DrupalCon Seattle: Submission September
Is collaborating with the largest open source community at the go-to event of 2019 on your radar? You’re invited to participate in the next North American DrupalCon, hosted in Seattle on April 8-12, 2019.
Registration is now open! The early bird ticket pricing only lasts until October 31, 2018, so shore up your plans with tickets this month or next. All attendees’ tickets include: keynote speakers, the opening reception, specialized sessions, Birds of a Feather gatherings, exhibit hall access, complimentary coffee all day, lunches, and, of course, DrupalCon swag. See the full program here.
For DrupalCon Seattle, ticket categories are divided into ‘tracks’ in order to offer a persona-specific focus for all attendees.
Tracks include:
- Builder: People who build Drupal sites, from discovery to deployment, whether you're a developer, designer, project manager, or team lead.
- Agency Leadership: Agency owners and sales leaders who provide Drupal services.
- Content & Digital Marketing: People who use a Drupal site to achieve organizational goals - from content editors and marketing teams to site owners.
Learn more about the tracks and program upgrades for DrupalCon 2019.
Featured Speakers
We’re excited to announce an innovative lineup of track speakers:
Builder Track
- Nithya Ruff, Comcast (@nithyaruff)
- Marcy Sutton, Deque Systems (@marcysutton)
- Gian Wild, AccessibilityOz (@accessibilityoz)
- Emma Irwin, Mozilla (@sunnydeveloper)
- A panel featuring Carlos Soriano, GNOME (@csoriano1618); Alex Wirt, Debian (@formorer); Tina Sturgis, GitLab (@t_sturgis); Eliran Mesika, GitLab (@eliran_mesika); and Tim Lehnen, Drupal Association (@TimLehnen)
Content & Digital Marketing Track
- Elissa Fink, Tableau Software (@elissafink)
- Mike Atherton, Facebook (@MikeAtherton)
- Nikhil Deshpande, Digital Services Georgia (@nikofthehill)
- Brianna Home, Hansen Bleyea
- Scott Brinker, HubSpot (@chiefmartec)
Agency Leadership Track
- Martin Coady, VML (@MartinCoady)
- Siouxsie Jennet, Mambo Media (@siouxsiejennett)
- Elissa Fink, Tableau Software (@elissafink)
- Scott Liewehr, Digital Clarity (@sliewehr)
- Adam Goodman, McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University
In addition to the featured speakers, a number of alumni are already registered. Look who's coming! Sign up early and grant permission on your registration form to be listed on the Community page to start establishing connections to upgrade your DrupalCon engagement.
Submit a Session Proposal
If there’s a particular topic you’d like to present and be part of this speakers’ list, September marks the opening of our call for papers, so be sure to tailor your compelling idea into a session submission by the October 31 deadline. Submissions will be accepted for 30-minute or 90-minute longer lab-style sessions.
Need a little support?
DrupalCon is now accepting applications for grants and scholarships. For this DrupalCon, we’ll be allotting more than ever before--30 percent more, to be exact—as we aim to have a cross-section of contributors in attendance, all of whom play a part in contributing and advancing the Drupal Project, either in their localities or in the greater whole of the project. This application deadline is also October 31. Read more about the details and application process for our grants and scholarships. We encourage anyone who wants to further contribute to Drupal to learn more and apply.
Apply for a Grant or Scholarship
We look forward to seeing you at this one-of-a-kind experience, DrupalCon North America 2019!
Thank you David Needham for photos 1 and 3 and Amazee Labs for photo 2.