Bringing together the greatest Drupal minds from around the world on one stage, DrupalCon Europe returned and once again brought a lot of excitement to the community. Among the highlights of this year's DrupalCon were the keynote sessions and the Drupal Camps.
DrupalCon Europe 2021 keynote sessions
There were a total of four keynote sessions on each of the four days of DrupalCon. The most eminent personalities of the technology community were the keynote speakers at this year's event.
Here is a list of Keynote events that were held:
Sound Ideas: Unlocking Creativity - LJ Rich, a world-renowned artist and presenter of BBC's international technology show BBC Click, presented her session on October 4, 2021. Her session revolved around the interaction of music and technology in the artificial intelligence space. In this link you can see her talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9WJ1nGTeb0&list=PLpeDXSh4nHjRbK4e6xsJ5-EFkDLOAPYfc&index=3
Build vs Buy - Pfizer and Open Source - This session by Richard Jones, Dick Olsson, and Jess Romeo from Pfizer was presented on October 5, 2021. This session revolved around Pfizer's open source journey and will shed light on how Pfizer has used Drupal to their advantage.
Driesnote – The most anticipated keynote session at DrupalCon, Driesnote is the session from Drupal founder Dries Buytaert. In his opening session, Dries updated the audience on the Drupal project and also talked about the development of Drupal. His session took place on October 6, 2021. In this link you can see his talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3k805fFfIY&list=PLpeDXSh4nHjRbK4e6xsJ5-EFkDLOAPYfc
Drupal Core Initiative Leaders: One of the most informative sessions at DrupalCon, this talk covered everything that is happening in and around the Drupal community. This was the third installment of this keynote talk and also featured examples of Drupal community leaders and what they are currently working on. This session took place on October 7, 2021. You can watch the talk here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CzmSbWNRQs&list=PLpeDXSh4nHjRbK4e6xsJ5-EFkDLOAPYfc&index=9
Drupal Camps
By bringing local Drupal camps into the realm of DrupalCon, this year's convention witnessed the forces of this regional and global community coming together to make DrupalCon a success.
Camps benefited from increased visibility to the audience attending DrupalCon. Here is a list of all Drupal Camps that were promoted:
- Drupal Jam, Netherlands
- Drupal Mountain Camp, Switzerland
- Drupal Germany
- DrupalCamp Kyiv
- DrupalCamp Finlandia
- DrupalCamp Belgium - Ghent 2021
- Drupal Wrocław