Drupal Day Sydney 2009

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Drupal Day Sydney 2009
When: Saturday, Oct. 31st : 9am - 6pm
Where: Sydney University, School of Pharmacy

Announcing the 2009 Drupal Day Sydney! It will be taking place on Saturday, October 31st from 9am - 6pm at the University of Sydney's School of Pharmacy.

Bring your laptop! This will be a hands-on workshop and a facilitated code sprint, ideal for both beginners and advanced attendees. Some of your favorite, dedicated, Sydney Drupal developers will be joining us so don't miss out! Places are limited (Only 45), so sign up now!

Read on for all the details

Full Details

What
What is a Drupal Day? In contrast to the normal presentations/conferences, this event will be a hands-on, practical workshop. No watching a lecture, its pure participation. Learning through doing!

The aim is to accelerate attendees' usage of Drupal and for each person to have achieved something tangible by the end of the day.

The workshop will have a focus on beginners and intermediate experience with Drupal. There will also be a facilitated code & documentation sprint for developers who wants to cut their teeth with the issue queue. Bring your laptop!

How Much $$?
We are expecting $5 to secure your spot, but would encourage people to donate $20 to help cover costs. We will be providing catering and drupal schwag for all presenters/facilitators.

You can secure your spot either by purchasing a ticket:

(http://www.stickytickets.com.au/2490)

Or save the transaction fee if you have a PayPal account by directly sending the money to paypal-au AT ryancross DOT com (corrected)

When
We will have a full day of fun on Saturday, October 31st, 2009. We will open up for registration/greetings at 9:00am and actually get things kicked off at 9:30 and likely finish around 6pm. For those keen, afterwards we will move to a nearby pub for dinner/drinks and to continue the socializing.

Where
We have secured rooms at the University of Sydney.

Faculty of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Building (A15)
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, 2006
listed at location E15 in the map of the Camperdown Campus
and a google map of the area and the building

If there are any special needs, please contact me ASAP. There is handicap access to the building, and potentially hearing impaired services available, but I will need to confirm anything.

We will have signs to help direct people, but don't feel bad if you get lost and need to call. (Contact details will be emailed to attendees before the event)

Inside Plans

The day will be filled with a loose structure of workshops that will be guided by input from attendees on the day.

Topics that will be covered include:
Installation & Hosting
CCK + Views
Panels
Dev Environment Setup
Themes
+ More!

Attendees should bring their own computer/laptop. We may be able to make arrangements if you are unable to, but we can not make any guarantees. Please contact me if you have any questions.

For any social media posting (twitter, flickr, facebook, del.icio.us, etc) please use the tag #DrupalDaySydney or #DDS09

Requirements
What you need to bring
- Laptop
- Power Strips & Dongles for your laptops
- Topics & Questions to discuss
- Business Cards and an open mind!!

Sponsors

These people and companies help us to provide this event, so please take a minute to acknowledge them and say thanks if you see them.

• Faculty of Pharmacy @ University of Sydney
• Thinking Beast
• Digital Eskimo

If you are able to help or would like to sponsor this event, please contact Ryan Cross (http://groups.drupal.org/user/645/contact or http://ryancross.com/contact)

Things Still Needing Help
- Wifi router(s), and someone who can help set them up
- Session Leaders
- Video Cameras / Audio Mics
- Scribes
- Sponsors (mostly for catering)