2026 Schedule

Wed, May 13 2026

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Dynamic Image Generation in Drupal: Leveraging the GD Library

Topic Tracks Development & Performance Room Room 324 Audience Intermediate Speaker(s) srdtwc
PHP's built-in GD library is a powerful and overlooked tool for Drupal developers. This session explores how to generate images on the fly, from Open Graph social previews to watermarked media, charts, and more, all without external services or complex dependencies. Learn to make Drupal's output more visual, one pixel at a time.

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Shifting Left: Incorporating Testing Early in the Development Lifecycle

Topic Tracks Off the "Drupal Island" Project Management & Consulting Theming, Design, & Usability Development & Performance Room Room 324 Audience All Attendees Speaker(s) mikemiles86
Want to catch and fix problems before they become expensive headaches? Learn how “shifting left” puts testing at the forefront of planning, design and development, saving time and resources in the long run.

How to migrate 1800 Drupal 7 sites

Topic Tracks Project Management & Consulting Room Room 325 Audience All Attendees Speaker(s) benjifisher
In late 2023, Harvard Web Publishing (HWP) had about 12,000 sites using OpenScholar, a distribution of Drupal 7. We decided to keep about 1,800 of them, migrating them to Drupal 10.

This session will give an overview of the process: the background, the timeline, and mostly how HWP managed the scale of the project. It will briefly mention the 10,000 sites that were left behind.

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Hackathon Solutions

Room Room 314AB
Hackathon solutions are presented to a panel of judges.

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Coffee Exchange

Topic Tracks Community Room Third floor common area Audience All Attendees Speaker(s) volkswagenchick
The Drupal community enjoys coffee!! The Drupal Coffee Exchange is a way to celebrate the magic elixir that we use to fuel our days.

The Drupal Coffee Exchange a way for community members to stay caffeinated and share their favorite coffees between enthusiasts. It’s unique, it’s fun, and it’s become a creative and complementary way to participate in our community....a reminder our community isn't just commits.

Bring some coffee, take some coffee, and talk some coffee.

Follow on:
Mastodon at https://drupal.community/@DrupalCO
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drupalcoffee.bsky.social

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Lightning Talks

Topic Tracks Community Room Room 314AB Audience All Attendees Speaker(s) froboy
A lightning talk is a short, 5-minute presentation on either a technical or non-technical subject. The space is open to all, and this can be a great space to test out a topic or just talk about something you're passionate about.

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