Call for Content

• January 13 - Call for content opens
• February 14 - Call for content closes
• March 3 - Accepted presenters and facilitators notified 
• March 10 - Facilitator and presenter acceptance deadline
• March 17 - Full DrupalCon schedule published

With only 4% of contributors who are women or non-binary and 16% who are members of ethnic or national minorities in the country where they currently live, it’s clear that open source has a diversity problem. This imbalance is also present in the Drupal community. Creating a more diverse and inclusive DrupalCon is a step towards addressing the diversity disparity in the Drupal community and beyond. The Drupal Association is committed to building the foundation for long-term diversity at DrupalCon and to maintaining a safe and inclusive event for all, regardless of age, body size, caste, disability, ethnicity, gender, language, nationality, physical appearance, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.

We strongly encourage submissions from facilitators and presenters who have been marginalized due to racism, misogyny, transphobia, and other forms of discrimination.

• Content will be presently virtually on Monday, April 12 - Friday, April 16 between 11:00am - 3:00pm Eastern. Summit specific content will be presented on the days of the summits in April.  
• Facilitators and presenters will receive free registration to the conference as well as a contribution credit to the DrupalCon North America 2021 project.

• Sessions should share knowledge and enhance the community—rather than sell products or services.
• Preference will be given to sessions that aren’t already available online.
• We encourage longtime DrupalCon facilitators and presenters to lift as they climb by partnering with other community members- new facilitators and presenters are welcome!
• To create well-rounded presentations with varied perspectives, we encourage session partnerships between service providers and clients and generally recommend that session facilitators and presenters represent different organizations.
• The number of facilitators and presenters per session is limited. See information in the session types section below.
• Manels (men-only panels) will not be accepted.
• Facilitators and presenters may submit no more than two session proposals.
• Accepted facilitators and presenters may participate in a maximum of two sessions, only one of which can be a solo session.
• Facilitators and presenters are required to read and adhere to the DrupalCon Code of Conduct. 
• Submitters may edit their submission until the deadline, February 14 at 11:59pm Eastern.

• Community Health: This track is meant to help all Drupalists be happy and healthy at work, be a productive team and community member, and ultimately build a strong, diverse, and welcoming community. Encouraged sessions include those about building community and increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Drupal community and tips for improving mental and physical health.
• Content & Marketing: Calling all content managers, digital strategists, and marketers--this track is for you! We’re looking for sessions on Drupal’s capabilities for content management and digital marketing; as well as creative ways to use Drupal for meeting digital campaign goals.
• Core Contributions: This track is for active and prospective core contributors to share ideas about Drupal core and Drupal.org. We’re looking for big ideas about the future of Drupal, as well as discussions about where we want to go and how we're going to get there.
• Development & Coding: This track is for front- and back-end developers alike covering all things front-end, back-end, migration, decoupling, and more.
• DevOps: This track is for the Drupalists working behind the scenes to continuously deploy high quality code. Topics include infrastructure; quality assurance and testing; performance and scaling.
• Drupal and Open Source 101: This topic is aimed at developers and site builders new to Drupal or staff with non-technical roles who want to learn more about what goes on behind the scenes. Session should address foundational tools and processes necessary to getting started with Drupal and open source.
• Drupal Showcase: Inspire your peers and shine a spotlight on your recent Drupal projects. We’re looking for case studies that show the inner-workings of the project, who participated, process and methodology, problem or opportunity addressed, and how it was all made possible with Drupal. Note: This track is for showing, not selling.
• Leadership, Management, & Business: This track is for agency leaders, executives, and people and project managers. Submissions should share your ideas on business strategy and development, human resources, staff management, and project management.
• Site Building: This track is for those who build Drupal sites using the administrative interface. We’re looking for submissions on site building approaches and modules.
• User Experience, Accessibility, & Design: Designing for usability, accessibility, and universal access and inclusion should be a priority. This track is for anyone who wants to make Drupal and the web more usable and accessible.

New this year: Community members are invited to propose content for the summits. Summits will include a mix of short lectures, small discussion groups, and workshop activities tailored to the needs of builders and content and digital marketers in the higher education, government, nonprofit, or healthcare sectors.

• Tuesday, April 6: Community Summit
• Tuesday, April 20: Higher Education Summit
• Thursday, April 22: Healthcare Summit
• Tuesday, April 27: Nonprofit Summit
• Thursday, April 29: Government Summit

Have an idea that doesn’t fit the main conference or summit themes above? Submit it! Creative play and physical activity can help us learn, relax, and even see problems in new ways. Content ideas involving art, play, and movement are welcome. Have an idea for something completely different? Let’s experiment together! Email the DrupalCon team or reach out to Karlyanna on Drupal slack. 

• Birds of a Feather: Small, informal group discussions that give attendees the opportunity to exchange information, discuss best practices, and network with others around common identities, interests, and issues. Access will be limited to 20 attendees. (60 minutes, 1 facilitator)
• Demo: Demos are hands-on demonstrations of new technologies, tools, or projects. These sessions should share knowledge and enhance the community rather than sell products or services. (15 minutes, 1 presenter)
• Fireside chat: Fireside chats are casual conversations between a facilitator, an interviewee, and the audience, without the aid of slides. (30 minutes, 1 facilitator and 1 interviewee)
• Lecture presentation: Your typical conference presentation. Q&A is highly encouraged. (30 minutes, 1-2 presenters)
• Lightning talk: Lightning talks are short, focused lecture presentations from a single speaker, often with slides. No Q&A. (15 minutes, 1 speaker)
• Panel: Panels bring together diverse perspectives for dynamic debate and discussion between panelists and attendees, without the aid of slides. Panels are not a series of short presentations. (45 minutes, 1 facilitator and up to 3 panelists)
• Skill Share: Session content is consumed asynchronously. Facilitators and presenters are available during the conference for discussion and Q&A. (30 minutes for live element, 1 presenter)
• Social: Social events bring attendees together in a social and/or entertaining way. Example social events include, but are not limited to: chair yoga, music performance, and games. (No time limit, up to 3 facilitators and presenters)
• Workshop: Workshops provide active and in-depth learning through hands-on activities. Attendees should leave with a tangible skill or product. (60 minutes, 1-2 Facilitators and presenters)

• Send questions about DrupalCon (session submission process, logistics, etc.) to the DrupalCon team.
• Get tips and request proposal feedback from fellow community members anytime in the #session-help Slack channel.
• Review the DrupalCon Global schedule to explore previously accepted sessions.
• Check out the full list of DrupalCon proposal questions.
• Utilize the proposal checklist to make sure your submission is the best it can be.
• Reference the large repository of public speaking resources.
• Receive additional guidance from the Program committee once your session is accepted.

• Visit the DrupalCon Sessionize submission page.
• Click the “submit your session” button.
• Login/register with a social networking site or use a username and password. (Note: Drupal.org credentials will not work here.) If you choose to create a username and password, check your email for a message from “Sessionize.com <event@notifications.sessionize.com>” and click the link to confirm your account.
  • If you click on the link in your confirmation email, it will take you to the submission site for DrupalCon North America. 
  • If you create a speaker profile from another link, you will access your overall speaker profile on the platform which will not allow you to submit your proposal. Please click the DrupalCon submission link and login with credentials to submit your session.
• Enter session details. Click here to review the detailed submission questions. 
• IMPORTANT: Enter the email addresses of co-facilitators and presenters at the bottom of the session submission page.
• Co-facilitators and presenters will receive an email from “DrupalCon North America 2021 <event+4996@notifications.sessionize.com>” inviting them to join the session as a speaker.
• Once submitted, look for a confirmation email from “DrupalCon North America 2021  <event+4996@notifications.sessionize.com>”. Add this to your contacts as all communications will come from this address during the proposal process.
• FINAL STEP: All facilitators and presenters must fill out the supplemental speaker questions at https://sessionize.com/app/speaker/event/details/4996.

Sessions are publicly viewable on the proposed sessions page. Contact and demographic information is private to the Drupal Association staff, program committee, and co-facilitators and presenters. Sessions will be considered by at least three reviewers.