CiviCon 2025: Schedule of Sessions

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome

9:15 - 10:15

Conference Keynote – Alice Aguilar, Executive Director at Progressive Technology Project

With Special Guest: Dave Greenberg

Transition

10:30  - 11:15

How the German Day for Climate Democracy brings citizens in exchange with parliamentarians using CiviCRM
– Patrick Förg, civilisten GmbH

Advanced imports and data collection for non-coders
– Jon Goldberg, Megaphone Technology Consulting

CRM Strategy Check-In: Are You Asking the Right Questions?
– Stuart Gaston, CiviAcademy

Transition

11:30 - 12:15

Lightning Talks:

• CiviCRM in the New York State Senate – Nate Frank
• Chaining FormBuilder forms: multi-step workflows for 'anonymous 'site visitors – Allen Shaw
• Some cool extensions you haven 't seen yet – Jon Goldberg
• Batch Data Entry with SearchKit – Coleman Watts

12:15 - 1:15

Catered Lunch in Nile Hall

1:15 - 1:45

Expert Bar in Ginn Large Parlor / Mix and mingle / Birds of a Feather

Transition

2:00 - 2:45

Success Story: How the US Chess Federation Manages Memberships and More with CiviCRM
– Gena Dellett, Skvare

Can the feds get my data?
– Jamie McClelland, Progressive Technology Project

Customized Workflows with the CiviCRM Extension “Search Action Designer ”
– Peter Reck, Stiftung Pfadfinden (The Scouting Foundation)

Transition

3:00 - 3:45

Now Everyone Hates Big Tech: Pitching CiviCRM just got a whole lot easier
– Alice Aguilar & Jamie McClelland, Progressive Technology Project

Creating a win-win for all parties: How the New Mexico Respite Provider Registry connects service providers with families who need them
– Allen Shaw, Joinery; Adrienne Smith, New Mexico Caregivers Coalition

Finance Extras: The topic no one wants to discuss but everyone really needs
– Jamie Novick, Compuco

Transition

4:00 - 4:45

CiviCRM State of the Project: CiviCRM 6 and LEXIM

– CiviCRM Core Team members: Tim Otten, Coleman Watts, Eileen McNaughton

4:45 - 5:00

Day 1 Wrap Up

9:00 - 10:00

CiviCRM Community Keynote – Gena Dellett, CEO at Skvare

Transition

10:15 - 11:00

Less Code, More Features: The next generation of CiviCRM entity development
– Coleman Watts, CiviCRM Core Team

Reorganizing a CiviCRM Documentation Working Group
– Donald Hirst, CiviCRM Community Council

Smarter Time Management Starts Here: Meet the New Time Tracker
– Igor Lysenko, Agiliway

Transition

11:15 - 12:00

Lightning Talks:

• Relationship Advice: How to get more from your technology partner – Gena Dellett
• Managing resources in CiviCRM –e.g. for events like this – Lena Jukna
• Getting started with Composer for Drupal 11 – Mark Hanna
• Automating all the things: CiviRules – Matthew Wire

12:00 - 1:00

Catered Lunch in Nile Hall

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Event T-shirts available at Registration Table

1:00 - 1:30

Expert Bar in Ginn Large Parlor / Mix and mingle / Birds of a Feather

Transition

1:45 - 2:30

Compare and contrast payment processors
– Andie Hunt and Alice Frumin, AGH Strategies

Custom Inventory Management: A Form Builder Success Story
– Mark Hanna, Skvare

Advanced scripting with cv
– Tim Otten, CiviCRM Core Team

Transition

2:45 - 3:30

Portals and Dashboards
– Matthew Wire, MJW Consulting

Business Intelligence (BI) with the Search Kit and Chart Kit
– Alain Benbassat, Business and Code

CiviOffice: Integrating your document templates in CiviCRM workflows
– Lena Jukna, SYSTOPIA

Transition

3:45 - 4:15

CiviCon 2025 Wrap Up

4:15 - 4:45

Goodbyes / Departure Prep (Sprint participants: Bus to Sprint leaves at 4:45 pm)