DrupalCon Rotterdam

A complex public healthcare platform can put Drupal at the centre of governance without making it responsible for identity, workflows, messaging, observability or the frontend. ...more

Useful Drupal work does not reach wider audiences automatically. The September Townhall explores where community participation can help. ...more

The week offers Drupal community members routes into governance training, hands-on development practice, and the start of DrupalCon’s European programme. ...more

Drupal’s AI work now turns on whether assisted changes can remain permission-aware, repeatable, and independently reviewable. ...more

Separate roadmaps could shape where Drupal contributors, agencies, and tool builders focus AI work through 2026. The split also signals how Drupal may position itself for both in-product AI assistance and external agent-driven workflows. ...more

DrupalCon Rotterdam’s first Government Summit has opened its call for public-sector session proposals ahead of the one-day event on Monday 28 September 2026. The summit will bring local, national, and European public administrations together around shared digital infrastructure, open source reuse, digital sovereignty, and Drupal-based service delivery. Organisers are seeking case studies, demonstrations, workshops, and facilitated discussions, with submissions closing on Monday 29 June 2026 and selected participants receiving complimentary access to the summit. ...more

The Enterprise Drupal AI Summit 2026 is making its final call for organisations running AI in production with Drupal, with session proposals due by 28 June 2026. The summit will take place on 28 September 2026 aboard the SS Rotterdam during DrupalCon Rotterdam’s Summit Day and is aimed at CXOs, digital directors, enterprise architects, and business leaders. Organisers are seeking 20-minute case studies that explain the challenge, implementation approach, results, and lessons learned, while the summit site now lists confirmed cases from EPSO, Aalto University, the American Diabetes Association, and World Cancer Day. ...more

DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 will introduce dedicated Higher Education and Government summits as part of its pre-conference programme on 28 September 2026. Organisers are seeking speakers, panellists, and workshop facilitators from universities, public institutions, and industry partners to contribute presentations and collaborative discussions. The initiative reflects growing interest in sector-specific Drupal adoption challenges, including governance, migrations, editorial workflows, digital sovereignty, and large-scale public service delivery. ...more

Dominique De Cooman has proposed an “Athena” milestone for the Drupal AI Initiative, positioning the next phase of Drupal AI development around governed, enterprise-ready workflows integrated directly into Drupal CMS. Writing after Drupal Developer Days Athens, Dominique framed the initiative as a shift away from fragmented AI experimentation toward structured operational systems designed for enterprise digital platforms. The proposal also outlines plans to demonstrate production-ready AI use cases ahead of DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 through collaboration between more than 30 initiative partners. ...more

Sponsorship registration has opened for DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026, scheduled for 28 September to 1 October 2026. Organisers are offering tiered packages and modular add-ons aimed at companies seeking visibility, recruitment access, and strategic engagement within Europe’s Drupal ecosystem. ...more