Welcome to the Extra Track at Rome FileMaker Week 2024, an addition designed to enhance your conference experience!
Digital Speakers

Connect with Claris Connect
Embark on a journey to unlock the full potential of Claris Connect in our session, “Connect with Claris Connect.” This session offers a comprehensive overview of Claris Connect’s capabilities, guiding you through its powerful features and seamless integrations. Discover how Claris Connect can automate workflows, streamline business processes, and bridge the gap between your applications, enabling a more efficient and connected digital environment. Join us to explore the limitless possibilities and enhance your productivity with Claris Connect.

Unlocking Teamwork in FileMaker: Strategies for Effective Collaboration
Dive into the world of FileMaker collaboration and discover essential strategies for fostering teamwork and overcoming common challenges. Explore techniques for streamlining communication, managing version control, and resolving conflicts within your development team. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or new to the platform, this session offers practical insights to enhance collaboration and drive success in your FileMaker projects. Join us to unlock the full potential of teamwork in FileMaker development.

Architecting Excellence: Building a World-Class Consulting Firm
Growing a FileMaker consulting firm can be both thrilling and challenging. Join this informative session to discover key tips that can help your firm thrive! Discover some of the top issues facing consulting firms and how to address them. We’ll cover various areas including technology, staffing, clients, insurance, finances, marketing, partnerships, and more. Uncover effective tips you can implement to make your business more enjoyable and profitable!
Methods of using JavaScript in FileMaker: The Efficient and Inefficient
Every release of Claris FileMaker has added new technologies we can learn to solve client problems. We usually find the efficient methods in the form of plugins, sample files, custom functions, to implement those new features easily. The same is true for JavaScript, which has been around for quite some time. This session will review the methods of working with JavaScript code for the Web Viewer and point out those efficiencies and inefficiencies of the various methods. We’ll look how methods become more or less efficient as the needs of the widget changes. Finally, we will learn about the JS Dev Environment which is Jeremy’s answer to the most efficient method.

iOS widgets using Javascript and FileMaker Data API
Have you ever thought about creating small personal dashboards installable on your phone that display information from your FileMaker application? In this presentation, I will explain what you need and we will create a small iOS widget together using Javascript that can read data from your FileMaker application via the Data API.

A.I. Deployed: Real World Use Cases
This session shows dozens of deployed A.I. solutions for business. Featuring examples from enterprises and small business with solutions from legal, medical, TV production, state and local public sector, education, marketing and design. Attendees will learn innovative techniques for securely and responsibly integrating proprietary data with various different foundation and open source models. This session will also explore fascinating practical uses cases involving

Robotic process automation with Toca.io

Design Disasters: How NOT to Build Forms in FileMaker and Keep Users Happy
Get ready for a hilarious yet enlightening journey into the world of UI/UX nightmares in forms! In this session, we’ll embark on a hands-on exploration of a form so bewilderingly bad, it’s a wonder anyone can complete it at all. Watch as we step through the agony of filling it out, then dive back in to dissect its flaws and highlight key areas for improvement.
Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just dipping your toes into FileMaker, you’ll leave armed with practical insights and a newfound appreciation for the art of user-friendly design.
Don’t miss out on this entertaining and educational rollercoaster ride through the do’s and don’ts of form design!
