DrupalSouth Melbourne 2025
This page lists the resources available for speakers presenting at DrupalSouth 2025.
**Please either download or make a copy and save it to your own folder.
If you choose not to use the branded slides, please include the following slides in your presentation:
- Title slide
- Speaker slide
- Questions slide
Once you've completed the first draft, please submit your presentation to the Google Drive folder (you will have received a link to this via email from your Track Lead).
Presentation Accessibility Resources
- Inclusive Speaker Orientation: optional free training from the Linux Foundation that takes around two hours and will help speakers ensure their presentations are inclusive.
- How to Make your Presentations Accessible to All: guidance for speakers to increase the accessibility of their presentation before and onsite.
Speaker orientation webinar
To help you prepare your presentation for DrupalSouth 2025 Melbourne, we hosted a Speaker Orientation session online. This was designed to help you create an amazing, entertaining and educational presentation. The session recording is now available.
Speaker promotional kit
We’ve also put together a promotional kit to help you announce your participation and generate excitement for your session. You can find this link in the FAQ Guide you will have received from your Track Lead. The kit includes the following:
- Social Caption Template
- Personalised Social Tile
- Email template and Signature Banner for your organisation to share your session
If you’ve already submitted your headshot – thank you! If not, please send it to us as soon as possible so we can create your personalised speaker social tile.
FAQ Guide for Speakers
To help you prepare for your presentation and event, you will have also received a link to the 'FAQ Guide for Speakers' from your Track Lead. Make sure you check this regularly for updates.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Yes! All speakers agreed to our Code of Conduct when submitting a session as part of the Speaker Agreement. Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with it ahead of time.
You should have been informed of your session length in an email (45 minutes, 30 minutes or 15 minutes).
The Q&A portion of each presentation should fit into that time limit (typically five minutes at the end of your presentation).
You might want to share a slide detailing how attendees can contact you after the session with any further questions or thoughts.
Business casual attire is recommended. We also recommend a jacket or jumper as conference rooms can get cold, plus comfortable shoes.
There will be official event photographers and videographers on-site. Please inform us if you do not wish to be photographer or filmed. While we'll make every effort to respect your wishes, we cannot guarantee you won't be captured inadvertently.
AV facilities
Each room will include:
- A projector and theatre screen
- 1 handheld microphone
- 1 lapel microphone
- HDMI cable
- Lectern
- Laptop plinth next to the lectern
Laptops
Laptop plinths will be supplied next to each lectern. There should be ample space for your laptop, keyboard and mouse.
Speakers should bring their own laptops with connectors for an HDMI cable.
Projector inputs
- You will be using an HDMI cable
- All aspect ratios are 16:9
Audio
All audio will be transmitted through the HDMI cable.
Wifi
Wi-Fi will be available for all attendees and speakers.
Session recordings
Sessions will be recorded and shared on DrupalSouth’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrupalSouth.
Please let us know if you do not want your session to be recorded or shared.