The spanish Joomla community are holding a get together on Saturday, April 19th, 2008. The event will take place at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

The agenda for the day will cover the the following topics

• A presentation on the Joomla! project, community, and directions by Franck Scipion, event organizer.
• Practical tips and development examples using the Joomla! 1.5 framework and a discussion of multi-lingual support for Joomla 1.5 using JoomFish will be shared by Alex Kempkens, Joomla! Core Team member.
• The value of collaboration and cooperation will be the focus of Joomla! Core Team member Chris Davenport’s presentation. The project is working to encourage broader involvement given lessons learned from GHOP, GSoC, Bug Smashing and Doc Camp events, and even through use of simple tools, like Wikis.
• A round table discussion led by experienced Joomla! site developers with corporate, educational, event, eCommerce, and community-driven Web sites, will reveal helpful strategies and interesting case studies.
• Breakout sessions will cover diverse topics, such as installation, migration to Joomla! 1.5, SEO optimization, extension development, designing groups in Joomla! 1.5, security, and community support issues.

For more information and to read the offical announcement visit the Joomlaspanish.org web site

The French Joomla community have announced their second annual Joomla! Day which will take place on Sunday, April 27, 2008, in Paris.

Michelle Bisson, Joomla! Core Team Member will traveling from Quebec to the meeting to discuss the Joomla! project, working group roles and responsibilities, and how our international community has worked together in order to build Joomla! into one of the greatest open source content management systems in the world.

The following topics will also be covered during the meeting.

Getting started with Joomla!
Joomla! 1.5 Templates
Joomla! and the JCE editor
Using Joomla! for social networking sites
Virtuemart, the open source solution for e-buying
Developing Joomla! extensions
Meet the experts, a panel discussion with all presenters

For more information read the offical post at the Joomla! web site.

Joomla! Day France 2008