Sitecore User Group May 2018

5.30 – Welcome and networking drinks and pizza
6.00 - Introductions and Overview

• Welcome and overview from organiser Bruce Davis-Goff
• Opening remarks from Gabe Ponzanelli – Sitecore representative for NZ

6.10 - Bruce Davis-Goff – Sitecore MVP

SUGCON 2018

SUGCON is the premiere Sitecore community-based developer conference held annually in Europe. It’s the place to find out the latest trends, strategies and techniques in the Sitecore world, often directly from the developers who have built them. This year was no different, with an increased focus on marketing automation and clever ways to use xConnect and xDB. Bruce provides an overview of the sessions and the highlights.

6.45 - Rebecca Mangan - Digital Experience Specialist

Getting Started with Quick Win Personalisation

Bec will present a case study of a brand utilising Sitecore personalisation to drive conversions on site, and a framework on how to get started with quick win personalisation.

7.30 - Ryan Bailey – Sitecore MVP

Machine Learning and Sitecore Cognitive Services

Machine learning is now available as essentially free services from companies such as Microsoft and IBM. Ryan will be demoing:

Cognitive Image Search – showing how your whole media library can be processed using cognitive services for image analysis and recognition. This allows for amazing faceting and search functionality for your image library as well as automated tagging.

OLE Chat – Natural language recognition and analysis as a UI. This demo shows how easily a chatbot can be integrated into your site and suggests ways in which chatbots can work with Sitecore to really connect with your users.

8.00 – Nik Hendel - Technical Consultant

Sitecore 9 Interactive Demo
With version 9, Sitecore has lifted the bar once again. During this session, Nik will show you a Sitecore demo of the latest version, including the new Marketing Automation, Web Forms, Sitecore Experience Accelerator and more.

8.30 Wrap Up

• What to bring

• Important to know