Sessions 2026
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Thu Aug 6th
Thu | 9:00 am - 10:30 am
L-101 - Arrival, Registration Check-in
Arrival and check-in of registered attendees. Luggage must be stored until 2:00 p.m., when the rooms will be available.
Thu | 10:30 am - 11:15 am
Thu | 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
D-101 - Welcome Session and Keynote Presentation
We will receive everyone who is attending the unconference.
Thu | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
F-102 - Lunch ( Day 1 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Thu | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
D-103 - Is This Thing On?
Do you want to learn how to capture attention from any crowd? Join Jonn Howell assisted by Cris Ippolite in a lively presentation, discussion, and practical application of public speaking skills. This session combines mindset, delivery, and clear structure to help speakers communicate with confidence and clarity in any setting.
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Thu | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
T-101 - Shaking the Dependency Tree - part 1 of 2
Understanding exactly how and when FileMaker updates calculations.
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Thu | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
T-102 - Shaking the Dependency Tree - part 2 of 2
Understanding exactly how and when FileMaker updates calculation results that are not defined in fields.
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Thu | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
F-103 - Dinner ( Day 1 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Thu | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
E-102 - Welcome Party
Join us up the hill at St. Robert's Hall, and likely also the Gellert Rotunda, for free beverages of "all" sorts, no charge, and some great relaxing and socializing time.
Fri Aug 7th
Fri | 8:00 am - 9:00 am
F-201 - Breakfast ( Day 2 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Fri | 9:30 am - 10:30 am
T-201 - Package it up!: Building FileMaker Add-ons
This session will show you how to create Add-ons for your own use, and make them available for sale to other developers.
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D-201 - ALL HANDS ON DECK: Your Brilliant Solution Just Became Someone Else's Problem
A fast-paced, laughter-fueled relay with an element of surprise. Your team receives an absurd star ship incident log from the USS Mercurius. You write the fix and pass it on. The next table implements it. The next table handles the fallout because it morphed – again.
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Fri | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
I-201 - Platform Agnostic - Real Mobile Apps with FileMaker
Think FileMaker in a browser is exclusive to WebDirect or Go on Mac? - NOT! - This session tells the story of building the official companion app for the Full Access conference as a true cross-platform native mobile app, powered by a FileMaker backend. Not FileMaker Go. Not WebDirect. A real app running on modern devices, using APIs, JSON, and a practical architecture that proves FileMaker can reach a lot further than many people think.
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Fri | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
F-202 - Lunch ( Day 2 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Fri | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
D-202 - FileMaker and Relevance in Today's World
This session will be a panel discussion of the relevance of FileMaker in this day and age....in light of all the technical changes we are observing.
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Fri | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
A-201 - AI, FileMaker, and ProofKit
Agentic development brings AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor directly into your FileMaker workflow.
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Fri | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
A-202 - Beyond the Basics: Agentic FileMaker
Once you're past the basics, agentic development with FileMaker opens up serious possibilities, and this session goes deep.
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Fri | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
F-203 - Dinner ( Day 2 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Fri | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
E-201 - Let's Play Jeopardy (Again) !
Socializing and Let's Play Jeopardy (Again)!, as well as jam session up the hill at St. Roberts Hall and on the lawn
Sat Aug 8th
Sat | 8:00 am - 9:00 am
F-301 - Breakfast ( Day 3 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Sat | 9:30 am - 10:30 am
D-301 - SAVE THE SHIP: An AI-Driven LEGO Build Session
Your AI made a decision. It executed without asking. Sensors are critical. You have minutes to build a solution – with LEGOs!
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Sat | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A-301 - Will FileMaker Succumb to our AI Overlords?
Join a panel discussion as we look to the future. Mike Ross (Portage Bay), John Newhoff (Portage Bay), and others to be announced.
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Sat | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
F-302 - Lunch ( Day 3 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Sat | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
D-302 - Tales from Under the Hood - part 1/2
Join David Simpson for our Under the Hood panel discussion with Claris engineers, where we will discuss valuable topics
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T-301 - Get ( What'sNew )
A comprehensive overview of the latest features in Claris FileMaker
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Sat | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
T-302 - Audit Trail, History & Stored Deletes
Audit/Deletes session will teach developers how to use FileMaker custom functions to create audits trails of all edits to data and deletes.
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I-301 - MBS Plugin Goodies
Let's check all the benefits the MBS Plugin adds to FileMaker.
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Sat | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
I-302 - MBS Plugin Workshop
Let us take an existing database and add cool MBS features. Bring your ideas on what we could add.
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T-303 - JSON Nuances and Gotchas
JSON tips, tricks, and some things to be aware of...
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Sat | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
F-303 - Dinner ( Day 3 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Sat | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
E-301 - Game Show Night - Wheel of FileMaker!
Socializing and game show night, with Wheel of FileMaker, as well as jam session up the hill at St. Roberts Hall and on the lawn
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Sun Aug 9th
Sun | 8:00 am - 9:00 am
F-401 - Breakfast ( Day 4 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Sun | 9:30 am - 10:30 am
A-401 - The Door in the Wall: Building Directly in FileMaker with AI
Most of us have hit a wall using AI in FileMaker — AI just doesn’t seem to have a way in — but a few hidden doorways have been there all along. This session previews working methods that find a way through, with AI producing real scripts, tables and fields, even layouts and relationships directly in your file.
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T-401 - Fun with Button Bars and Other Fancy FileMaker Footwork
Has every FileMaker conference started to feel like an AI conference with a little FileMaker mixed in? Before every problem needed an AI solution, FileMaker developers were building surprisingly sophisticated interfaces with nothing more than creativity and the features built right into the platform. Let's take a break and rediscover how much fun you can have with the tools that have been sitting in FileMaker all along.
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Sun | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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I-401 - Powering the [Full Access] Experience: FileMaker-to-Web and Mobile with CWP Snippets, WordPress and React
Discover how CWP Snippets connects FileMaker and WordPress to create powerful, secure web integrations. Learn practical techniques for building custom endpoints, automating workflows, and extending FileMaker solutions to the web.
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Sun | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
F-402 - Lunch ( Day 4 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Sun | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
D-401 - EXIT APPLICATION - Stop kicking this can down the road!
When the question “What if you get hit by a bus?” arises, do you have a better answer than a promise to look both ways when crossing the street?
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D-403 - Going Viral - Followup!
What memetic material do we have that should go viral? A development platform, apps, code, ideas, content, products, services, meetups, conferences? What contagious successes have we had and what dies before getting far (like corona vs. hantavirus)?
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Sun | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
D-402 - Tales from Under the Hood - part 2/2
Join David Simpson for our Under the Hood panel discussion with Claris engineers, where we will discuss valuable topics
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Sun | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
I-402 - Plugin+ Powow
Claris engineer Clay Maeckel joins plugin developers like Jesse Barnum and Christian Schmitz, inviting you to this [Full Access] exclusive under-the-hood meeting to answer the kinds of questions mainly deep dive developers (such as plugin programmers) would want to know.
A-402 - Darth Invader - The Dark Side behind the Curtain of Data Centers
We all need to be aware of the "Dark Side" of data centers. These facilities are appearing and growing fast all over our country, and the world. We will look into what data can be found on the toxic effects of data centers. We will review information provided fom people who are about as expert as can be found, including Erin Brockovich, Karen Hao, and others.
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Sun | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
F-403 - Dinner ( Day 4 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Sun | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
E-401 - Final Party
Jam session and drinks - last night of the unconference!
Mon Aug 10th
Mon | 8:00 am - 9:00 am
F-501 - Breakfast ( Day 5 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Mon | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
L-501 - Checkout
Check-out is formally at 9:00 a.m. A dedicated volunteer will be collecting the sleeping room keys, in the Gellert Rotunda.
Mon | 9:30 am - 10:30 am
D-501 - Closing Session
Welcome a surprise speaker, who will briefly review the event, and close us with insight into the emerging world of AI and general technology that this year has brought us.
Mon | 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
L-502 - Bus Notes and Goodbyes
A youth summer camp tradition, which we kept from the 4 years of Pause on Error events in Clayton Georgia. This delightful acitiviy is available all week, and (if we have room) the bus notes will remain on a table in the Gellert Rotunda.
Mon | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
F-502 - Lunch ( Day 5 )
Mealtime in the Dining Room!
Mon | 1:30 pm - 12:00 am
L-503 - Exit JRC
The party is over after lunch on Monday.