• Sat. Mar 10th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:00pm
• SugarCRM Users’ Group
• Downtown Chicago Marriott
• Register for the event here

SugarCRM is the open source competitor to Salesforce.com. This is an exciting and thriving open source (and commercial) product. Enjoy learning how to make more money converting leads to customers, as well as talk with several key SugarCRM executives.

SugarCRM will have two team members presenting at the event Andy Dreisch (Vice President, Online Team) and Manoj Jayadevan (Product Management). Ken Brill from the SugarCRM community will also be presenting. I will be presenting as well in addition to running the event. Registration is required for the event there will be no walk-in registration and we have a seating limit of 40 attendees.

Here is the draft of the Agenda for the meeting all (times are in Central Time):

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Sign-In
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm - Introductions and Chicago SDUG (Max Blackmer)
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm - SugarCRM, Inc. and the Community (Andy Dreisch)
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm - Break
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm - SugarCRM Product Roadmap (Manoj Jayadevan)
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm - Break
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm - Modifying SugarCRM with Studio (Max Blackmer)
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm - Closing by Ken Brill and door prize drawing.
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Social Networking.

This agenda will change as content for the event progresses.

More information can be found in this forum thread

• Sat. Mar 10th, 2007 @ 9:00am - 1:00pm
• Depaul University CEC
• Cortelyou Commons
• Address: 2342 N. Fremont, Chicago
• Fee: $ 25 (free for students)
• sign up here

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