London Sitecore User Group February 2019

London's Sitecore Technical User Group is back, this time kindly hosted by ASOS.

Join us on Wednesday 20th February from 6pm to 9pm at ASOS, Greater London House, Hampstead Road, Camden, NW1 7FB.

Hear directly from Sitecore and industry peers about projects they’ve been working on and network with the community over a cold beverage.

Speakers:
Ian Jones, ASOS - Improving the Solr Content Search Provider
Why we chose SolrCloud here at ASOS
Getting the best out of SolrCloud
Living with SolrCloud - Monitoring and Supporting SolrCloud in production

Ian Jepp, Lake Solutions - AI Images
As the march of headless CMS systems and separation of content and presentation continues, lets see if the world of AI can lend a hand to content creators and developers alike. See how AI through Microsoft Cognitive Services can be employed to create intelligently cropped images which are impactful to the consumer, responsive and easy to maintain.

Thom Puiman, Sitecore - Sitecore JavaScript Services (JSS)
Sitecore's latest "Headless" offering enables a much improved development experience between front-end and back-end while still supporting Sitecore's Experience Editor, Personalisation, A/B Testing, and Tracking. Thom will give an introduction followed by comprehensive demos.

Agenda
6pm - Arrival
6:30 - Introduction / Welcome from ASOS
6:45 - Improving the Solr Content Search Provider
7:15 - AI Images
7:45 - Break
8:00 - Sitecore JavaScript Services (JSS)
8:30 - Networking
9:00 - Close

** Spaces are limited, please RSVP to reserve your spot. Attendees will need to sign in at reception that they are visiting ASOS.

For those who can't make it to London, the event will be live streamed @ https://zoom.us/j/881397802 - please RSVP "no" if you are using this option as we use the RSVPs to ensure we have enough space at the venue.