Workshops & Training at 2010 Drupal Cons and Camps
In making our plans for San Francisco DrupalCon this April, I mentioned to Michael Silverman, our CEO, that the upcoming conference had the feel of the early MacWorld’s he and I had attended at the Moscone Center in the early days of Macintosh. Years ago I would have been hard pressed to imagine that there would be huge conferences of content management system groupies who paper their laptops with industry stickers and actually write songs about their software. Don’t smirk. It is no less geeky than doting over the aps on your iPhone.
As interesting as San Francisco DrupalCon promises to be, it is only one, albeit the main event, among a lot of Drupal conference activity in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the regional activities in which Duo is directly involved:
Florida Drupal Camp is right around the corner, February 20 & 21 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. This second year conference features Coding for a Cause where volunteers among attendees will collaborate to develop a Drupal website for a not-for-profit organization.
Nashville Drupalers is planning their one-day Drupal Camp on March 13.
The roving big daddy of Drupal events, DrupalCon, is in San Francisco this year, April 19 – 21. We’re sending a team to participate. Both Doug Vann and Brandon Morrison have submitted proposals to do presentations. Additionally we’re an event sponsor so we’ll have an exhibit and, yeah, probably stickers!
Duo will be running its 4th annual Web Content Conference June 7 & 8. This year’s new twist includes a pre-conference ½ day Drupal symposium. The focus of this event is not-for-profit and government organizations as well as small businesses.
The Southeast Linux Fest (SELF) takes place June 19 & 20. To the organizer’s credit (Duo is not the event organizer) the event is fully sponsored and being held for FREE. Duo Consulting was invited to produce a Drupal Camp in concert with SELF. We are beginning to fill the presenter roster.
CMSExpo returns to Evanston, IL May 3 – 5 and will have its Drupal track.
There’s a certain breathless aura to all the events being planned. This is fueled in part by the much anticipated release of Drupal version 7.x. The excitement is well-placed as it reflects improved functionality that is being incorporated into progressive websites. We’re looking forward to being a part of it and we hope you are, too.
