24, 25, 26 February - Drupal products meetup Rome 2012

On 24, 25 and 26 February we are organizing the first Drupal products meetup in Rome. This meetup aims to facilitate peer-to-peer learning about product strategies and business models between product managers and the leadership of Drupal shops in general.

Relevance
A great number of business leaders in the Drupal community see products as a means to diversify away from a pure service business. Most of them however do not have previous experience with product business models. Given the added complexity that Drupal products by definition are built with open source software, we believe there is a real need for an exchange of best practices and ideas.

Who is it for?
Maximum 3 people from any organization or business unit that is working on a Drupal product. This meeting will focus on the specific issues and opportunities that Drupal business owners/decission makers face when organizing the processes in their company. We are limiting the amount of people per company to ensure an interactive meeting on which all participants can get to know all other participants. We currently have place for 60 participants. If more than 3 people sign up from the same company they will be placed on the waiting list.

Why should you attend:

  • Be present when the leading product companies in the community figure out how they can build a mutually beneficial Drupal app store.
  • Exchange ideas about business models with people that know what you are talking about
  • Create the framework for more intense collaboration with the key product developers in the community

Program:

  • 24th February 19h00: dinner
  • 25th February 9h30-17h30: Open space meeting
  • 25th February 19h00: dinner
  • 26th February 9h30-14h00: Open space meeting
  • 26th February 14h00-20h00: free program

Meeting format:
The Drupal products meetup will take place in the Open Space format: there will be no slideshow presentations. We are doing this to encourage all participants to contribute to the discussions they take part in and to prevent anyone from monopolizing a topic. You can find more information about Open Space Technology on it's Wikipedia page.

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