Sat 09/19 5:00 pm
London, UK
Sat 09/19 10:00 pm
Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Sat 09/19 11:00 pm
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sun 09/20 3:00 am
Sydney, Austrailia
Sun 09/20 7:00 am

Start Time
San Francisco, USA
Sat 09/19 3:00 pm
Chicago, USA
Lima, Peru
Sat 09/19 5:00 pm
New York, USA
Sat 09/19 6:00 pm
London, UK
Sat 09/19 11:00 pm
Berlin, Germany
Johannesburg, South Africa
Sun 09/20 12:00 am
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sun 09/20 4:00 am
Sydney, Austrailia
Sun 09/20 8:00 am

Why participate?

  • INTERACTIVE - Mostly discussions and demonstrations.
  • GLOBAL - Sessions scheduled for everyone, regardless of time zone.
  • AFFORDABLE - recommended $20 Donation (any amount accepted)

Who should participate?

  • Drupal 7 Site Owners
  • Individuals that want to build their own website
  • Non-profit technologists
  • Freelance Developers
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Anyone interested in an open source CMS

Our event will be mostly facilitated discussions on topics suggested by participants during the registration process, but there may also be some prepared presentations on relevant topics.

We are waiting for your suggestions/requests before we create the final schedule, but expect to see discussion topics that look like this:

  • Theming and Layouts in Backdrop CMS
  • Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Backdrop
  • Backdrop CMS and CiviCRM
  • How to manage your project with Github
  • Contrib Themes
  • Participating in the BackdropCMS community
  • Accessibility
  • Backdrop CMS core initiatives
  • Multilingual support
  • Backdrop CMS in Germany
  • Measuring and monitoring site performance
  • How does Backdrop CMS compare to Wordpress?
  • Analytics
  • Privacy issues
  • Opensource CMS freelancer roundtable 

Our global event will be scheduled in 3 hour blocks of time distributed throughout a 48 hour schedule to allow for convenient participation for people from every time zone.

Here is a rough mock-up of how we plan to schedule sessions to ensure maximum participation from all regions of the globe. This is only a draft.