Community Day 2024 Schedule

The DrupalSouth Community Day is on again in 2024!

Similar to 2023, we will run a single day event focussing on Drupal use across the community (private and public sector, of any distribution) on a consecutive day to the GovCMS Mega Meetup.

  Room:
Time Top of the Cross Orion Private Dining
8:00 Registration    
9:00 Opening remarks - Marge    
9:10 Venue sponsor remarks - PreviousNext    
9:35

Content Creators and Drupal: Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Publishers 

(45 minutes)

Common (but tricky) GovCMS requirements 

(60 minutes)

CivicTheme and Starshot 

(45 minutes)

10:40 Morning tea    
11:00

How to unlock enhanced search visibility & provide a richer user experience using Schema.org 

(30 minutes)

PDF or not to PDF! 

(30 minutes)

GovFlix: A behind the scenes look of a content recommendation system 

(60 minutes)

11:35  

Accessibility Mistakes: A Developer's Guide 

(30 minutes)

12:10 Lunch    
13:00

Exploring Single Directory Components 

(60 minutes)

 

Starshot show & tell (& tell me what you think) 

(30 minutes)

13:30

What has the Drupal Association ever done for us? 

(30 minutes)

14:00  

Closing remarks - Marge

Networking sponsor remarks - Annex

 
14:10   Networking event, sponsored by Annex  
16:00 End

Changes from last year

As requested via 2023 feedback:

  • Starting earlier in the day
  • Opening and closing remarks
  • Maximum of 3 concurrent sessions
  • Microphone & lectern for presenters
  • Shorter sessions - presentations can be 15, 30, 60, or the original 90 minute length.
  • Free on-site parking (multi story carpark at venue, subject to availability)

Suggested topics

From community discussion and recent feedback, requested popular topics for 2024 include:

  • Case studies
  • Government collaboration
  • Drupal Startshot
  • Development - intermediate/advanced
  • GovCMS specific
  • New features
  • Security
  • Drupal community contribution

If you have something to share or would like to provide early feedback please email chair@drupalsouth.org. Thanks!