At DrupalSouth Canberra 2018

We’re in full Drupal South mode at the moment, with the Canberra event less than two weeks away. It’s going to be a busy and exciting couple of days for us, with Salsa team members involved in five sessions.

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Date:
22 November 2018
Author:
Salsa Digital

DrupalSouth Canberra 2018, 3-5 December

We’re counting down the days until DrupalSouth Canberra. It’s sure to be a massive event and we can’t wait to be surrounded by open source and open government aficionados.

We’re also excited to be hosting the opening night drinks.

Our sessions

This year we’ve got a busy one, with five sessions across the two days, and across the different tracks.

Monday 3 December

  1. Partnering with vendors for agile success,External Link 9am-9.45am, room 4. How did a regional QLD uni and an experienced Drupal consultancy (that’s us) use the agile process to solve common problems like resourcing and delivering a complex project in a short time frame? Speakers: Antoine OsanzExternal Link (Salsa) and Elisha HulmeExternal Link (University of Southern Queensland).

  2. Delivering to a budget with agile - fixed budget, controlled scope,External Link 12.15pm-12.35pm, room 1. Key lessons learned from delivering agile in the real world of fixed budgets and fixed expectations. Speaker: Juliane ErbenExternal Link (Salsa).

Tuesday 4 December

  1. Open source for open government - panel discussion,External Link 11.15am-12pm, room 3. Open government promotes transparency, citizen participation/collaboration and accountability to produce better governments. Here in Australia we’re making headway in the digital arena to drive positive change and contribute to the open government movement. Speakers: Alfred DeebExternal Link (Salsa), Sharyn ClarksonExternal Link (Department of Finance), Nathan WallExternal Link (Department of Finance), Jithma BeneragamaExternal Link (Department of Premier and Cabinet — Victoria) and Amber BenjafieldExternal Link (Department of Premier and Cabinet — Victoria).

  2. Remote working - What, why, why not and how - panel discussionExternal Link , 2pm-2.45pm, room 4. Why hire remote, how to choose remote team members, making remote teams tick, and more. Speakers: Amber BenjafieldExternal Link (Department of Premier and Cabinet — Victoria), Suchi GargExternal Link (Salsa), Jason CoghlanExternal Link (Previous Next), Piyush PoddarExternal Link (Axelerant), and Bevan WExternal Link (Catalyst)

  3. Migrations at scale,External Link 3.00 pm-3.40pm, room 2. Using AWX-based runners and building an automated workflow to easily migrate GovCMS SaaS and PaaS sites from Acquia to Lagoon. Speakers: Alex SkrypnykExternal Link and Stuart RowlandsExternal Link (Salsa).

Our sponsorship

Salsa and our open platform partner amazee.ioExternal Link are also Gold sponsorsExternal Link this year. We’re excited to be on the ground, sponsoring the event. We’re also hosting the opening night cocktail sessionExternal Link from 5-7pm at Hotel Realm Sydney and Melbourne Foyers.

See you in Canberra

If you’re going to DrupalSouth we look forward to catching up...in between sessions, at the cocktail night or at our booth. See you then.

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