DrupalSouth 2025: Session Insights and Community Highlights

Staff Reporter

Salsa Digital’s Paul Morriss offers a detailed review of DrupalSouth 2025 in a blog post that blends event highlights with in-depth session takeaways. Held at ACMI in Melbourne, the conference hosted around 220 attendees and featured keynotes, technical sessions, and community events. Paul praised the venue, programming quality, and inclusive atmosphere, calling it the best DrupalSouth he has attended.

The post highlights standout sessions, including Nicola Nye’s keynote on humanising technology, Thijs Feryn’s caching strategies with Varnish, and Adrian Redman’s practical insights on document accessibility. Other sessions covered AI-driven testing with Postman, trends in CMS usage across Australian government sites, and the evolving role of open source sustainability. Morriss also spotlighted the Splash Awards, with Salsa Digital winning Best Government Website for its work with the Department of Social Services.

Paul closes with reflections on the event’s community-driven spirit, the value of in-person collaboration, and key lessons on AI strategy, digital service standards, and mental health in remote work.

Source Reference

Title

DrupalSouth 2025 — Session Review

Byline

Paul Morriss

Date of Publication

19 May 2025

Organization

Salsa Digital

Insights

Highlights

Accessibility

Open Source

CMS

Community Engagement

Disclosure: This content is produced with the assistance of AI.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this story do not necessarily represent that of TheDropTimes. We regularly share third-party blog posts that feature Drupal in good faith. TDT recommends Reader's discretion while consuming such content, as the veracity/authenticity of the story depends on the blogger and their motives.

Note: The vision of this web portal is to help promote news and stories around the Drupal community and promote and celebrate the people and organizations in the community. We strive to create and distribute our content based on these content policy. If you see any omission/variation on this please reach out to us at #thedroptimes channel on Drupal Slack and we will try to address the issue as best we can.