© Plone Conference 2025 · official recapOpen source · Shared purpose
Content belongs to you.
A publishing platform is more than a place to put words. It is where teams organise knowledge, make decisions and keep information useful.
A public website has many jobs. It explains what an organisation does, helps people find services and keeps important information within reach. Behind every useful page is an editorial team balancing clarity, accuracy and the demands of daily work.
Plone brings those concerns into one publishing workspace. Structured content gives information a home. Permissions and review workflows support shared responsibility. A visual editor helps turn that information into pages readers can navigate.
Start with the experience you want to create: an accessible service page, a well-organised knowledge base or a community publication that can grow over time. The platform should support that purpose.
Follow a route that fits the question you are bringing. These pages connect the software with the editorial work and community behind it.
Plone Conference 2026 brings the community to the Netherlands from 21 to 27 September. Training, talks, a Business Track and weekend sprints offer different ways to learn and participate.
The main conference takes place at Van der Valk Hotel Maastricht. The weekend sprints use a separate venue, De Brandweerkantine. Check the official programme for the current session details and practical arrangements.
A conference is a useful starting point for a longer conversation. Bring a publishing challenge, share an approach that worked, or find the people working on a problem that matters to your team.
Choose a page your readers use frequently. Check whether its purpose is clear, its links lead to the right destinations and its next step is easy to find. That small exercise reveals more about a publishing workflow than a list of features.
Use the documentation to understand the editing environment. Try a small, reversible change before redesigning a whole page.
Share the context, the result you expected and what happened instead. The community can help you find a useful next step.
