CMS Kickoff 2025

Roundtable discussions is an important part of our format

Happening on January 14 - 15 in St. Pete, Florida, this event will bring together top-notch speakers, our renowned learning format, and engaging social events.

Tired of impersonal and overwhelming gatherings? Picture this event as a unique blend of masterclasses, insightful talks, interactive discussions, impactful learning sessions, and authentic networking opportunities.

Don’t take our word for it - CMS Kickoff 24 feedback
“best conference I have ever attended, and I have been to many.” Tom Cranstoun, aka The AEM Guy

“refreshing to join such an interesting group of content-focused pros!” Brian Browning, VP Technology at Kin + Carta

Similar to a traditional kickoff, we will reflect on recent trends and share stories from the frontlines. Additionally, we will delve into the current happenings and shed light on the future. Be prepared for an unparalleled in-person CMS conference experience that will equip you to move things forward.

Prices & tickets

World-class speakers at CMS Kickoff 25

What is the CMS Kickoff?

Matt McQueeny, Head of Relations at Konabos wrote: “awesome exercises where we went agile product roadmap“

We started with CMS Kickoff 23, which was quite well received. We made it bigger and importantly better at CMS Kickoff 24. Now we’re building on it and working on making it even better with input and participation from our global CMS Expert community.

Good times at CMS Kickoff 24 with Darren Petersen (Lullabot), Derek Barka (Silvertech), Dave Rasmussen & Becky Brown (J&J), Debbie Tucek (Kentico) and Mike Wills (BlueModus).

Conferences come in many shapes and sizes. This one has about 100 participants and we expecting to sell out, so do secure your ticket.

The sessions are without the usual sales and marketing pitches. There’s also plenty of time for conversations, so that you can bring actionable insights back to your desk and your projects.

Darren Guarnaccia, President of Uniform wrote about his conference experience in a detailed post with his take aways from CMS Kickoff 24. You can also hear more from him in the below brief video.

Who will you meet?

“it is actually possible to bring the great minds of the field together in one place”
- Adam Böhm, Division Director at ACTUM Digital - see also his longer summary

It’s an international conference with confirmed participants from Europe and North America. It’s a friendly mix of vendors, agencies, analysts and customers who get together to learn, network and talk about what really matters in CMS right now and during the year to come.

We’ll keep this page updated so that you can see who has already made the commitment to learning and networking.

Among the vendors and open source projects you can meet at CMS Kickoff 25 are ai12z, Brightspot, Conscia.ai, Contentful, CoreMedia, dotCMS, Directus, Kajoo, Kentico, Kinsta, Kontent.ai, Magnolia, SearchStax, StreamX, TYPO3 and Umbraco. As you can see, it’s not just the usual CMS vendors, but also from the larger ecosystem.

On the agency and consulting side, we will be joined by experienced implementation folks from fine companies like 9thCO, BizStream, Blend Interactive, Crescendo Collective, Crowd Favorite, Distinction, iMedia, Kingsway Digital, Lone Rock Point and SilverTech. Tom “The AEM Guy” Cranstoun will also be there. Talk to them about what happens “when the rubber hits the road” and they’ll help you towards 2025 project success.

Among the analysts joining us are Mark Demeny from MACH Alliance, Matt Garrepy from CMS Critic and our host Janus Boye from Boye & Co in Denmark.

A key point is also digital leaders from the customer-side. You can meet with ICANN, Intuit, Johnson & Johnson, PayPal, TELUS and several others.

One last thing - the participants are quite mixed in roles. We do have tech folks joining us, but we also have marketers, content strategists and really digital leaders with a diverse set of backgrounds.