Session Schedule

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We are excited to announce the session schedule for DrupalCon Barcelona 2024! Each track has great content on every day of the event, check them out below.

Our Drupal Starshot track is still being assembled and will add even more exciting sessions to the program.

Keep track of our further communications regarding our exciting keynotes and social events to be announced.

If you wish to see the program overview at glance to plan your trip, please click here

***Sessions and speakers are subject to change. Additional sessions will be added as they become available.

Thursday, 26 Sep

09:30 to 10:15 CEST

Location
Room 4 (122-123)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 09:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:15

Are you building a decoupled website or need advanced search capabilities like search-as-you-type and AI integration? Typesense may be the right solution for you; it's flexible, powerful, open source, and integrated with Drupal (using the Search API module).

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makers & builders
Speakers

Luca Lusso (lussoluca)

09:30 to 10:15 CEST
Location
Room 1 (133-134)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 09:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:15

The Events, Conditions, and Actions (ECA) module, also recognized by the Drupal Project Initiatives Keynote in Portland, revolutionizes Drupal's capabilities for site builders without having to write code or involve a programmer.

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users & editors
Speakers

Jürgen Haas (jurgenhaas)

09:30 to 10:15 CEST
Location
Room 6 (124-125)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 09:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:15

"[The Recipes Initiative] is a great example of making it easy for people to be part of Drupal and the open web." - Dries Buytaert, Driesnote, DrupalCon Prague

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drupal starshot
Speakers

Martin Anderson-Clutz, Mark Casias (Markie)

09:30 to 10:15 CEST
Location
Room 5 (127-128)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 09:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:15

AI functionalities based on Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT from OpenAI are well integrated with Drupal. But finding the right use-cases for AI in custom projects can be quite challenging.

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agency & business
Speakers

Christoph Breidert, Loredan Szocs

09:30 to 10:15 CEST
Location
Room 3 (129-130)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 09:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:15

As part of its strategic plan for this decade, the French government is pursuing its efforts to provide more and improved public services online.

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clients & industry experiences
Speakers

David Suissa (Dydave)

09:30 to 10:15 CEST
Location
Room 2 (131-132)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 09:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:15

The City of Hamburg is pioneering an innovative approach to public engagement and content management through the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) within their Drupal-based digital platforms.

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open web community
Speakers

Julien Hofer (Methodjules)

10:45 to 11:30 CEST
Location
Room 3 (129-130)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:45 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:30

Education is the base of every career path, and too often it has a limited budget, but that does not mitigate its importance.

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clients & industry experiences
Speakers

Marcin Grabias (Graber)

10:45 to 11:30 CEST
Location
Room 4 (122-123)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:45 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:30

Discover how you can provide new experiences when moving beyond the synchronous world of web servers.

Prerequisite
This session requires no prior knowledge.

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makers & builders
Speakers

Alexander Varwijk (Kingdutch)

10:45 to 11:30 CEST
Location
Room 6 (124-125)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:45 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:30

Learn to effectively use DDEV for local development of Drupal projects. This session will walk you through a wide array of features for professional Drupal development.

Prerequisite
No prior knowledge of DDEV or Docker is needed.

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makers & builders
Speakers

Mauricio Dinarte

10:45 to 11:30 CEST
Location
Room 1 (133-134)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:45 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:30

A journey with a live demo showing how to go from 0 to 60 with the Schema.org Blueprints module. The session aims to help, inspire, and assist people to "Love thy CMS!"

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users & editors
Speakers

Jacob Rockowitz (Jrockowitz)

10:45 to 11:30 CEST
Location
Room 2 (131-132)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:45 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:30

Explore the success story of Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and IndexedDB to enhance Drupal's capabilities and elevate user’s offline experience.

Prerequisite
Basic understanding of Drupal websites.

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open web community
Speakers

Anjali Rathod (anjali-rathod), Abhai Sasidharan (abhaisasidharan)

10:45 to 11:30 CEST
Location
Room 5 (127-128)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:45 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:30

As a communication agency, we help other agencies, technical product companies, and open source projects pitch themselves. But we have to pitch ourselves to them to get there!

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agency & business
Speakers

Jeffey McGuire (Horncologne), Tiffany Farriss

11:45 to 13:00 CEST
Location
Auditorium
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:45 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 13:00
14:15 to 15:00 CEST
Location
Room 2 (131-132)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 14:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:00

Sometimes headless is overkill! The Drupal Acceleration Team has found a way to make modern JS driven Drupal sites while keeping their head intact.

Prerequisite
Awareness of the pros/cons headless vs. non-headless sites.

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makers & builders
Speakers

Ben Mullins

14:15 to 15:00 CEST
Location
Room 1 (133-134)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 14:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:00

Discover how to leverage the Workspaces module for implementing enterprise-ready publishing workflows by staging large sets of content changes!

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users & editors
Speakers

Fabian Franz (Fabianx), Andrei Mateescu (amateescu), Hank VanZile (Hankvanzile)

14:15 to 15:00 CEST
Location
Room 4 (122-123)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 14:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:00

Configuration schema's power most of the configuration of your drupal sites, making those validatable paves the path towards easier config forms, recipies and decoupled admin ui's.

Prerequisite

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makers & builders
Speakers

Joris Vercammen (Borisson_)

14:15 to 15:00 CEST
Location
Room 5 (127-128)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 14:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:00

Your talent needs probably fluctuate as you adapt and grow and the market changes around you. Fractional teams are on the rise at many companies in response to these changes in the professional landscape.

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agency & business
Speakers

Tracy Evans (Kanadiankicks), Jeffey McGuire (Horncologne)

14:15 to 15:00 CEST
Location
Room 6 (124-125)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 14:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:00

We all know movement, exercise and screen breaks are recommended, do we do them? Probably not as much as we should!

I’m sharing activities that can fit in your schedule at or near your desk!

This is an interactive workshop offering practical modifiable takeaways.

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open web community
Speakers

Karen Leech (Kae76)

14:15 to 14:35 CEST
Location
Room 3 (129-130)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 14:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 14:35

Join us to explore pharma company’s transformative journey to a unified learning ecosystem with Drupal. From scattered sources to a centralized platform, discover how integrating AI, xAPI, and data analytics revolutionized training for global biopharmaceutical teams.

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clients & industry experiences
Speakers

Raúl Bordallo (Rbordallo)

14:40 to 15:00 CEST
Location
Room 3 (129-130)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 14:40 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:00

Drupal has a long history of usage in the European Commission (>10y at large scale) powering hundreds of websites from high profile communication websites to community websites where European citizens interact.

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clients & industry experiences
Speakers

Hernani Borges De Freitas (Hernani)

15:15 to 16:00 CEST
Location
Room 6 (124-125)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:00

Welcome to our workshop on "Securing the Modern Web: Strategies, Tools, and Ethical Hacking Techniques"! In today's digital landscape, web security is a critical concern. Join us as we delve into essential strategies, tools, and ethical hacking techniques designed to safeguard web applications.

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open web community
Speakers

Kavana Tadagalale

15:15 to 16:00 CEST
Location
Room 5 (127-128)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:00

Human Centred Design is becoming more widely used as a UX and product design discipline. Join this session to learn what it is and how it can help you.

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agency & business
Speakers

Elise West

15:15 to 16:00 CEST
Location
Room 2 (131-132)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:00

The Drupal API Client project has made substantial progress since being selected for funding as part of the Pitch-burgh Innovation Contest. We're excited to share information about the 1.x release of our JSON:API Client, and what the future holds for this initiative.

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makers & builders
Speakers

Brian Perry (Brianperry)

15:15 to 16:00 CEST
Location
Room 3 (129-130)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:00

Discover how we upgraded 70 websites (50 countries + 20 local careers sites) to new branding, built a robust content delivery system, and followed country-specific requirements in a highly regulated environment.

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clients & industry experiences
Speakers

Marcello Testi (Pinolo), Alexander Farkas

15:15 to 16:00 CEST
Location
Room 1 (133-134)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:00

What would it look like if your site got hacked? What would the bad actors actually do, and why? How can you avoid this?

Prerequisite
No prerequisites.

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makers & builders
Speakers

Drew Webber

15:15 to 16:00 CEST
Location
Room 4 (122-123)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 15:15 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:00

Want to make sure your employees do not work outside of office hours? Want to get rid of UID 1's all-access pass? Well now you can, thanks to the brand-new Access Policy API!

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makers & builders
Speakers

Kristiaan Van den Eynde (Kristiaanvandeneynde)

16:30 to 16:50 CEST
Location
Room 5 (127-128)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:50

Digital projects extensively rely on Staff Augmentation for project capacity needs, and Staff Augmentation service providers have much within control to bring about customer delight.

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agency & business
Speakers

Monisha Navlani (Monishanavlani)

16:30 to 16:50 CEST
Location
Room 1 (133-134)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:50

Learn how the A11yTalks website was moved from Gatsby to Drupal using Single Directory Components.

Prerequisite
Attendees will need familiarity with Drupal and an interest in Single Directory Components

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makers & builders
Speakers

Mark Casias (Markie)

16:30 to 16:50 CEST
Location
Room 4 (122-123)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:50

Unlock the potential of semantic search in Drupal with OpenSearch and Machine Learning. Explore cutting-edge techniques and witness live demos in this session.

Prerequisite
Participants should have a basic understanding of search functionality and web development concepts.

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makers & builders
Speakers

Aleksandr Danilov (alexandrdnlv)

16:30 to 16:50 CEST
Location
Room 2 (131-132)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:50

Is Drupal often seen as too complicated to grasp? Is your company finding it challenging to attract new developers to Drupal? It might be time to reevaluate and enhance your organization's learning methods.

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open web community
Speakers

Yevgeniya Kobrina (Yevko)

16:30 to 17:15 CEST
Location
Room 6 (124-125)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:30 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 17:15

Improve your application look & feel and performance using Drupal's build-in capabilities.

Prerequisite
Medium to advanced knowledge of Drupal front-end development.

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makers & builders
Speakers

Ignacio Díaz-Roncero Fraile (Idiaz.roncero)

16:55 to 17:15 CEST
Location
Room 4 (122-123)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:55 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 17:15

This is a real life story of how we turned a team of takers in to a team of makers by convincing the company to allow the whole Drupal team to spend a day every other week innovating, working together to do Drupal better and make Drupal better.

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makers & builders
Speakers

Duncan Worrell (Dunx)

16:55 to 17:15 CEST
Location
Room 2 (131-132)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:55 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 17:15

We are going to show you how we have managed to reduce the time needed to migrate a site from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 to minutes.

Prerequisite
None

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makers & builders
Speakers

Julían Valero (Julianvj)

16:55 to 17:15 CEST
Location
Room 5 (127-128)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:55 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 17:15

Customer Value, Team Empowerment and Profitability -
The balancing act while delivering Drupal projects from Goldilocks & the Three Bears!

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agency & business
Speakers

Hetal Mistry (Hetalmistry)

16:55 to 17:15 CEST
Location
Room 1 (133-134)
When
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 16:55 to Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 17:15

Dive into the 'Shift Left' revolution where early testing meets efficiency, transforming the DNA of software development and quality assurance for the agile era.

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agency & business
Speakers

Daniel Angelov (Danielangelov)