Check the left-hand menu for more information about the Drupal Conference.
(the program is somewhat in flux as some people's travel have been delayed; we will update in real time to try and keep up to date)
Monday, October 17
17:00 Opening drinks in "de Brakke Grond", the Bar located next to the Conference rooms.
Tuesday, October 18
09:30 Driestalk: Drupal 4.7 and ahead by Dries Buytaert
Discuss new options for the upcoming Drupal versions, especially the release schedule.
10:45 Drupal and mail by Gerhard Killesreiter
Drupal currently has no mail API, we will discuss requirements for and advantages of offering such an API. A proposal about a solution will be made.
10:00 Drupal code repositories - human architectures that scale by Robert Douglass
The discussion will be aimed at analyzing whether we are getting the most out of our developer efforts and whether we can continue to succeed in possible growth scenarios.
11:45 Using microformats in themes and module developments by Chris Messina Why microformats make sense for Drupal and which ones should be baked into our existing tools.
12:30 Lunch
13:15 New node access system by Károly Négyesi.
The current system requires a DISTINCT and that kills performance. Another approach will be presented.
14:00 Search Module Demystified by Steven Wittens
Drupal Search has changed a lot in the past releases. This talk will take a closer look at how search works now and continue in a talk of how to improve search more in the future.
14:45 Drupal form API by Adrian Rossouw
This presentation will be aimed at introducing the new form API.
15:30 Break
16:00 Bugbite hour, moderated by Gerhard Killesreiter
17:00 Sekt (champaign) toast to the Drupal team
Prost! Because everyone has worked so hard, a bubbly toast is in order.
17:10 Live support and free hacking
Ask your question to the expert, get the answer from the expert.
20:30 - 22:30 Birds of a Feather Session at OSCON by Dries Buytaert et al
Free entrance ot the OSCON
Wednesday, October 19
09:30 Driestalk: Drupal.org infrastructure and Survey results by Dries Buytaert
Present an overview about the past, current and future of the Drupal.org infrastructure and the team for manageing it. Presentation of the results of the survey Also to be discussed, what to do with the prioritised actions, who will fix it and how can be take care of a better user experience at drupal.org for our users in the future.
10:00 Split mode by Karoly Negyesi
Introduce split mode, discuss the problems and try to agree on how can it get into core.
10:45 The future of MySQL by David Axmark from MySQL
Discuss issues ranging from MySQL (upcoming features), Drupal (datamodel) and Business (dual license OpenSource)
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Undo feature by Chad Phillips
Discussion will focus a possible revamp of drupal's delete cycle to add an 'undo' feature, along with allowing modules to communicate info to core about deletion parameters. What are the advantages and possible implementations?
14:00 Drupal package management by Vlado Dikini
Packages, dependencies, versioning, installation and upgrades in different contexts like (i) service providers, (ii) individual sites and (iii) off-line or desktop Drupal.
14:30 Extreme usability training Part I by Kieran Lal.
We'll try to conduct some user interviews, try design exercises, do remote usability exercises to test our designs, and produce wireframes.
15:30 Break
16:00 Extreme usability training Part II by Kieran Lal.
We'll try to conduct some user interviews, try design exercises, do remote usability exercises to test our designs, and produce wireframes.
16:30 Drupal in media communities by Ber Kessels
Look at the present state of media handling in Drupal. Look at communities around media in Drupal using podcasting, vodcasting, remixing, Creative Commons, scattered file storage (flickr), import of media and so on.
17:00 Bugbite hour, moderated by Gerhard Killesreiter
Thursday, October 20
09:30 Driestalk: Drupal Infrastructure and results survey by Dries Buytaert
Provide a status update on the new Drupal Infrastructure and the results of the survey.
10:00 Content Construction Kit by Neil Drumm
Current status of the new system for node types and planning for continuing development.
10:45 Relation system by Ber Kessels
Introduce the newly proposed relations system for Drupal. Discuss a battleplan. See if (when) this can be moved to core
11:30 User configurable themes by Adrian Rossouw
Approaches to customisation of templates and stylesheets using interactive elements such as a dynamic AJAX stylesheet editor that has a live preview.
12:15 OpenBusiness Models by Dan Robinson
12:30 Lunch
13:30 The future of PHP, by Rasmus Lerdorf
Straight from the source, what will happen with upcoming PHP versions and how will this infiuence the potential of Drupal
15:30 Joomla and Drupal, by Johan Janssens
Presentation of the current state of Joomla, what can we learn and where can we work together?
16:30 Unit testing by Moshe Weitzman
Demonstrate the full test suite and then show how to write a unit test in drupal. Discuss next steps for broadening the suite and its awareness among Developers.
17:15 Bugbite hour moderated by Gerhard Killesreiter
18:00 Closing and opening drinks
Start of BarCamp Amsterdam
