DrupalCon Vienna 2025 Schedule

***Sessions and speakers are subject to change. Additional sessions will be added as they become available.

Tuesday, 14 Oct - Tuesday, 14 Oct

14:45 to 16:45 CET

Location
Session Room (-2.43)
When
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 12:45 to Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 14:45

The intersection of accessibility, sustainability, and open web principles forms the foundation for digital experiences that truly serves us all.

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John Lockhart (jwlockhart)

16:00 to 16:45 CET
Location
Session Room (-2.33)
When
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 14:00 to Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 14:45

Drupal’s technical innovation has reached new heights, but marketing must now match its ambition. This session unites community leaders to present a bold plan: align global efforts, amplify success stories, and trigger a new wave of Drupal adoption in the accelerating AI-driven digital world.

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Lenny Moskalyk (Lenny Moskalyk), James Hall (jamesh-0), David Bishop (David_bishop), Paul Johnson (pdjohnson), Matthew Saunders (Matthews)

17:00 to 17:20 CET
Location
Session Room (-2.42)
When
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 15:20

Listen to the unfiltered inner worlds and experiences of Designers contributing to critical OSS projects in order to make your projects more accessible to designers and design contributions.

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Eriol Fox, Victory Brown (Victory Brown)

Wednesday, 15 Oct - Wednesday, 15 Oct

15:00 to 15:45 CET

Location
Session Room (-2.32)
When
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 13:00 to Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 13:45

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?

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Will Callaghan (Willguv), Finn Lewis (finn lewis)

16:15 to 17:00 CET
Location
Session Room (-2.42)
When
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 14:15 to Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 15:00

Join the Drupal.org engineering team for updates on our work to support the community.

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Brendan Blaine (B_man), Fran Garcia-Linares (fjgarlin), Timothy Lehnen (Hestenet), Neil Drumm (drumm)

16:15 to 17:00 CET
Location
Session Room (Hall G2)
When
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 14:15 to Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 15:00

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.

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Franz Joseph Hartl (Franzhartl)

17:15 to 17:35 CET
Location
Session Room (-2.32)
When
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 15:15 to Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 15:35

Supercharge your QA automation with Cuppet - the all-in-one Node.js framework designed to streamline functional, performance, SEO, and accessibility testing - for free!

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Miroslav Rusev (Mup0), Daniel Angelov (danielangelov)

Thursday, 16 Oct - Thursday, 16 Oct

10:30 to 11:15 CET

Location
Session Room (-2.33)
When
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 08:30 to Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 09:15

Accessibility is no longer an afterthought — Drupal 11 builds it into every site by default. Discover how Single Directory Components, Recipes, and real-time tools empower you to create inclusive, scalable experiences effortlessly.

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Ulka Bendale (Bendale)

10:30 to 11:15 CET
Location
Session Room (-2.32)
When
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 08:30 to Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 09:15

Ready to make your content sing? Join us for a deep dive into inclusive content creation, alt text best practices, and how 80s imagery can help bring it all to life. Let’s ensure every reader feels the beat!

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Chris Vickery (Kafkadoodledoo), AmyJune Hineline (Volkswagenchick)

10:30 to 11:15 CET
Location
Session Room (-2.41)
When
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 08:30 to Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 09:15

Login today often limits users to a few big tech providers -and compromises their privacy. Let's explore how Drupal can lead a new movement: one where users choose how they log in, safely and freely.

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Unnikrishnan Bhargavakurup (Unnikrishnan), Anish Anilkumar (anish.a), Dick Hardt (Dickhardt), Santhosh Raju

16:15 to 17:00 CET
Location
Session Room (-2.32)
When
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 14:15 to Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 15:00

For a frontend developer, Drupal is old-school. For the past decade, developers have been experimenting with JavaScript-based frontend frameworks that completely replace Drupal's frontend. But what if we could inject a fully modern JavaScript API into Drupal's rendering system?

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John Albin Wilkins (Johnalbin)

17:40 to 18:00 CET
Location
Session Room (-2.32)
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Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 15:40 to Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 16:00

The open web benefits from collaboration of many people on projects, but how can you encourage people to contribute to yours?

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James Shields (Lostcarpark)