Celebrate Drupal’s 10th Anniversary and Learn Why DRUPAL IS EVERYWHERE at DrupalCon Chicago

Conference Sessions and Training Seminars Announced for March Event

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DrupalCon Chicago, the first major Drupal conference following the long-anticipated release of Drupal 7, today announced dozens of sessions, panels and training seminars designed to get both new users and experienced veterans up-to-speed on Drupal 7, the latest version of the industry-leading, open source Web content management platform used to power millions of websites around the world.

“As we celebrate Drupal’s 10th anniversary and the launch of Drupal 7, global adoption of Drupal is exploding”

DrupalCon is an international event that brings together the people who use, develop, design, and support the Drupal platform. DrupalCon Chicago 2011, taking place March 7-10, 2011, will feature dozens of curated sessions and panels from some of the most influential people and brightest minds within the Drupal community and beyond, as well as countless opportunities for networking, code sprints, informal conversations, and more.

Keynote speakers at DrupalCon Chicago include:

• Clay Shirky, noted author and Internet visionary
• Jared Spool, Web usability guru
• Dries Buytaert, Drupal project lead

In addition, attendees will be able to hear from a “Who’s Who” of Web design experts such as Jeremy Keith, Mark Boulton and Leisa Reichelt, who will join more than one hundred experts on Drupal and associated technologies.

“As we celebrate Drupal’s 10^th anniversary and the launch of Drupal 7, global adoption of Drupal is exploding,” said DrupalCon Chicago co-chair George DeMet. “Companies and organizations of all sizes – within both public and private sectors – are realizing the power and business value of Drupal. As a result, everyone wants to be a Drupal expert – or hire one – which is why DrupalCon’s training and networking sessions are in high demand. Drupal is everywhere – creating extraordinary opportunities for people.”

DrupalCon sessions will focus on Drupal 7 design and user experience, coding and development, implementation and configuration, business and strategy, Drupal theming, and other topics important to the open source community. In addition, DrupalCon Chicago will feature content targeted at Web designers, developers, evaluators and site administrators.

Drupal popularity and adoption continues to grow rapidly. Drupal is used to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications. Notable implementations include whitehouse.gov, Examiner.com and the sites of numerous Sony Music Entertainment artists. Drupal 7 offers numerous improvements over Drupal 6, including enhanced security features, a redesigned administrative user interface, better multimedia handling, and better compatibility with different databases.

Registration

Registration for both the conference and training sessions is open now: early bird ticket prices will be in effect through January 14. To find out more and purchase your ticket today, just go to: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/. You can also keep up-to-date with the latest information about DrupalCon Chicago by following @drupalcon on Twitter.

About Drupal

Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and software applications. Used to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications, Drupal is free, flexible, robust, and constantly being improved by a community of hundreds of thousands of passionate people from all over the world. For more information on today’s launch of Drupal 7, visit http://www.drupal.org/drupal-7.0/. In addition, information on becoming part of the Drupal Community, visit http://drupal.org/.