That’s a wrap!
See you in Brisbane in September 2024

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Reconnect.Sydney 2023 is a conference put together by developers, for developers.

Three long years since the last APAC Claris^® / FileMaker^® developer conference and we really thought it was time to reconnect our developer community!

Here’s what we did:

Two days of expert presentations
Speakers from Claris
Social events
Plenty of networking time
An event for Claris Partners

A small group of Claris Partners banded together to put on this event in 2023. We thought it had been far too long between conferences (and drinks), so we decided to do something about it. We’ll called upon others in the community to help, but the core group consists of…

Joel Katz – Claris APAC update

Andrew Lecates, Director of Product Marketing and Evangelism, will present the inside scoop about future business and product strategy developments for the Claris platform. Rick Kalman, Director of Product Management, will share a quick review of Claris FileMaker 2023 and look at features coming soon to Claris Connect and Claris Studio.

David Head

Overview of the Claris platform as it stands today
Claris Studio – hubs, views and connections to Claris Pro
Claris Pro – almost FileMaker Pro
Claris Connect – triggers and actions

Nicholas Orr & Steve Winter

Where Linux fits into the Claris Platform and where it’s going
Demo – getting FileMaker Server up and running on Linux from scratch
Using Ansible to open up a world of automation to make server management simpler
How to get a free SSL certificate with Let’s Encrypt that updates automatically

Katherine Russell

Rundown of the new features of FileMaker 2023
Demos: PSOS with Callback, OnWindowTransaction and SQL queries to BaseTables
Gleeful overview of fixes
A sprinkling of cool stuff from recent releases

Rob Woof

Many “output” situations require frequent adjustment due to changes in requirements
Dealing with changes in requirements can be risky if you need to edit script code
Configure and control export fields using a data table
Configure and control JSON output using data updates instead of script edits

Cath Kirkland

Our aim is to create software that users love – how do we do that?
The role of integrations within FileMaker and how to inspire innovation in your projects
How to connect FileMaker with messaging, OCR, phone systems, and other cool tools for a seamless experience
Become a problem-solving superstar using FileMaker’s amazing features!

Andrew McCallum

What are transactions and why should you care?
How have we been doing transactions up to now?
What are the new features that will help?
Rules, quirks and considerations
Use cases and demonstrations

Salvatore Colangelo & Charmaine McKie

The right questions – Business Analysis as a Claris FileMaker essential tool.
Approaches and techniques for defining solutions with challenging clients.
Current state, future state, and the requirements.
Project super villains – Requirements management, change requests, and scope creep.
Are you solving the right problem?