# Talking Drupal #365 - Event Platform
Today we are talking about The Event Platform with Kaleem Clarkson & Martin Anderson-Clutz.

[www.talkingDrupal.com/365](https://www.talkingDrupal.com/365)

## Topics
* Where the idea originated
* What are the main goals
* What does it do out of the box
* Is this a Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) Replacement
* Why make a module and not a distribution
* Does this follow the new recipe or starter kit concept
* Which theme do you target
* What is on the roadmap
* Where can the event platform team use help
* Anything else

## Resources
* [Event Platform Module](https://www.drupal.org/project/event_platform)
* [Smart Date](https://talkingdrupal.com/339)
* [Event Organizers Working Group](https://www.drupal.org/community/event-organizers)
* [COD](https://www.drupal.org/project/cod)
* [Drupal Event Platform Initiative](https://www.drupal.org/node/3201091)

## Guests
Kaleem Clarkson - [kaleemclarkson.com](kaleemclarkson.com) [@kaleemclarkson](https://twitter.com/kaleemclarkson)
Martin Anderson-Clutz - [@mandclu](https://twitter.com/mandclu)

## Hosts
Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan)
John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi)

## MOTW
[Smart Date](https://www.drupal.org/project/smart_date)
This module attempts to provide a more user-friendly date field, by upgrading the functionality of core in a number of ways.