Schedule

8:30 - 12:30

Stephanie Lloyd

FileMaker Security Playbook: Essential 8, Platform Pitfalls & Pro Fixes

Practical strategies to protect your data, harden your apps, and stay one step ahead of threats.
Cybersecurity isn’t just for IT pros (or the spooks in black hoodies) – it’s for anyone building, managing, or trusting a system. This session explores how to protect your data, users, and systems from growing digital threats. You'll learn about the Australian Essential 8 framework, common FileMaker vulnerabilities (especially in older versions), and practical ways to secure your solutions. Whether you're a seasoned dev or just starting out, you'll leave with actionable tips to lock down your server, close risky gaps, and avoid becoming the next cautionary tale.
What You’ll Learn
  • Why cybersecurity matters (and why it’s everyone’s job)
  • Breaches, blunders & the battle to secure everything — from FileMaker to firewalls
  • Essential 8 for FileMaker devs: less drama, more defence
  • FileMaker security, without the snooze button
Target Audience
You care about logic, performance, and clean architecture. But bad security makes all that genius vulnerable to one dumb click. Let’s fix that.
Requirements
Please bring a laptop with FileMaker Pro installed. Hands-on exercises will be included.

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 5:00

David Head

Getting Data In, Out, and Around FileMaker with JSON

Learn how to move and store data efficiently using FileMaker’s built-in JSON functions.
This session teaches you how to use JSON to structure, store, transfer, and transform data within FileMaker solutions. You’ll explore techniques for parsing incoming data, assembling outgoing payloads, and using JSON to cleanly pass complex information between scripts, layouts, and integrations. Whether you’re storing UI state, preparing data for APIs, or building modular code, this session will show you why JSON is one of the most powerful tools in your FileMaker toolbox.
What You’ll Learn
  • JSON foundations – structure and FileMaker functions
  • Practical use cases with script parameters and script results
  • Building and parsing JSON for use with APIs and storage
  • Advanced scripting techniques and best practices
Target Audience
FileMaker developers experienced with scripting methods and calculation functions.
Requirements
Please bring a laptop with FileMaker Pro installed. Hands-on exercises will be included.

8:30 - 12:30

Paul Hutton

FileMaker Web Components – Without a Web Developer

Add web viewers to your layout toolkit and discover the power of web technologies in your interfaces.
Discover the full potential of the FileMaker Web Viewer in this practical, hands-on session. Aimed at mid-to-advanced FileMaker developers, this course bridges the gap between native FileMaker functionality and the power of modern web technologies. You’ll explore how web technologies can be added to your layouts to create dynamic, interactive features that go beyond traditional FileMaker objects and techniques.
From charts and calendars to custom widgets, you’ll learn how the Web Viewer can transform your solutions—with many techniques relying on skills you already have.
What You’ll Learn
  • How the Web Viewer works and how it uses HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
  • Best practices for writing and maintaining web code in FileMaker
  • Techniques for passing FileMaker data into the Web Viewer
  • How to capture and respond to user interaction in the Web Viewer back in FileMaker
Target Audience
FileMaker developers who are confident with FileMaker but have limited experience with web technologies.
Requirements
Please bring a laptop with FileMaker Pro installed. Hands-on exercises will be included.

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 5:00

David Head

Oh You Want Data? Exploring OData in FileMaker

A gentle (but powerful) introduction to FileMaker’s Data API using the OData standard.
This session introduces you to accessing FileMaker data externally using the OData protocol. You’ll learn how to query, filter, sort, create, and update records via FileMaker’s Data API — all using standard, URL-based OData requests. Ideal for developers new to APIs, this session walks through real-world examples of calling FileMaker data from external systems.
What You’ll Learn
  • How to connect to FileMaker using the OData protocol and a web browser or API tool
  • How to query, filter, sort, and retrieve FileMaker data using standard OData syntax
  • How to manage data in FileMaker via OData POST, PATCH, and DELETE
  • Best practices and tips for using OData in FileMaker
Target Audience
FileMaker developers wanting to connect databases to external systems and APIs, or looking to transition FileMaker Data API skills to OData.
Requirements
Please bring a laptop with FileMaker Pro installed. Hands-on exercises will be included.

8:30 - 9:00

Registration, Coffee/Tea

9:00 - 9:30

Opening/Welcome

9:30 - 10:30

Session (Claris)

10:30 - 11:15

Morning Tea

11:15 - 12:00

Session

12:00 - 12:45

Session

12:45 - 2:15

Lunch

2:15 - 3:15

Quickfire sessions (4 x 15min)

3:15 - 4:00

Afternoon Tea

4:00 - 4:45

Session

4:45 - 5:00

Close Day 1

8:30 - 9:00

Coffee/Tea

9:00 - 9:45

Session

9:45 - 10:30

Session

10:30 - 11:15

Morning Tea

11:15 - 12:00

Session

12:00 - 12:45

Session

12:45 - 2:15

Lunch

2:15 - 3:15

Session

3:15 - 4:00

Afternoon Tea

4:00 - 4:45

Debate

4:45 - 5:00

Close Conference

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