September 22, 2014

Call for Drupal Lightning Talks: Now is your chance to showcase the power of Drupal!

Lightning talks are already a crowd favorite at other conferences and camps (think O'Reilly's Ignite!), so your DrupalCon track chairs have decided to bring them to DrupalCon Amsterdam!

Drupal powers the best in the web, and what better way to showcase how far we've come with Drupal than during DrupalCon, bright and early on Thursday morning? That's right, this special event will be taking the place of our Thursday Keynote.

What are lightning talks?

Lightning talks are 5 minute presentations about anything you think would be of interest to the DrupalCon audience and can be Drupal-specific OR web-based. Here are just some ideas:

  • Why I really love X module
  • Cool web tools I use every day
  • I really need X, and I've build a module for it
  • Did you know that you can do X with Y (Module, Theme, PHP, ...)?
  • The biggest fails of my projects in the last year
  • This technique I use is the best, and here's why
  • Don't use this technique, and here's why

These talks are short and not meant to be micro-sessions with a lot of slides and details. These talks should be stripped down to the basic points, the really spectacular bits, as you've only got 5 minutes to present. Keep it interesting and keep it short - the clock will be ticking!

I want to give a lightning talk

Interested in giving a lightning talk? Awesome. We suggest reading the following articles which outline what a great talk encompasses:

Currently 8 speaking slots (5 min each) are available. The DrupalCon Amsterdam track chairs select the talks and will be announcing selected speakers Wednesday morning before the keynote (if not sooner).

Sign up to speak by adding your topic to the comment section.

I want to attend

Great, this event will be something really new for a DrupalCon and we hope you'll support it! Join us in the Auditorium at the RAI at 09:00 on Thursday and listen to some inspirational talks! If you can't participate in person, you can still join in the action. We will be streaming this event, and our other keynote presentations, in real time. View the live stream schedule for the week.

Help spread the word

If you have a friend or colleague who will be attending DrupalCon Amsterdam and would be great on stage, be sure to let them know about this event and where to sign up.

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