Drupal Events This Week: Meetups, Camps, and Community Sessions (May 5–11, 2025)

We’ve curated a list of Drupal events happening this week, from May 5 to 11, 2025. Get ready for webinars, meetups, and camps — including Stanford WebCamp and the Drupal Pune Meetup. Whether you're attending online or in person, there's a lot to explore and learn. Here's the full list of what’s happening:

Decoupled Drupal with GraphQL and Gutenberg

This event takes place on May 6, 2025, from 10:30 pm to 12:30 am GMT+5:30, in Rue des Terreaux 7, Lausanne, Switzerland. The session focuses on building and maintaining scalable, change-resistant architecture while improving collaboration between front-end and back-end developers, designers, and systems. Christophe Jossart, Full Stack Developer and Drupal contributor at Amazee Labs, will demonstrate how GraphQL can act as a common language across systems and teams. The session will be conducted in French.

Ctrl+Alt+Modernize: Rebooting State Digital Services Webinar

Also on May 6, 2025, from 11:30 pm to 12:30 am GMT+5:30, Acquia and Lullabot are hosting a webinar aimed at government agencies. The session explores how states like Georgia are transforming their digital infrastructure to support secure, accessible, and scalable experiences for millions of residents. Topics include streamlining content and workflows, building secure platforms, and enabling flexible branding across systems.

Pacific Time - Virtual Drupal Meetup

On May 7, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Pacific Time, a virtual Drupal meetup will bring together community members primarily in the Pacific time zone, though anyone is welcome to join. This meetup is an open space for newcomers to learn about Drupal and for experienced contributors to share their knowledge, help others, and connect across projects.

Stanford WebCamp 2025

Running from Thursday, May 8 to Saturday, May 10, 2025, Stanford WebCamp is a free, hybrid event based in Stanford, California, United States. Thursday’s programming will be held online, and Friday’s sessions will occur in person at Tresidder Memorial Union. This community-organised event covers the practical and technical aspects of building websites and research tools, with a focus on collaboration and knowledge-sharing.

Become a Drupal Architect Series (5 classes)

Beginning on May 8, 2025, at 6:00 PM GMT, this five-part training series by Debug Academy is designed to help intermediate Drupal developers think like architects. Classes run on May 8, 13, 15, 20, and 22, each from 2:00 pm to 4:45 pm. The course emphasises strategic thinking, scalable planning, and leadership in Drupal development, beyond just writing code.

Behind the Scenes UX: Creating Editor-Friendly Experiences

On Friday, May 9, 2025, this online meetup focuses on improving the CMS experience for content editors. Jesse Dyck, Solutions Architect at Evolving Web, will guide attendees through practical ways to design clearer editing interfaces, streamline layout tools, and build better collaboration between developers, designers, and content strategists. The session draws on real-world examples to show how Drupal and WordPress editing tools are evolving to better serve editorial teams.

Drupal Pune Meetup - May 10, 2025

On May 10, 2025, starting at 9:45 am GMT+5:30, the Drupal Pune community will gather at Syngenta for a full day of talks and discussions. The event opens with a meet and greet, followed by a session on thinking like a senior Drupal developer by Yogesh Kushwaha. Rahul Shinde and Abhisek Mazumdar will lead a BoF discussion on the pros and cons of “Vibe Coding.” Nitesh Pawar will deliver a lightning talk on empowering content managers using dynamic facets in Search API. After lunch and snacks, the day will wrap up with a community discussion on DrupalCamp Pune.