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Winter 2013 Joomla Events You Should Know About

After checking out the post about top WordPress events in winter 2013 I decided to complement the topic and to cover the winter events of another platform – this time Joomla fans should be satisfied.

The name Joomla is phonetically identical to the word “Jumla”, which is translated from Swahili language as “altogether”. So it’s not surprising Joomla team makes the organizing of the different type events a regular practice – as for me, the meaning undoubtedly intimates. Above that, such occasions bring a great chance to rest from working routine; however, the rest is not going far away from job moments: the visitors get acquainted better with the IT community, share their ideas with each other.

Interested? No problem, let me present you some top Joomla events in winter 2013 that will take place in different parts of the world.

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Joomla! Day Melbourne 2013

Date: Thu. 17 Jan, 2013 8:00 am – Tue. 22 Jan, 2013 8:00 am (Fri. 18 Jan, 2013 1:00 am – Wed. 23 Jan, 2013 1:00 am EST)
Duration: 5 Days
Location: Swinburne University, Burwood Rd, Hawthorn, Vic, Australia
Website URL: http://melbourne.joomladay.org.au

Image Source: Melbourne Skyline Looking by Shutterstock

I believe this Australian conference will be the most notable Joomla event this season. In any case it will be the most long-lasting one – the organizers announced the conference will take 5 days.

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Building a Small Business Website with Joomla!

Date: Wed. 9 Jan, 2013 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Wed. 9 Jan, 2013 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST)
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: 8450 W. 10 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48067, USA
Website URL: http://joomladetroit.com

Image Source: Skyscrapers in Detroit by Shutterstock

The meeting should teach how to develop a small business website. This particular event is just the first of the four-part series: the members are supposed to work with the basic stage of the practice.

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JUG Milwaukee — Making your Joomla site mobile

Date: Thu. 24 Jan, 2013 11:50 am – 1:00 pm
Duration: 1 Hour 10 Minutes
Location: 13625 Bishop’s Drive, Brookfield, WI, 53005, USA
Website URL: http://www.joomlamilwaukee.com/

Image Source: City of Milwaukee by Shutterstock

The topic of the meeting will be the methods of making a website mobile friendly, which differ from the responsible web design way.

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Joomla! Day Addis Ababa

Date: Sat. 16 Feb, 2013 10:30 am (Sat. 16 Feb, 2013 7:30 pm EAT)
Duration: All Day
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website URL: http://www.joomladayaddis.org

Image Source: The City of Addis Ababa by Shutterstock

It’s the very first time Ethiopians will joy us with a Joomla event: the conference is held to introduce the platform to local IT-community.

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Joomla! Day North Carolina

Date: Sat. 23 Feb, 2013 8:00 am (Sat. 23 Feb, 2013 9:00 am EST)
Duration: All Day
Location: 6600 Louisburg Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27616, USA
Website URL: http://joomladaync.org

Image Source: Downtown of Raleigh by Shutterstock

The event is the first Joomla Day in South East United States ever. As we can see, the Joomla community is growing swiftly.

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JUG Hamburg January

Date: Tue. 1 Jan, 2013 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Tue. 1 Jan, 2013 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm CET)
Duration: 3 Hours 30 Minutes
Location: Hochbahn Halle 13, Hellbrookstraße 2, 22305 Hamburg, Germany
Website URL: http://jug-hamburg.de

Image Source: Hafencity Hamburg by Shutterstock

The Joomla usergroups are strong in Germany, Hamburg in particular. This meeting emerges from the everymonth Joomla event program in this ancient city.

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JUG Hamburg February

Date: Tue. 5 Feb, 2013 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Tue. 5 Feb, 2013 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm CET)
Duration: 3 Hours 30 Minutes
Location: Hochbahn Halle 13, Hellbrookstraße 2, 22305 Hamburg, Germany
Website URL: http://jug-hamburg.de

Image Source: Weihnachten in Hamburg by Shutterstock

This event continues the regular Hamburg Joomla community meetings in February.

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Joomla! Usergroup Cologne January

Date: Thu. 10 Jan, 2013 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Thu. 10 Jan, 2013 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET)
Duration: 3 Hours
Location: Mauenheimer Str. 92, Köln, Germany
Website URL: http://www.jugc.de

Image Source: Cityscape of Cologne by Shutterstock

The Cologne citizens don’t lag behind their countrymen and also have a tradition of regular Joomla usergroup meetings.

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Joomla! Usergroup Cologne February

Date: Thu. 7 Feb, 2013 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Thu. 7 Feb, 2013 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm CET)
Duration: 3 Hours
Location: Mauenheimer Str. 92, Köln, Germany
Website URL: http://www.jugc.de

Image Source: Dom and Great St. Martin church in Cologne by Shutterstock

This event is the same as the previous one, but in February. So if you are busy in January, feel free to attend the Cologne Joomla community meeting the next month.

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About the author:

Art Rivera: Deeply interested in everything connected with Internet, I sincerely suppose the web is the only future reality for the humanity through its inevitable involving into every part of human life. I’m not a great fan of cyberpunk concept, but the world is keeping that certain direction of total connectedness. And of course there should be someone, who can write the history, who would describe and analyze and enter in the record all notable changes and tendencies on the web. Hello, it’s me.