Growing Drupal Downunder - Announcing DrupalCon Sydney, 6-9 Feb 2013

Posted by rcross on July 19, 2012 at 12:34am

Start:

2013-02-06 (All day) - 2013-02-09 (All day) Australia/Sydney

Event type:

DrupalCon

We are very excited to announce that Drupal Downunder Sydney will be run as the first ever DrupalCon in the Asia Pacific Region.

DrupalCon Sydney will be held February 6-9, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Coogee only meters from the beach. The event will be filled with high quality sessions, BoFs, training and more - all with the theme of "Growing Drupal Downunder".

We are looking forward to sharing the international Drupal community together while showcasing the unique flavor of the Australian local community. Dries Buytaert will keynote the opening session and we'll be announcing more speakers as they are confirmed.

Please visit http://sydney2013.drupal.org for more details and signup to receive updates.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Thank you,
Ryan and Owen

Special thanks to all those working hard over the last several months to coordinate with the Drupal Association to make this happen

Comments

Official Announcement

Posted by rcross on July 19, 2012 at 12:35am

If you'd like to read the official announcement from the Drupal Association - https://association.drupal.org/node/16578

--Ryan
Ryan Cross
Drupal Development Services
ProjectPier project management and collaboration software

Woohoo!!! Fantastic work

Posted by Bevan on July 19, 2012 at 12:55am

Woohoo!!! Fantastic work everyone, and thank you! :)

This is my favourite line so far:

“It’s a dream come true to now have a DrupalCon Downunder!” says Donna Benjamin, a recent addition to the Drupal Association Board of Directors, and past organizer of Drupal Downunder Melbourne 2012. “The global Drupal community needs events like these taking place outside the established centres of Europe and North America to really help the overall community grow. It’s so good to see Sydney and São Paulo join the DrupalCon line-up.”

Bevan/

This is a good step

Posted by marcrobinsone on July 19, 2012 at 1:02am

This is a good step forward.

Kudos to the Drupal APAC region organizers! We'll pay close attention to the details

Marckee for Short

Our little conference is all grown up!

Posted by gordon on July 19, 2012 at 1:29am

Congrates to everyone for making this possible. This has been a long time coming.

--
Gordon Heydon

Congratulations

Posted by nickvidal on July 19, 2012 at 2:25am

This is wonderful news! Congratulations from the DownUnderFromTheOtherSide (Brazil)!

Awesome guys! I'll start

Posted by chrischinchilla on July 19, 2012 at 2:51am

Awesome guys!

I'll start pondering talk proposals ;)

Awesome news!

Posted by Freshy88 on July 19, 2012 at 2:57am

Awesome news! Great to see the association focussing down here and thanks everyone for the effort going into this and the past Australian Drupal events!

Looking forward to next February...I'll have to start thinking of a speech proposal :)

Excellent

Posted by frubim on July 19, 2012 at 3:07am

Excellent news!!!!
Congratulations to everyone
involved on making this a reality! I'll sure
be there!

great news

Posted by spyjournal on July 19, 2012 at 3:44am

Well done guys - looking forward to it!

This is a milestone for Drupal in Aus/NZ

Posted by jonathan_hunt on July 19, 2012 at 4:13am

Congratulations to the team who have got things this far and all the best for the next 6 months. It's great to see the momentum for Drupal in Australia and New Zealand.

"Downunder" is one word

Posted by Garrett Albright on July 19, 2012 at 8:12am

"Downunder" is one word now?

At any rate, sounds like fun. I'd love to make it down there if the money works out.

The Boise Drupal Guy!

Call for Volunteers

Posted by rcross on July 26, 2012 at 11:11pm

We're reaching out for your help to make DrupalCon Sydney really rock.

There are lots of ways you can help (See DrupalCon Roles, but there are 2 types of positions that we are looking for right now - Track Chairs and State/Regional Representatives.

Track Chairs:
Your role as a track chair is to drive the success of your track by setting a vision for it and deciding which sessions are selected. We are also looking for similar help with BoFs and other conference content. The commitment is approximately 4hrs/week and ~10hrs during selection week.

State/Regional Representatives:
These are not traditional positions for DrupalCon by have been used by previous Drupal Downunder events.

As a representative, you would be identified as the local knowledge point for information about the event and you will help us promote the event in your local area. To do this, you would participate in the organizing group and be given information prior to formal announcements. We will also look to you for advice about ideas and issues that might impact your local community. You will also be a conduit for bringing any concerns from your community to our attention. The commitment is approximately 2hrs/week

If you are interested in helping in these roles or any other way, please fill out the form at http://bit.ly/DCSydvolunteers

--Ryan
Ryan Cross
Drupal Development Services
ProjectPier project management and collaboration software

Just have… Not sure if I have

Posted by chrischinchilla on September 22, 2012 at 11:55pm

Just have… Not sure if I have any talks in me this year (don't quote me on that though), so keen to volunteer!

Great news

Posted by gloscon on August 17, 2012 at 6:04am

APAC team - This is excellent news. If schedule permits, one or more from our India team will be there.

Suresh
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Good work DCAPO

Posted by jasdev.moun on August 17, 2012 at 6:13am

It's great to hear that DownUnder will be the first DrupalCon in Asia Pacific. Attending it in Australia might be little bit more convenient than going all the way to North America.

I definitely want to volunteer for the event. Please let me know any way I can help.

Jasdev S. Moun
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