Location: International Ballroom North (Lobby Level)
When: Tuesday, 24 March 2026 at 10:30 to 11:50
Dries Buytaert is the original creator and project lead for Drupal, a powerful open source platform for building websites and digital experiences. Dries is also Co-founder and Executive Chair at Acquia, the open source digital experience company.
Honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, he holds a PhD in computer science and engineering from Ghent University and a Licentiate Computer Science (MsC) from the University of Antwerp. Dries also has been recognized as CTO of the Year by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, New England Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and a Young Innovator by MIT Technology Review.
He blogs frequently on Drupal, open source, business, and the future of the web at dri.es.
Keynote session: The Security Implications of AI
Location: International Ballroom North (Lobby Level)
When: Wednesday, 25 March 2026 at 10:30 to 12:00
AI technologies are evolving faster than our ability to understand them, much less control them. While these technologies have the potential to improve our quality of life across multiple sectors, it is essential to global security that governments and civil society weigh the both the costs and benefits of AI expansion. From nuclear proliferation to the environment to public health to the global economy, AI can bring hope or wreak havoc. Bell will outline both the threats at hand, as well as how to manage or mitigate those threats.
Location: International Ballroom North (Lobby Level)
When: Wednesday, 25 March at 15:00 to 15:50
Dive deeper into the latest developments of Drupal CMS and the AI Initiative in a series of lightning talks. The speakers are not only experts in their field, but they are the ones leading each area of development or research.
By engaging directly with the experts spearheading these efforts, you’ll have the unique opportunity to join the groundbreaking efforts currently redefining the open-source landscape and play a direct role in building the next generation of the web.
Speakers
- Kristen Pol (Open Source Contribution Lead at Salsa Digital and Co-founder at QuantCDN)
- Bálint Kléri (Technical lead of Code components in Drupal Canvas at Acquia)
- Mike Herchel (Founder at Dripyard)
- Scott Falconer (Senior Director, Drupal, Applied AI & Agent Success at Acquia)
- Jim Birch (Director of Build Engineering at Kanopi Studios)
Hosted by Gábor Hojtsy (Full Stack Community Organizer at Acquia)
