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Sep 02 2018
Sep 02
Drupal Europe3 min read

Sep 2, 2018

In only 8 days Drupal Europe will be happening from September 10 to 14 in Darmstadt, Germany. Are you coming?

Throughout the last 12 months a lot of volunteers worked really hard to make this event happen. Starting with our decision and commitment at DrupalCon Vienna to organize Drupal Europe, followed by an extensive search for locations, numerous volunteers have been busy for a year. Reaching out to sponsors, structuring the program, organizing the Open Web Lounge, planning the venue spaces, answering all your emails, writing visa invitation letters, launching trainings, reviewing sessions and putting together the big schedule.

How it started in the community keynote photo by Amazee Labs

Drupal Europe hosts 162 hours of sessions, 9 in-depth workshops, 3 training courses, contribution every day but the biggest value of all is meeting everyone. This conference brings together CEOs, project managers, marketing professionals, and developers alike. It is both a technology conference and a family reunion for the Drupal community and that is why we organized it.

Drupal Europe is a unique possibility to meet your (international) colleagues and talk about what drives, connects and challenges our community. There is only one open source community where “you come for the code and stay for the community” is so deeply rooted. And Drupal Europe is also a great place to connect with other open source technologies. WordPress, Rocket.Chat, Typo3, Mautic, you name it! You may be surprised that there are more that connect us than what separates us.

Have a look at the diverse and interesting program.

Besides the sessions and BoFs we also plan our other traditional activities.

On Thursday evening we organise the exciting Trivia Night where you can win eternal fame with your team.

Contribution opportunities are open all week. On Monday and especially Friday, mentors will be around to help you get started contributing. Contribution is for everyone, all skill and energy levels are invited.

New this year at Drupal Europe is the first international Splash Awards! All golden and silver winners from local Splash Awards will compete for the European awards.

All together we think there are plenty of reasons why you should come to Darmstadt and participate at Drupal Europe.

To make our offer even better, if you buy a ticket before end of the late ticket deadline (today or tomorrow), you enter a raffle for a free hotel room for Sept 10–13 at Intercity Hotel Darmstadt! Use FLS-LPNLGS5DS84E4 to also get 100 EUR off the ticket price.

The hotel room raffle closes and online ticket sales will stop at end of Monday. You will only have a chance to buy a ticket onsite at Drupal Europe afterwards.

Grab this last chance to join us at Drupal Europe, book your travels and have a safe trip getting here.

See you in Darmstadt!

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Aug 23 2018
Aug 23
Drupal Europe2 min read

Aug 23, 2018
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  • to revolutionize publishing, with a new rewarding model in an environment which can build trust and allows community governance.
  • to reshape open source communities, with a better engagement and rewarding system.
  • to free digital identity, thus killing the need of middlemen at the protocol layer.

Blockchain is an universal tool and can be applied in many different areas.

Communities, like the Drupal Community, can find new ways to flourish. Even larger and risky projects can be financed in new ways, with ICO (Initial Coin Offer). Taco Potze (Co-Founder Open Social) has a 10 year Drupal background and is an expert on Communities. He is working on blockchain technology to build a better engagement and rewarding systems for communities. Wouldn’t that be really nice for us?

See also Taco’s session: ICOs, a revolutionary way to raise money for your company

Publishing and its classic monetization model is challenged. Intermediates are about to disrupt the relationship between authors and publishers and their readers. This is based on a troublesome business model, with massive tracking and profile building, to turn our engagement in advertisement money. At the same time poor content and fake news has become a threat to our society. Gagik Yeghiazarian (CEO, Co-Founder Publiq) is looking for new ways to address these problems, with a non profit, distributed media platform based on blockchain.

See also Gagik’s session: Blockchain Distributed Media — A Future for good publishing

The Internet is broken and blockchain can fix it. The biggest promise with blockchain is to make middlemen obsolete, by creating trusted identities in an open protocol. This is to break the monopoly of the middlemen and to retain a free web. We recognize aribnb, amazon, ebay, netflix, itunes as middlemen. We understand, when we by or book, they get their share. With Google, Facebook and YouTube there are some other huge monopoly middlemen, they get their share based on our attention and personal data. They know how to transfer our attention into dollars, by selling it to advertisers. Ingo Rübe (CEO Bot Lab) is working on a protocol, which will allow people to gain control of their digital identity. It will be called KILT Protocol. (Ingo is well known in the Drupal Community and a Member of Drupal’s Advisory Board. As a former CTO of Burda he was the Initiator of the Drupal Thunder Distribution)

Our Panel will be moderated by Audra Martin Merrick, a board member of Drupal Association.

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Aug 14 2018
Aug 14

Drupal Europe: Publishing + Media Special Focus

Drupal Europe2 min read

Aug 14, 2018

What industries come to mind when you hear blockchain? Banking? Trading? Healthcare? How about publishing? At Drupal Europe publishers will gain insights into the potential blockchain technology offers and learn how they can benefit. Meet Gagik Yeghiazarian, founder of the nonprofit foundation Publiq, and learn how he wants to fight fake news and build a censorship-resistant platform — using blockchain.

The publishing world is changing. Publishers no longer solely control media distribution. Big players like Facebook and Google are middlemen between the publishers and their readers, and technology built to entice publishers — Google’s AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) and Facebook Instant Articles — has strengthened social platforms as distribution channels. Additionally, publishers have lost money making classifieds business as employment and real estate markets create their own platforms and portals to reach the audience.

Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash

As a result of these developments, publishers are losing direct relationships with their readers as well as critical advertising which traditionally supported the editorial and operational costs. The platforms act as middlemen, using the content of the publishers for collecting data and selling them to advertisers. The publishers are left out in the cold.

Critically, publishers are also facing a crisis of confidence. As social platforms are used to spread fake news and poor content, mistrust in journalism grows.

The nonprofit foundation Publiq wants to face these challenges with a blockchain-powered infrastructure. It aims at removing unnecessary intermediaries from the equation and helping to create an independent, censorship-free environment. Gagik Yeghiazarian, CEO and Co-Founder of Publiq, is convinced: “Blockchain infrastructure allows content creators, readers and other participants to build a trusted relationship.”

You can learn more about Publiq and its blockchain infrastructure at Drupal Europe in Darmstadt: Gagik Yeghiazarian’s session “Blockchain Distributed Media — A Future for good publishing” will give you a glimpse into this new technology and a real-world application of it.

While you’re at Drupal Europe, be sure to check out the exciting blockchain panel discussion where Gagik, Ingo Rübe of Botlabs, and Taco Potze of Open Social, will share insights and use cases for blockchain technology. Don’t miss this!

Drupal Europe
Publishing & Media — Track Chairs

Aug 13 2018
Aug 13

Drupal Europe: Publishing + Media Special Focus

Drupal Europe2 min read

Aug 13, 2018

Drupal Europe offers up a plethora of cases and solutions to help you with your DAM integration.

Multichannel publishing by Oleksiy Mark on Shutterstock

With so much to organize and store, publishers typically use Digital Asset Management Systems (DAM) to manage their assets. Add multiple channels to the mix and you have big operational hurdles. Thanks to the Media Initiative, Drupal now has a well-defined ecosystem for media management and its architecture is designed to play well with all kinds of media, media management systems, and web services that support them. The system is highly adaptable — the media management documentation outlines 15 modules shaping Drupal’s new ecosystem for media assets.

The Drupal Europe program offers several sessions to help you learn more about solutions building on this foundation. Case studies of demanding media management projects around the publishing industry include:

Drupal Europe
Publishing & Media — Track Chairs

Jun 27 2018
Jun 27
Drupal Europe3 min read

Jun 27, 2018

Community. Sharing. Helping. This is the spirit of Drupal. These things bind us all together. Be a part of it by joining us during Drupal Europe between 10–14 September 2018 in Darmstadt, Germany.

photo credit Susanne Coates @flickr

The track dedicated to Social + Non-Profit will gather ambitious life stories about helping others and projects whose purpose is to invest everything in making the world a better place. You will have the opportunity to meet colleagues from your field of interest and join forces, learn how to use pre-configured Drupal distributions and get inspired by ambitious social impact projects built with Drupal. Also learn how Drupal can be used to ensure accountability, trustworthiness, honesty, and openness to every person who has invested time, money, and faith into a non-profit organization. Talk and share ideas, learn from each other, improve, innovate … and take a leap forward. There are a lot of things you will learn, no matter your technical skill level. From developers to people with a big heart, you will for sure find something that inspires you.

Interested in attending? Buy your ticket now at https://www.drupaleurope.org/tickets.

We are looking for submissions in various topics. Here are some ideas to share your experience on with the rest of the world.

  1. Every nonprofit organization must apply the 3 E’s: Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness. Economy forces you to handle your project with low budgets, that is almost always the case with non-profit organizations. Efficiency is required also due to low resources available to most non-profit organizations. Effectiveness ensures you get the job done and complete your targets. How are you doing that? What tools and practices ensure this?
  2. We live in a world that is changing every day and technology is a big part of it. What are the new technologies you integrate in social projects? What do you need and what do you find on the market? How drupal is helping you achieve your goals?
  3. Transparency, accountability and full disclosure on operations is a must for all non-profit organizations. People will donate to and support campaigns only if they know exactly where the money goes and how are things handled. This way, they ensure their credibility in front of the world. How do you technically implement this?
  4. A lot of people talk about making the world a better place. But talking is not enough. You have to take action! How do you plan to do it? How do social activities raise the level of engagement in your community? How are people’s lives improved by your actions?
  5. Non-profit is done mainly from the heart. Volunteering is the key word. What are your life stories about helping others, inspirational first hand experiences? Why, what and how did you do it? What drives you? What are your goals?

We look forward to your submission sharing you experience with the other attendees.

See you in Darmstadt!

As you’ve probably read in one of our previous blog posts, industry verticals are a new concept being introduced at Drupal Europe and replace the summits, which typically took place on Monday. At Drupal Europe these industry verticals are integrated with the rest of the conference — same location, same ticket and provide more opportunities to learn and exchange within the industry verticals throughout three days.

Now is the perfect time to buy your ticket for Drupal Europe. Session submission is only open for a few more days so please submit your sessions and encourage others who have great ideas.

Please help us to spread the word about this awesome conference. Our hashtag is #drupaleurope.

To recommend speakers or topics please get in touch at [email protected].

Drupal is one of the leading open source technologies empowering digital solutions in the government space around the world.

Drupal Europe 2018 brings over 2,000 creators, innovators, and users of digital technologies from all over Europe and the rest of the world together for three days of intense and inspiring interaction.

Drupal Europe will be held in Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany — which has a direct connection to Frankfurt International Airport. Drupal Europe will take place 10–14 September 2018 with Drupal contribution opportunities every day. Keynotes, sessions, workshops and BoFs will be from Tuesday to Thursday.

Jun 26 2018
Jun 26
Drupal Europe4 min read

Jun 26, 2018
photo: Paul Johnson @ flickr

Drupal is our business.

Regardless of being a freelancer, a two person shop or a hundred plus agency, Drupal is vital to our success in growing and supporting our business.

The business ecosystem is changing rapidly, thereby making it a necessity for agency leaders, managers and advisors to focus on a multitude of challenges and opportunities.

Understanding how the marketplace is evolving, driving innovation, fostering the right company culture, and adopting efficient project management methodologies, are all challenges faced by businesses today.

We all want to transform our business by working with the smartest team, create and deliver amazing projects, and have ideal customers lining up to work with us.

Any Drupal conference cannot be complete without in-depth discussions and debates about these challenges and more.

The Agency Business track will provide insight, support and real stories from people running businesses and managing projects. Learn about other people’s experiences, and get tips and ideas on how to tackle the challenges faced in your business or project.

Photo: Michael Cannon @ Flickr

Growing and scaling your business can be a tricky and daunting task. We need to consider strategies for how to grow our businesses, and how to do so sustainably.

With increased competition from both other agencies and other platforms, we need to look at not only how we generate new leads for our businesses, but how do we convince potential clients that Drupal is the best, that we are the best?

What is the right company culture for my business? How can I better lead my agency through the challenges ahead? How can I provide good leadership to my team? How can we grow and scale our business, without losing our company culture along the way? These are just some of the questions we will look to answer in the Agency Business track.

Project management is a bit of a juggling act, with many different needs and tasks that need to be taken care of simultaneously. We’re always on the look-out for ways to increase a project’s effectiveness and efficiency, while reducing the risk of it getting out of control. Let’s share our experiences and ideas on how we can improve project planning, better manage timelines & budgets, and keep staff motivated, while all the time keeping clients happy and engaged in the process.

Markets change faster and faster, so does our market. We need to adapt our products and offering to stay competitive and minimize our business risks. Perhaps it means diversifying your service offerings, perhaps it means developing a product, perhaps it means extending into new markets or verticals. However, we also need to consider how to keep clients happy and how to continue to meet their changing needs through innovation and/or diversification.

At Drupal Europe, we want to ensure that attendees get the most from this track through highly valuable and insightful sessions. We are looking for speakers to openly and honestly share stories about their challenges and how they solved it. We want to hear about your experiments, successes and failures, process discoveries, strategies, and tactics. We want real-life learnings, supported by facts and figures — prove to us that your way is best.

Session submissions are open and will close on 30 June 2018.

Whatever your experience is, whether it be running a small 2 person operation or scaling to 30 and beyond, or managing projects and project teams, we want to hear from you. Your experience and insight is invaluable and we know others will think so too.

Come to Drupal Europe and share your experiences with us — submit a session to the Agency Business track today!

Do you know someone who could be a great speaker? Or perhaps you know someone who has an interesting story to share? If so, please get in touch with the program team at [email protected].

And don’t forget to help us to spread the word about this awesome conference. Our hashtag is #drupaleurope.

We look forward seeing you in Darmstadt!

Drupal is one of the leading open source technologies empowering digital solutions in the government space around the world.

Drupal Europe 2018 brings over 2,000 creators, innovators, and users of digital technologies from all over Europe and the rest of the world together for three days of intense and inspiring interaction.

Drupal Europe will be held in Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany — with a direct connection to Frankfurt International Airport. Drupal Europe will take place 10–14 September 2018 with Drupal contribution opportunities every day. Keynotes, sessions, workshops and BoFs will be from Tuesday to Thursday.

Jun 25 2018
Jun 25
Drupal Europe3 min read

Jun 25, 2018

Drupal Europe is both a technology conference and a family reunion for the Drupal community. Bringing together 1600+ attendees, it is the largest community driven Drupal event taking place on the European continent this year. For anyone connected with Drupal this is a unique opportunity to share your experience, learn, discuss, connect and contribute back to the community.

Being a community driven conference, we wanted to focus on real life case studies and not the usual technology driven structure. So we’ve introduced industry tracks which focus on specific industry sectors.

Photo with CCO licence via Pexels.com from StartupStockPhotos

The Higher Education track is for anyone using Drupal or thinking of migrating to Drupal at a college or university who is looking to connect with other Higher-Ed Drupal users.

If you have experience of delivering Drupal solutions in the higher education sector or are looking for inspiration on how you continue to develop your CMS further, this is the right track for you.

Drupal is a popular choice in higher education, and many of us are using it in creative and inventive ways. With Drupal 8, the opportunities for exploration and experimentation expand even further — from headless Drupal to top-tier configuration management. Let’s showcase our successes and best-practices with Drupal 8!

We know many universities are still on Drupal 7 and are keen to migrate to Drupal 8, so come to share what works for you and see wins from your peers.

Photo with CCO licence via Pexels.com from StatusStockphoto

Have you launched a Drupal 8 project recently that you are proud of? Started a campus Drupal users group and have tips for others looking to create their own? Developed a great user support model for your content editors? Conquered decoupled Drupal with your frontend stack? Share your awesome projects and lessons learned with your peers.

  • Education sector
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  • Drupal in a Day (how Global Training Days got to be a localized event)
  • From CMS to LMS
  • Web accessibility in higher education
  • GDPR and childrens information
  • Javascript for higher education
  • Migration from Drupal 7 to 8
  • How Drupal 8 API-first helps to
    integrate with existing IT-Infrastructure
  • Build your own Drupal Community

Session submission is open and we ask you to submit interesting session proposals to create an awesome conference. Session proposals are not limited to Drupal and all topics in relationship with Higher Education are welcome.

Please also help us to spread the word about this awesome conference. Our hashtag is #drupaleurope.

If you want to participate in the organisation or want to recommend speakers or topics please get in touch at [email protected].

Drupal is one of the leading open source technologies empowering digital solutions around the world.

Drupal Europe 2018 brings over 2,000 creators, innovators, and users of digital technologies from all over Europe and the rest of the world together for three days of intense and inspiring interaction.

Drupal Europe will be held in Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany — with a direct connection to Frankfurt International Airport. Drupal Europe will take place 10–14 September 2018 with Drupal contribution opportunities every day. Keynotes, sessions, workshops and BoFs will be from Tuesday to Thursday.

Jun 22 2018
Jun 22
Drupal Europe2 min read

Jun 22, 2018

The e-commerce industry continues to grow rapidly year over year, bringing more merchants online and driving larger profits. With that growth comes the increased need for rich content, innovative product merchandising, and integration into an ever increasing number of third party sales, marketing, and fulfillment tools. Drupal has always excelled as a platform for building unique customer experiences, and it continues to come into its own as an adaptive sales platform via projects like Drupal Commerce.

Photo by Mike Petrucci on Unsplash

This track includes content that helps merchants understand how to start and grow their online businesses, demonstrates to developers how to build ambitious e-commerce sites, and incorporates solution providers who improve the whole process via integrations.

In the e-commerce track you will learn how to start to sell online, how to grow your existing business and reach a wider audience, and the best tools to use for developing your platform.

The track is focused on the following topics:

  • Drupal vs other e-commerce solutions: comparison, the cost of entry and scale
  • What competitive advantages does Drupal bring to online merchants?
  • What are the benefits of Drupal-native eCommerce solutions vs. integrating external systems?
  • Case studies for unique or ambitious implementations of Drupal for e-commerce
  • Latest trends in eCommerce (e.g. payment, fulfillment, security, taxes, etc.)
  • Latest trends in building eCommerce websites (e.g. headless, multichannel, AI, etc.)

As you’ve probably read in one of our previous blog posts, industry verticals are a new concept being introduced at Drupal Europe and replace the summits, which typically took place on Monday. At Drupal Europe these industry verticals are integrated with the rest of the conference — same location, same ticket and provide more opportunities to learn and exchange within the industry verticals throughout three days.

Now is the perfect time to buy your ticket for Drupal Europe. Session submission is only open for a few more days so please submit your sessions and if encourage others who have great ideas.

Please help us to spread the word about this awesome conference. Our hashtag is #drupaleurope.

To recommend speakers or topics please get in touch at [email protected].

Drupal is one of the leading open source technologies empowering digital solutions in the government space around the world.

Drupal Europe 2018 brings over 2,000 creators, innovators, and users of digital technologies from all over Europe and the rest of the world together for three days of intense and inspiring interaction.

Drupal Europe will be held in Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany — which has a direct connection to Frankfurt International Airport. Drupal Europe will take place 10–14 September 2018 with Drupal contribution opportunities every day. Keynotes, sessions, workshops and BoFs will be from Tuesday to Thursday.

About Drupal Sun

Drupal Sun is an Evolving Web project. It allows you to:

  • Do full-text search on all the articles in Drupal Planet (thanks to Apache Solr)
  • Facet based on tags, author, or feed
  • Flip through articles quickly (with j/k or arrow keys) to find what you're interested in
  • View the entire article text inline, or in the context of the site where it was created

See the blog post at Evolving Web

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