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DrupalCon North America 2021 is less than a month away, and we’re excited to announce the program! Explore the confirmed sessions, register to participate, and start to plan your DrupalCon adventure. 

The keynotes offer exclusive opportunities to hear from leaders in Drupal and open source about issues and ideas that impact Drupal developers and users around the world.

Here’s a look at this year’s keynote lineup.

Sheree Atcheson, Global Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Peakon
Allyship—the key to unlocking the power of diversity
Monday 12 April, 12:10 - 12:40 EDT

Sheree Atcheson, an industry-leading voice on diversity and inclusion in tech, will talk about the importance of intersectional allyship in creating inclusive environments and technology. She’ll offer tips on how everyone in any role can actively consider, champion, and advocate for others in their work and be more inclusive in their day-to-day lives.

Dries Buytaert, Founder, Drupal
Driesnote
Wednesday, 14 April, 12:30 - 13:50 EDT

A much-anticipated highlight of DrupalCon, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert will deliver his annual talk on the state of the Drupal project now and his thoughts on what’s next. Don’t miss it!

Photo by Amazee Labs from DrupalCon Nashville 2018

Stuart Keroff, Social Studies and Technology Teacher, Aspen Academy
School needs open source, now more than ever
Friday, 16 April, 14:20 - 14:50 EDT

Technology educator Stuart Keroff, founder of the first two middle school Linux clubs in Minnesota, has spent the last 10 years guiding middle school students to use open source as a tool to close the digital divide in education. He and his students will share how they used open source software to recycle computers for their fellow students during COVID-19 school closures.
Tuesday - Friday of DrupalCon will begin with keynotes sessions focused on the Project’s strategic initiatives. More information below. 

Learn more about DrupalCon keynote speakers and sessions.

Centarro logoThank you to Centarro for being a Platinum DrupalCon North America sponsor! Centarro (formerly Commerce Guys) is the company behind Drupal Commerce, an eCommerce platform uniquely suited to cross-border commerce, B2C + B2B sales, & tailor-made REST APIs.

Explore contribution opportunities at DrupalCon

Along with DrupalCon sessions, discussion groups, and skill-building opportunities, each day of this year’s event will focus on one of the Drupal Project’s strategic initiatives. You’ll begin the day with a keynote on the featured initiative, find out how it will make more exciting digital experiences possible, and have the opportunity to participate in mentored contributions following the live content at DrupalCon, where you can be part of accelerating the initiative’s success. All participants are welcome, with or without technical experience!

 

Here’s a look at the specific initiatives we’ll focus on each day.

Decoupled Menu Day

Decoupled Menus Day
Tuesday, 13 April

This initiative is focused on developing an easy-to-integrate solution for JavaScript front ends to consume configurable menus managed in Drupal. Learn what’s been accomplished so far and how you can help move the initiative forward. Drupal mentors will be on hand to help contributors with coding, writing, and testing activities. Learn more 
Easy Out of the Box Day

Easy Out of the Box Day

Wednesday, 14 April 

This initiative is designed to improve upon Drupal 9 features and enable new features that can make Drupal even easier to use. Learn more
Automated Updates Day

Automated Updates Day

Thursday, 15 April 

This initiative is all about implementing a secure system for automatically deploying safe, secure updates for Drupal sites—a crucial enhancement for Drupal service providers and end users that could create other exciting new possibilities for the future. Learn more
Drupal 10 Readiness Day

Drupal 10 Readiness Day

Friday, 16 April

This initiative is our effort to update and enhance the platform to enable a smooth, secure transition to Drupal 10, which launches in 2022. Learn more
Tag1 logoWe're grateful to Tag1 Consulting for their Platinum DrupalCon North America sponsorship! Tag1 is a global technology consulting firm that specializes in architecting, optimizing, securing, and delivering large scale systems.. 

Whether you’re looking for premium branding, speaking engagements, or a virtual booth, there’s still time to sponsor DrupalCon North America.


Hear why Platinum Sponsor, Acro Media, is sponsoring for the 6th year in a row - 

“Our Drupalcon sponsorship investment each year continues to provide value in the form(s) of sharing and gaining knowledge, building relationships and partnerships within the community, and meeting potential new clients. Acro Media has been a proud Drupalcon sponsor for a number of years and 2021 is no different. We greatly appreciate the effort the Drupal Association has taken to create an interactive virtual experience for 2021 and we are excited to participate.” 

This is your chance to highlight your business as an important part of the largest annual gathering of Drupal talent, experts, agencies, and users. Sponsorships start at just $4,050 - contact [email protected] for more information.

Tag1 logoThank you to Phase 2 Technology for their continued support at DrupalCon North America! For the last 20 years, Phase2 has been at the center of the digital ecosystem, integrating processes, people, and systems.
Tag1 logoPalantir is a full-service digital consultancy that works to strengthen humanity by helping others discover, create, and share knowledge. Thank you, Palantir, for being a Platinum sponsor at DrupalCon North America!

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