***Sessions and speakers are subject to change. Additional sessions will be added as they become available.
08:00 to 08:30 CEST
In tech, some of the most innovative minds think differently – and that difference is often misunderstood. People with ADHD, Autism, or High Sensitivity bring unique strengths like deep focus, pattern recognition, creativity, empathy, and sharp intuition.
Vera Herzmann
Let's look at all the awesome things that have been built with Drupal AI. This session gives an overview of actual running Drupal AI Implementations, how they work, and what we can learn from them.
Michael Schmid (Schnitzel)
Claude Code knows lots about DDEV and can help you contribute and solve your pet problem or add your pet feature. We'll demonstrate solving a simple issue.
Randy Fay (rfay)
What if launching a Drupal site didn’t mean starting from scratch—or stitching together a dozen modules, recipes, and a theme manually?
Jason Thompson (Galactus86), Pamela Barone (Pameeela)
With its built-in code editor, Drupal Canvas lets you create JavaScript components right in your browser.
Bálint Kléri (balintbrews), Wolfgang Ziegler (fago)
PHPUnit has been around for over two decades and is used by nearly every
PHP developer in the world. While most of us know the basics, there are
depths and hidden valleys of PHPUnit that even the most experienced of us
may have never even heard of.
Sebastian Bergmann
In a world where AI—and therefore every agency—can draft a solid Drupal proposal in minutes, standing out has never been more urgent. Yet the agencies that win bring hard-earned success stories, tailored demos, and clear trust signals in every pitch. Come learn how.
Monisha Navlani (monishanavlani)
What happens when organisations expect that they no longer need to hire agencies, because they think they can just vibe code applications themselves? And for those organisations that are still buying, developers have just become a lot more efficient, right?
Bram ten Hove, Kristof Van Tomme (kvantomme)
After doing this workshop you are well prepared to build your own Drupal AI powered applications.
We'll walk you through everything from installing the Drupal AI module to building your first working AI-powered application, step by step.
Have you ever been part of a huge project that’s as big as it is messy? I’m here to show you how automation can make your life a whole lot easier.
Stanislav Todorov (Stodorov)
Have you ever wondered how Drupal efficiently manages the complex dependencies that power its modules? The service container is the backbone of modern Drupal applications, streamlining service management and boosting performance.
Luca Lusso (lussoluca)
When the world shut down, so did our meetups, camps, and energy. But coming back wasn’t just about restarting, it was about rebuilding something better. This is the real story of the Drupal India community revival.
Nikita Aswani (Nikitaaswani)
What if your next patch, Drush command, or deployment script were drafted by an AI partner? Discover how to train and integrate an AI co-pilot into your Drupal DevOps pipeline.
Ovanes Budakyan (ovanes)
This session demonstrates what can be achieved with the combination of Drupal CMS’s AI capabilities, including the new Tools API, and the most advanced models available from Google Cloud Platform.
Drupal Canvas, Gutenberg, Blökkli - how do the different editors available for Drupal CMS compare? Join this showcase + Q&A session to find out.
Josef Kruckenberg (Dasjo)
It’s no secret that finding, growing and retaining Drupal talent can be challenging.
Jess Vetsuypers (Jessvetsuypers), Eline Van Coillie (Eline Van Coillie)
How do you start Drupal sites the right way? Site templates! Learn everything you need to know to build awesome templates and share them with the world.
Adam Globus-Hoenich (phenaproxima)
Member Platform is a community initiative to build a Drupal based solution for membership organisations such as clubs, associations and non-profits (and let's not forget local Drupal associations).
James Shields (Lostcarpark)
Push your last commit, then push away from the desk. Clear your cache, recharge your brain. Great code starts with a well-rested mind.
Prerequisite
None
Join us for our Women in Drupal Networking Event!
This talk explores how AI bots are transforming the web and what that means for Drupal-powered enterprise sites.
Greg OToole (gto1)
Web security is a shared responsibility, and staying ahead of threats means acting proactively. In this talk, we will explore how the Drupal Association and CrowdSec have joined forces to bring community-powered protection directly into the CMS layer.
Laurence Jones
- What will the web look like in 10 years?
Will it be open, fair, and sustainable - or fragmented, automated, and opaque?
Sebastian Bergmann, Ondřej Mirtes, Derick Rethans
This workshop can be a follow-up to other session(s) about mental health, which reflects on the emotional toll of todays society in the sense of burnouts and depressions. In this session, we’ll bring those ideas into action—through conversation, connection, and co-creation.
Since 2018 the Local Digital Fund has provided over £16 million of funding and support to 61 council-led projects in the UK, including LocalGov Drupal, Open Referral, Local Gov IMS and Open Digital Planning. What can we learn from this and how can we replicate the successes?
Will Callaghan (Willguv), Finn Lewis (finn lewis)
AI is transforming the way we build and manage digital experiences, but where does human creativity fit in? In this session, we’ll explore how to leverage AI as a tool to enhance—not replace—human creativity in Drupal.
Anubhav Tiwari (tiwarianubhav22)
Debugging is an essential skill for software development. Attend this workshop to learn how to debug and solve pesky coding issues.
Prerequisite
Understanding of PHP and basic Drupal development skills are expected to take full advantage of this training.
Drupal Canvas will revolutionize how you will empower your editors and marketers to build sites with Drupal.
But that might not be enough for your audience, and you will want to put guiderails, extend or improve the Experience of your Builders.
Christian López Espínola (penyaskito)
Wouldn't it be great if your website could assist you while you're creating content, not just in the CKEditor, but also when you're tagging content, entering a title, or uploading an image?
Artem Dmitriiev (admitriiev)
Don't just build a website — build a platform. Learn how to design Drupal solutions that scale with your business, evolve with technology, and stay ahead of changing needs.
Lukas Fischer (lukasfischer)
AI bots are bringing websites down with never ending search queries.
What can you as a site builder do about that? Which modules can help?
And how do you get a better search experience at the same time.
Antje Lorch (Ifrik)
You applied a recipe to your site? Or did you let an AI change some configuration on your site? It didn't do what you wanted? You want to go back! In this session you get to see how.
Fabian Bircher (Bircher)
DDEV works great on Windows. WSL2 is the best way. We'll show how to install and get started. Bring your computer, it's easy!
Randy Fay (rfay)
Join a leading enterprise and Consumer Mesh to explore real-world Drupal transformations: from Figma designs to fully functional sites, featuring stats, insights, and a live Figma-to-Canvas demo.
Senthil Prabakaran, Phuoc Lieu
Imagine a community where every voice is heard, every contribution is valued, and the power of collaboration drives innovation. Now, picture that community stretching across organizations, regions, and even entire continents. Sounds like a dream?
Esmeralda Tijhoff (Esmoves)
Unleash the power of Project Browser: discover how its pluggable architecture enhances project discovery, then learn how to develop your own Source Plugins to tap into any data source—from Google Sheets to self-hosted Git servers.
Chris Wells (Chrisfromredfin)
Join the Drupal.org engineering team for updates on our work to support the community.
Search is evolving fast, and so is Drupal. With the growing need for semantic search, vector databases, and AI-driven features, the Drupal community is experimenting with new ways to make content discovery smarter.
Roberto Peruzzo (robertoperuzzo)
In this case study session, discover how a single solution can power analytics for 50+ Drupal websites. Learn how a reusable Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics 4 framework delivers consistent web-tracking and rapid insights at scale.
Daniil Borysenko (Daniil_borysenko)
Behind every great Drupal feature is a stubborn person (not necessarily a developer) who refused to let it stay broken. Want to be that person? We’ll show you how.
Journey inside Yale's digital transformation as we reveal how our Drupal-based YaleSites platform has become the foundation for Beacon—an AI system that transforms bureaucratic complexity into intuitive conversations.
Franz Joseph Hartl (Franzhartl)
An open discussion about the LocalGov Drupal distribution, the LocalGov Microsites distribution, the community, the features, the funding, the opportunities...
... and where to take it next!
Finn Lewis (finn lewis)
This session presents a real-world case study of a large-scale enterprise application built on Drupal as a headless API, designed to handle a high volume of data—both fresh and migrated from Drupal 7.
We’ll dive into key challenges and solutions, including:
Vijay Mani (vijaycs85)
The Agent Swarm has come to Drupal Canvas and nothing in Drupal will ever be the same again! Since Barcelona, we have seen glimpses of how AI could help migrate designs and certain content into Drupal, but now with the release of Drupal Canvas, it’s finally here!
James Abrahams (Yautja_cetanu)
Supercharge your QA automation with Cuppet - the all-in-one Node.js framework designed to streamline functional, performance, SEO, and accessibility testing - for free!
Miroslav Rusev (Mup0), Daniel Angelov (danielangelov)
In a world that values sustainability, the "Carbon Impact Evaluator" is essential for web developers and technology companies to reduce the environmental footprint of their websites.
Cláudia Desidério (claudiadesiderio)
Join us in a discussion about the upcoming Drupal Developer Days 2026 that will be held in Athens, Greece from 22nd to 25th of April 2026 (more details in https://devdays2026.drupal.org.gr/).
George Kaffezas (gkffzs)
Drush 14 is a rewrite of all of its commands. We have trimmed a lot of special sauce in favor of doing things the native Symfony Console way. Our end game is for Drush to go away in favor of our commands in Drupal Core or CMS.
Moshe Weitzman (moshe weitzman)
Explore Maggi.de's transformation from a recipe platform to a thriving consumer hub. Discover how Drupal's power enabled Maggi to deliver personalized, innovative services, driving user engagement and setting new standards in the food industry.
Grischa Marky (Gmarky)
In bygone versions you could extend Drupal by creating a special module file and write php functions with magic names like mymodule_block_info or mymodule_form_alter. In Drupal 11 almost all of that code lives in particular places and has php attributes but it doesn't have to be frightening.
This session is intended for leaders and organizers from local European Drupal associations, DrupalCamps, other community initiatives, as well as representatives from the Drupal Association (DA).
Joris Vercammen (Borisson_), Esmeralda Tijhoff (Esmoves), Imre Gmelig Meijling (Imre-gmelig-meijling), Marine Gandy (Mupsi)
Still running Drupal 7, rebuilding in Drupal 10/11, and stuck with some on-prem along the way? What if your traffic could pick the right path automatically, all while using one domain? Join us for a routing adventure through legacy, modern, and everything between!
Constantin Dumitrescu (oldspot)
Speed up website migrations and cut costs: discover how AI can automate content analysis, simplify workflows, and help you migrate your old Drupal website into a new one faster and smarter.
Raffaele Chiocca (Rafuel92)
Great sites start with great plans: how the process of creating a content architecture can transform your next Drupal build — better, faster, stronger, and ready to grow.
Duncan Worrell (Dunx)
Ever wondered how to build a strong Drupal community in your city? Learn the actionable steps to start, grow, and sustain a local Drupal community from scratch — lessons learned while building Drupal Kerala community.
Anish Anilkumar (anish.a)
Stop struggling with privacy – Drupal CMS is built for it! Discover how Drupal’s golden standard for privacy, with innovative consent management, gets extended by a powerful Legal Content API and the robust protection of sensitive user data.
Jürgen Haas (Jurgenhaas)
Is your Drupal app still facing performance issues despite all the efforts? Discover how to profile your app locally with New Relic and DDEV to uncover deeper code issues affecting the performance.
Roman Paska (Taran2l)
Leadership is often seen through the lens of strength, vision, and tireless energy. We picture the unshakable leader; the one who always shows up, ready to carry the weight of the world. But what happens when life delivers a blow so powerful, it shakes even the strongest among us?
Rae Pizer (Raeloupi)