Keynotes Speakers

DRUPAL CORE INITIATIVE LEADS

LAURI ESKOLA, ACQUIA
LESLIE GLYNN, REDFIN SOLUTIONS
TED BOWMAN, ACQUIA
MARINE GANDY, PLATFORM.SH
NEIL DRUMM, DRUPAL ASSOCIATION
ALEX POTT, ACROMEDIA / THUNDER
GABOR HOJTSY, ACQUIA

#DrupalInitiatives

Tuesday, 20 September at 1:30 p.m. CEST

Talk: Drupal Core Initiative Leads

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 fourth 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.

Dries Buytaert, DRUPAL FOUNDER & PRoJECT LEAD, co-founder & cto of acquia

#DRIESNOTE

Wednesday, 21 September at 8:45 a.m. CEST

Talk: Driesnote

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

Taavi Kotka, ENTREPRENEUR, 1ST CIO FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ESTONIA, PIONEER OF E-ESTONIA AND COFOUNDER OF THE WORLD’S FIRST E-RESIDENCY PROGRAMME

#TAAVIKOTKA

Wednesday, 21 September at 1:30 p.m. CEST

Talk: What are the next big things for Digital Societies?

Taavi became Estonia’s first ever Chief Information Officer in 2013 to oversee the country’s development as an advanced digital nation. He previously worked in the private sector, starting his career as a programmer before rising to be the CEO of the region’s largest software development company, Webmedia (now Nortal). During this time, Taavi was named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year.

As Estonia’s CIO, Taavi introduced a number of new ideas that have come to define the concept of ‘e-Estonia’ as a digital nation and these best practises are now being copied and implemented by other governments around the world. This includes the e-Residency programme, which has placed Estonia at the epicentre of the global tech community. Taavi received numerous awards (European CIO of the Year 2014, Estonia’s prestigious White Star III Class Order in 2016, 100 Premier technology leaders in 2016 by Computerworld, Apolitical's World’s 100 most influential people in digital government in 2018, 12 leading individuals among Europe's 100 digital champions in 2018 by the Financial Times).

Till 2018 Taavi was also a special advisor to European Commission vice-president Andrus Ansip on European Digital Single Market.

Taavi is now back in the private sector, helping startups develop and consulting large enterprises and governments on digital transformation. He also founded a new startup KOOS and HK Unicorn Squad which is the initiative to spark the girls’ interest towards technology and ICT.

Pavlína Louženská, DESIGNER OF CHANGE, GOOGLE FOR STARTUPS LEAD MENTOR, GOOGLE CERTIFIED TRAINER, #HOLKYZMARKETINGU FOUNDER, TRENDSPOTTER

#pavlina_speaks

Thursday, 22 September at 1:30 p.m. CEST

Talk: Growing your business

Pavlína Louženská is a Lead Mentor in Google for Startups for Europe and Africa, as well as in various other accelerators where she focuses on Business and People. She founded #HolkyzMarketingu (Girls in Marketing), a female empowerment community which currently unites 30 000+ women. She is a Google Certified Trainer for Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship. Alumni to Aspen Institute Young Leaders Program, YTILI, On Deck and CGYPP fellowships. She was listed among 20 people who shaped 2020 by Hospodářské noviny. She regularly hosts #Trendspotting podcast and sends a newsletter on society and technology pavlinaspeaks.com.