Making DrupalCon Diverse & Inclusive

The Drupal Association is committed to a safe and inclusive event for all, regardless of age, body size, caste, disability, ethnicity, gender, language, nationality, physical appearance, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.

We strongly encourage submissions from speakers and facilitators who have been marginalized due to racism, misogyny, transphobia, ableism, and other forms of globalized oppression.

Submission Guidelines

• Sessions should focus on sharing knowledge and enriching the community—rather than promoting products or services.
• Priority will be given to sessions that offer unique content not readily available online.
• We encourage experienced DrupalCon speakers to collaborate with other community members, and we warmly welcome new speakers.
• To ensure diverse perspectives and well-rounded presentations, we encourage partnerships between service providers and clients and recommend that speakers and panel facilitators represent different organizations.
• The number of speakers and panel facilitators per session is limited. See information in the session types section below.
  
• To support diversity of our speakers and programming, we will only accept panels that include some speakers from underrepresented communities.
• Speakers are allowed to submit a maximum of two session proposals.
  
• Speakers and panel facilitators may participate in a maximum of two sessions, only one of which can be a solo session.
• Session meeting rooms will be equipped with LCD projector/screen, dongle/adaptor kit for speaker laptop, and podium microphone.
• Speakers and panel facilitators are required to read and adhere to the DrupalCon Code of Conduct.
• Registration is complimentary for accepted speakers and facilitators. Please note: each session has a max of 2 complimentary speaker tickets. Tickets are non-transferable.
• Submitters may edit their submission until the submission deadline. Please note, the call for submissions closes at 11:59pm Central Time on September 26, 2025.
  

Session Types

50-minute sessions:

• Workshop: Workshops provide active and in-depth learning through hands-on activities. Participants should leave with a tangible skill or product. (1-2 Facilitators and speakers)
• Fireside chat: Fireside chats are casual conversations between a facilitator, an interviewee, and the audience, without the aid of slides. (1 facilitator and 1 interviewee)
  
• Lecture presentation: Your typical conference presentation. Q&A is highly encouraged. (1-2 speakers)
• Panel: Panels bring together diverse perspectives for spirited debate and discussion between panelists and participants without the aid of slides. Panels are not a series of short presentations. (1 facilitator and up to 3 panelists)

**Your submission may be considered for use in an Industry Summit or Industry Training.  

Track Descriptions

Community Health: This track focuses on promoting the happiness and health of open-source community members at work. Sessions may include ideas about increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering productive teamwork, and providing insights into improving mental and physical well-being.

Content and Marketing: We’re looking for sessions about content strategy best practices, digital marketing techniques, and creative examples of achieving digital campaign goals. We’re open to sessions about working with third-party marketing tools, open-source technologies, as well as Drupal-specific solutions.

Core, CMS, and Strategic Initiatives: This track is for active and prospective Core, CMS, and Strategic Initiative contributors to share ideas about Drupal and Drupal.org. We’re looking for big ideas about the future of Drupal, as well as discussions about where we want to go and how we're going to get there. If your session is about Drupal Core, Drupal CMS, or a Strategic Initiative like Drupal AI, Experience Builder, Workflow, IXP, etc., then this is the track for you. 

Development and Coding: This track is for front-end and back-end developers alike, covering all things front-end, back-end, migration, decoupling, and more. We’d love to hear about Drupal and adjacent technologies and how your team is innovating.

DevOps: This track is designed for the behind-the-scenes experts who focus on deploying high-quality code continuously. Topics include infrastructure, quality assurance, and testing, performance, and scaling.

Leadership, Management, and Business: This track is for agency leaders, executives, and people and project managers. Submissions should share your business strategy and development ideas, human resources, staff management, and project management.

Site Building: This track is for those who build and manage websites. We welcome submissions on best practices and techniques for site builders, everything from how to select and configure Drupal modules, low code/no code solutions, and adjacent technologies that can empower site builders. This track covers both Drupal Core and Drupal CMS.

Success Stories and Innovation: Inspire your peers and shine a spotlight on your recent work. We’re seeking case studies that delve into project intricacies, team involvement, processes and methodologies, and challenges or opportunities addressed. We’d love to hear what role Drupal played or what the Drupal community can learn from your project. Please note that this track is about showcasing, not selling.

User Experience, Accessibility, and Design: This track is for anyone interested in making digital experiences more user-friendly and accessible. We are looking for talks about building better design processes, techniques to improve usability and accessibility, and creating design systems that work across digital channels and technologies.

Additional Guidance:

If you have questions on how to rank the difficulty of your session, or on how your session will be evaluated, please see the following resources:

🔗 Difficulty Criteria

🔗 Evaluation Criteria

*Please note: each session has a max of 2 complimentary speaker registrations tickets. Tickets are non-transferable*