Zope 3 is a major rewrite of the Zope application server. The motivation and major features of Zope 3 will be presented, including an overview of the Zope component architecture. The plans for transitioning from Zope 2 to Zope 3 will be presented, including an overview of the upcoming Zope 2.8, Zope 2.9 and Zope X3 releases.

Jim Fulton is the chief architect of Zope and the Zope object database, and has been a Python contributor since 1994.