Keynotes speakers

Driies
Driesnote

Tuesday 17 October at 13:30 CEST

Belgium-born Drupal founder Dries Buytaert is a pioneer in the open source web publishing and digital experience platform space. In his traditional Driesnote he will present an update on the project and the development of Drupal

 

DRIES BUYTAERT, DRUPAL FOUNDER & PROJECT LEAD, CO-FOUNDER & CTO & STRATEGY OFFICER OF ACQUIA

#DRIESNOTE

 

K&J
KitKat and Jägermeister

Using Drupal to bring their digital experiences to life


Wednesday, 18 October at 08:45 CEST


With a decade of digital experience, Arush is a seasoned marketer with a passion for strategy, creativity, and data-driven results. He brings a unique blend of technical and creative skills to the table and has a proven track record of executing effective campaigns that drive growth.

Andrea is a specialist of internal communication combined with creative campaigns and a digital focus. She has worked in various international communications areas and is now Global Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Relations, jointly responsible for strategic processes of global transformation and change management.

In this Keynote, Arush will reveal how Drupal helped to give KitKat’s global experience a much-needed break. KitKat partnered with multiple vendors in the Drupal ecosystem to create a new digital platform to drive consistency at scale, build deeper customer engagement and transform the marketing business to work more effectively and efficiently together.

Andrea will explain how Mast-Jägermeister SE found the right solution for customized, collaborative, and transparent communication across borders with the social intranet and Drupal as its CMS system.

ARUSH KOCHHAR, GLOBAL DIGITAL LEAD CONFECTIONERY

#HAVEABREAKHAVEADRUPAL

ANDREA OSTHEER , GLOBAL MANAGER FOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

 #HAVETHEBESTNIGHTOFYOURLIFEBEADRUPALMEISTER

Sarah
Fly Higher - How to lead fearlessly

Wednesday 18 October at 13:30 CEST

What’s the number one thing that holds people back from realising their true potential?  Fear. It could be fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of looking stupid, fear of making mistakes. The point is, these fears can really get in the way.
 
So, whether you are looking for greater collaboration, better teamwork or more confident leadership, it all starts in the same place. It starts with courage. 
 
As a former combat helicopter pilot and squadron leader, Sarah will show how you can change your relationship with your biggest fears in order to lead authentically, more skilfully and ultimately with more confidence. 
 

SARAH FURNESS, FOUNDER OF WELL BE IT, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, BESTSELLING AUTHOR, HELICOPTER PILOT

#SARAHFURNESS #WELLBEITCOACH
 

Core Initiatives
Drupal Core Initiative Leads

Thursday, 19 October at 13:30 CEST

Drupal’s initiatives form powerful teams that make great things happen. Core initiatives self-organize to get new improvements to the base system while community initiatives coordinate event organization, spread diversity best practices, collaborate on promotional materials, and so on. In the fifth instalment of this keynote, we’ll hear from a sampling of the key leaders in the community about what they are working on, what their challenges are and how you can get involved.

CHRIS WELLS, REDFIN SOLUTIONS
FRAN GARCIA-LINARES, DRUPAL ASSOCIATION
MIKE HERCHEL, AGILEANA
SUZANNE DERGACHEVA, EVOLVING WEB
SASCHA EGGENBERGER, GITLAB
FELIP MANYER I BALLESTER, RES TELÆ
WIM LEERS, ACQUIA
GÁBOR HOJTSY, ACQUIA

#DRUPALINITIATIVES