WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE
YOUR 2026 CASCADE USER CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SPEAKERS

REGISTER FOR THE CUC26 WORKSHOPS

 

Your CUC26 Workshops have been finalized and set!

🌟 When: March 3, 2026, 10 AM - 5 PM ET
🌟 Where: Online
🌟 What: A Higher Ed Webinar for Web & IT Teams and Higher Ed Admins
🌟 Who: Check out your  Speaker Schedule here !

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND A CUC26 WORKSHOP

Your CUC26 Workshop sessions are world-class, all-day, professional workshops designed to expand your and your team's technical knowledge in Cascade CMS on two specific topics. 

These Workshops are led by senior members of the Cascade CMS team and will be held live, simultaneously, on March 3, 2026, the first day of the CUC26 conference. Please note that  Workshop admissions are separate from the General Conference.

These Workshops are technical sessions that will improve the breadth and depth of knowledge for utilizing Cascade CMS in web services (such as automation) and development within the Cascade CMS platform.

1. Learn directly from our Senior Cascade CMS Team
2. Interact with the Cascade CMS Team directly in a smaller setting
3. Session spaces are intentionally limited for each topic to ensure a quality experience
   
   

Workshop Track 1

Web Services Essentials

In today's fast-paced digital world, leveraging web services can significantly improve how organizations create and manage content. Join this session to learn how Cascade Web Services can be used to automate and streamline tasks such as content creation, updates, and publishing. You'll discover how these services integrate with Cascade to reduce manual effort, minimize errors, and support more efficient content workflows. We'll walk through practical strategies and real-world examples to help you better understand what's possible with web services and how they can enhance productivity, consistency, and flexibility in your content operations.

Key Highlights

• Working with Cascade Data: Fetch, update, and create content using Cascade’s REST API and JSON data.
• Choosing the Right Approach: Learn when and how to use web services to streamline workflows.
• Automation with Web Services: Discover how to reduce manual tasks and speed up content workflows.
• Hands-On Practice: Apply what you’ve learned with exercises and real Cascade examples to build your web services skills.

Who Should Attend

• Developers with basic familiarity of REST APIs and web services.
• Developers who want to understand how web services work within Cascade.
• Technical users interested in integrating external systems or automating workflows using web services.

Requirements

• Experience with JavaScript (ES6+) and working with Promises, and familiarity with local development tools (such as VS Code or similar editors).
• Basic understanding of how entities in Cascade are set-up, such as Templates, Configurations, Data Definitions, Content Types, etc.
• Working knowledge of Metadata and Data Definition fields, and how they are used within Cascade.

 

Workshop Track 2

Cascade Developer Essentials

Learn the basics of developing in Cascade, empowering you to make additions and changes to your existing implementation. The focus of this workshop will be data definition modifications and updating the corresponding Velocity to account for these changes. We will also cover basic coding concepts so that you can understand your current code base.

Key Highlights

• Moving Parts: Learn how to create and update the data definition, system template, configuration, metadata set & shared fields, so that you can update any content on the page.
• Velocity: Learn programming basics in Velocity so that you can write better formats.
• Formats: Discover how to create reusable Velocity scripts that can run anywhere on your pages and allow you to generate dynamic content and markup.

Who Should Attend

• Web developers who are new to Cascade
• Web admins who want to make significant tweaks
• Marketers with a web development background

Requirements

• Basic understanding of how entities in Cascade are set up, such as Templates, Configurations, Data Definitions, Content Types, etc.
• Understanding of fundamental programming concepts, such as variables, conditional logic, and loops
• Basic understanding of HTML

 

  REGISTER FOR THE CUC26 WORKSHOPS

 

MEET YOUR WORKSHOP SPEAKERS

 Want to know more about your CUC26 Workshop Speakers? 

Rebecca Crow joined Hannon Hill in 2019 as a web developer on the Professional Services team. She earned her undergraduate degree in organizational leadership from Purdue University, with a minor in computer information systems, and her MBA with a concentration in computer and information sciences from Colorado State University. Prior to joining Hannon Hill, she worked as an IT consultant for several Fortune 500 companies. She enjoys cooking, learning new skills, and playing with her dogs, Remy and Jamison.

Get to know Rebecca in her  Work Anniversary Spotlight.

 

Nate Sims is a Web Services Developer on Hannon Hill's Professional Services team. He works on implementing new client sites into Cascade CMS, adding new features to their current implementations, custom front-end code, and consulting clients when they are stuck or have questions regarding their implementation. Nate enjoys cooking, playing video games, caring for plants, and reading in his spare time! 

Learn more about Nate in his  Employee Spotlight. 

 

Elisabeth Hutzel joined the Hannon Hill team as a Web Developer in 2015. She's a pro at understanding customer needs, preferences, and overall vision and then putting it into action in her projects. As a Senior Web Developer, Elisabeth takes pride in completing complicated projects on time and to the highest degree of quality for each and every customer.

Learn more about Elisabeth in her  Employee Spotlight. 

 

Matthew began  his tenure at Hannon Hill during his time at The University of Scranton, attending his first  Cascade CMS User Conference in 2012 as an eager learner,  soaking up all he could about Cascade CMS. Over the years, his admiration for Hannon Hill grew with each conference. When an opportunity arose to join the team, he eagerly seized it, excited to contribute to a company I had long admired.

Learn more about Matthew in his  Employee Spotlight.

We can't wait to see you at CUC26! For any other questions, please email us at conference@hannonhill.com

Note: Workshop spaces are intentionally limited to preserve the quality of sessions. If you are interested, please register as soon as possible.

To learn more about how Cascade CMS and Clive Web Personalization can help your institution reach more students than ever before, reach out to our team.

Last Updated: Jan 8, 2026 9:00 AM

Kyle Merrill
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