Hightlights from DrupalCon Sydney

1. RECAP | RYAN CROSS | FEBRUARY 21 2013
RECAP

2. 6-9TH FEBRUARY, 2013
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
VENUE: Crowne Plaza Coogee
• 450 Attendees
o (with 100+ waiting)
• $66K raised for the DA
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3. DAY 1
Training
Plan, Build, Launch:
Real-World Drupal from
Lullabot
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4. DAY 1
Business Day – SOLD OUT!
Pia Waugh – Key note
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5. DAY 2
WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Michael West from the local La Perouse Aboriginal land
council NSW
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6. DAY 2 - #DRIESNOTE
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7. DAY 2 - #DRIESNOTE
Doing well, Doing good
• We the people https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/
• MTA site during Superstrom sandy - http://www.mta.info/
maps/
• Standup to Cancer UK - http://
www.standuptocancer.org.uk/
• Australian Law Reform Commission - http://
www.alrc.gov.au/
• Al Masry - http://www.egyptindependent.com/
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8. DAY 2 - #DRIESNOTE
State of Drupal 8
• Web services
• Mobile experience
o responsive themes, admin toolbar
• Implementation of Symfony
• Inplace editing, WYSIWYG
• Configuration management
• Views in core
• Multilingual
• Feature freeze was 19 Feburary, code freeze is 1 July
2013
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9. DAY 2 - #DRIESNOTE
What’s Next for Drupal
• WEM – Web Experience Management
• Goals: running the biggest E-commerce, newspaper
• How to achieve this - deliver complete solutions. All big
sites need content, community and e-commerce
Watch the full keynote here:
http://sydney2013.drupal.org/keynote/dries-buytaert
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10. DAY 2 - Events
Beach Cricket
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11. DAY 2 - Events
Women in Drupal
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12. DAY 3 - #DCLundy
Senator Kate Lundy,
Minister Assisting for
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Innovation and Industry

13. DAY 3 - #DCLundy
Key Points
• Benefits of collaboration in business & government
• Government role in supporting and encouraging
collaboration in business.
• Advantages of using open source in business and
government
• Talked about Open Government 2.0 - the importance of
collaboration, transparency and open source in
government.
Watch the full keynote at:
http://sydney2013.drupal.org/keynote/senator-kate-lundy 13

14. DAY 3 – Group Photo
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15. DAY 3
Closing Notes
• DrupalSouth – Wellington!
• More than 1 litre of coffee per person!!
• $66k profit for the DA
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16. DAY -1 to 5
Trivia & Drinks
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17. DAY 4
#CodeSprint
• First planned Drupal
ladder workshop
• Patches were committed
from locals to core
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