DrupalCon Vienna 2025 Puts AI Front and Center: Smarter Tools, Human Control

The Drupal AI Initiative, launched by Dries Buytaert after DrupalCon Atlanta, will take center stage this October at DrupalCon Vienna 2025. This initiative is more than just a new module—it's a shift in mindset. From AI agents building landing pages to privacy-first local LLMs, AI is now woven into the core of Drupal’s future.

DrupalCon Vienna, running October 14–17, will showcase this transformation in full force. Below are the 18 in-depth sessions focused on AI, organized by date and packed with hands-on techniques, real-world use cases, and bold visions for the future of AI in open source.

Tuesday, October 14

1. Empowering Drupal with Offline AI: WebLLM, Local Agents, and Privacy-First Innovation

🕔 17:00–17:20 | Room 1
Speaker: Akshay Chame

What if Drupal could run AI offline—no API calls, no keys, just full local control? This talk introduces WebLLM for integrating local large language models like LLaMA and Mistral into Drupal, enabling private, secure AI-powered workflows. Learn how to embed and run models directly in the browser or on the server, opening a new path for privacy-first innovation in open-source CMS.

Wednesday, October 15

2. Workshop – Start with Drupal and AI. Up and running with the AI ecosystem in Drupal in no time

🕥 10:30–12:15 | Room 7
Speakers: Frederik Wouters, Christoph Breidert

This beginner-friendly workshop walks you step-by-step through installing the Drupal AI module and building your first working AI-powered application. From generating content and summarising PDFs to automating workflows and experimenting with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), you’ll leave with hands-on experience and working code. No prior AI experience required—just curiosity and a laptop.

3. Building an AI-Powered DevOps Co-Pilot for Drupal: Automate Git, Drush & Deployments

🕦 11:30–12:15 | Room 5
Speaker: Ovanes Budakyan

Learn how to build a DevOps co-pilot using AI that drafts Git commits, suggests Drush commands, and automates deployment scripts. Ideal for developers already familiar with CI/CD, Composer, and Drush, this session shows how AI can streamline release cycles and reduce repetitive tasks.

4. AI vs. Human Creativity: How to Strike the Right Balance in Drupal

🕒 15:00–15:45 | Auditorium
Speaker: Anubhav Tiwari

This session asks the big question: where does human creativity fit in a world of AI-generated content? We’ll explore how to use AI tools to support design, content, and UX decisions—without losing the human spark that makes digital experiences meaningful.

5. Oh no! Undo! Revert recipes and AI configuration changes

🕒 15:00–15:45 | Room 6
Speaker: Fabian Bircher

Ever let an AI tweak your configuration only to realise it wasn’t what you wanted? This session explores new methods for undoing changes made via AI or recipe modules using Config Checkpoint UI, a lightweight tool that lets you roll back site config, even retroactively.

6. Help! My search page is getting hammered by an AI bot!

🕒 15:00–15:45 | Room 3 (Hall G1)
Speaker: Antje Lorch

AI bots are aggressively crawling Drupal sites, especially search pages. Learn how to fight back using contrib modules like Solr Search, Facets 3, and Antibot, and get tips for improving search UX while protecting your performance.

7. The AI Agent Swarm has come to Drupal CMS Experience Builder!

🕓 16:15–17:00 | Room 3 (Hall G1)
Speaker: James Abrahams

Dive into the “AI Agent Swarm” now built into the Drupal CMS Experience Builder. This session explores how multiple agents collaborate to power smarter editing, content generation, and search enhancements. Get a live demo and see how organisations—from government to enterprise—are deploying this system today.

8. AI Content Migrate for Drupal: Automating Large-Scale Content Migrations with AI

🕠 17:40–18:00 | Room 4 (Hall G2)
Speaker: Raffaele Chiocca

Discover how AI can simplify and accelerate complex content migrations. This session covers techniques for automated content analysis, AI-driven mapping, and batch migration tasks that save time and reduce errors when moving from older Drupal sites.

Thursday, October 16

9. Building AI Agents, Tools, and Assistants in Drupal: A Hands-On Workshop

🕘 09:15–10:00 | Room 7
Speaker: Vincenzo Gambino

Go beyond theory and start building. Learn how to use the ai_agents module to create intelligent assistants that respond to users, make decisions, and collaborate across modules. This hands-on session is about turning ideas into working AI tools inside Drupal.

10. Building AI Agents without coding

🕦 11:30–12:15 | Room 4 (Hall G2)
Speaker: Marcus Johansson

No code? No problem. This session shows how to integrate AI Agents across Drupal tasks, like automating content workflows and connecting external tools, without writing code. Learn how to use the MCP interface for drag-and-drop AI logic.

11. AI in EAA?

🕒 15:00–15:20 | Room 3 (Hall G1)
Speaker: Daniel Angelov

The European Accessibility Act is here. This session outlines accessibility rules under the EAA, how they align with WCAG 2.1 AA, and how AI can help—or hurt—compliance efforts. You’ll leave knowing the risks, the benefits, and the ethical boundaries of AI-aided accessibility.

12. Drupal AI – strategy and application

🕓 16:15–17:00 | Room 7
Speakers: Christophe Breidert, Frederik Wouters

See how Drupal has become the leading open-source AI orchestration platform. This talk showcases real-world applications: automated content creation, intelligent search, user personalization, and more. You’ll also get a sneak peek at what’s next.

13. Green UX in the Age of AI: Digital Products for a Sustainable Future

🕓 16:15–16:35 | Room 3 (Hall G1)
Speakers: Petra Morawa-Zechner, Arthur Lorenz

What’s the carbon footprint of your AI model? This session covers Green UX principles, including how to build sustainable, high-performance digital products, and the environmental impact of AI workloads. Learn actionable strategies for eco-conscious design.

14. The Future of Drupal Theming: AI, Experience Builder, and Beyond

🕓 16:15–17:00 | Room 4 (Hall G2)
Speaker: Mike Herchel

Theming in Drupal is about to leap forward. Learn how Experience Builder + AI are reshaping frontend workflows with automatic layout generation, style recommendations, and dynamic component integration—all through an AI-powered lens.

15. ECA, AI and MCP: Connecting Context, Intelligence and Action

🕔 17:15–18:00 | Room 7
Speaker: Jasper Lammens

Explore the integration of AI with Events–Conditions–Actions (ECA) to create intelligent automation in Drupal. You’ll see live demos of AI actions (like text-to-speech and chat) triggered by real-time site events—building the foundation for self-aware digital systems.

16. SEO in the Age of AI Search: What’s Really Changing (and What’s Not)

🕠 17:40–18:00 | Room 6
Speaker: Hristiyan Myankov

AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini are changing how people search—no more lists of links, just answers. So what happens to SEO? This talk breaks down what still matters, what’s outdated, and how Drupal sites can stay discoverable in a post-Google world.