The FileMaker Conference FMK2015 took place from October 8 to 10, 2015, and this year's event attracted a record number of visitors. A total of 206 participants gathered at the Novotel City Hamburg to listen intently to 23 speakers in 35 sessions. FileMaker itself was also present at the conference with 14 employees from the USA, France, the UK and Germany and also gave its own presentations.
First welcome at the Apero Riche the evening before
On the evening before the conference, guests were welcomed with a sumptuous aperitif buffet with finger food, salad dishes and drinks. The guests were able to get an initial overview of the participants present, the rooms and the planned sessions.
35 sessions with more than 200 participants
According to the organizers, there were 206 participants at this year's FileMaker Conference, who had the opportunity to choose their favorites from a total of 35 sessions and participate in them during the three conference days. Thematically, there was something for everyone in the presentations.
The four-part workshop "FileMaker Basics" covered the topics of tables, fields and relationships, layouts and scripting and was aimed at beginners to the FileMaker platform. For advanced developers, presentations were given on FileMaker Server and data security. Freelance and self-employed developers were able to find out about warranty law from lawyer Christoph Kluss. During the session "FileMaker Security" by Alexis Gehrt, even long-time developers were surprised at the ways in which unauthorized access to FileMaker databases is possible. All presentations will be available for download on the FileMaker Conference website.
Below you will find an overview of all presentations at the FileMaker Conference 2015.
- FileMaker Basics: Tables, fields and relationships
- Working with scripts
- FileMaker Server - Performance
- Extending the Anchor Buoy model with Selector Connector (part 1 and 2)
- FileMaker Basics: Layout
- User management in small and large solutions (part 1 and 2)
- Structured naming as the basis for complex programming
- FileMaker Server - Is there anything left?
- Introduction to code versioning systems (part 1 and 2)
- FileMaker 14: WebDirect
- The Power of JavaScript
- Warranty law for Filemaker databases (part 1 and 2)
- Step by step to your own Go application
- Presentation of FileMaker Go 14
- Working with themes and style sheets
- FileMaker Basics: Formula Editor
- FileMaker Basics: Scripting
- FileMaker security, security, security
- Software Engineering Basics
- Development of modern user interfaces with FileMaker Pro
- Building your own FrameWorks in FileMaker
- Lightning talks, open discussion rounds
- Working with script parameters and variables
- Modern user interfaces using the example of a FileMaker solution
- Virtual tables
- Working with layouts (with special guest ...)
- Regular expressions
- Secure automatic login in FileMaker GO
- Information security & risk management
- FileMaker - Business, Technology and Product
- Supporting the FileMaker Community
- Under the Hood & The latest from Vegas
FMM Award ceremony 2015
Once again this year, Klemens Kegebein from K&K Verlag in Hamburg presented the FMM Awards for outstanding FileMaker-related products and services.
The following four FMM Awards were presented this year:
FMM Award 2015 "Best FileMaker hosting" to Thomas Hahn from walkingtoweb for his services in the area of FileMaker hosting and support.
FMM Award 2015 "Best FileMaker solution" to the in-house development team at pme Familienservice GmbH for the FileMaker solutions developed.
FMM Award 2015 "Best FileMaker Tools" to Winfried Huslik from Huslik GmbH for his FMDiff and FMVis solutions.
FMM Award 2015 "Best FileMaker service" to Markus Schneider from ReM Software GmbH for his contributions to the FileMaker Magazine discussion forum.
After Klemens Kegebein presented the FMM Awards, Holger Darjus from the Competence Institute for Information Systems took to the stage and presented Klemens Kegebein with the "FileMaker Community Award" for 20 years of FileMaker magazine and the associated forum.
Next FileMaker Conference in Salzburg
Next year's FileMaker Conference will take place in Salzburg from October 13 to 15, 2016, as it did in 2012 and 2013, and we are already looking forward to it! Enclosed you will find some impressions of this year's FileMaker Conference FMK2015 in Hamburg.
Further links
- FileMaker Conference
- All sessions of the FileMaker Conference 2015
- Downloads of the FileMaker Conference
- FileMaker Magazine: FMM Award 2015
Markus Schall has been developing individual databases, interfaces and business applications based on Claris FileMaker since 1994. He is a Claris partner, FMM Award winner 2011 and developer of the ERP software gFM-Business. He is also a book author and founder of the M. Schall Publishers.
