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DrupalSouth Wellington 2026

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rupalSouth Wellington 2026 is the Drupal conference for Australia and New Zealand, gathering the regional Drupal community for collaboration, learning, and networking. The event features contribution days, sessions, and opportunities to connect with others using, building, and supporting Drupal. The conference aims to foster digital sovereignty and open col…

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51Voices
18Underwriters
0Exhibitors
47On the bill · sessions
33Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at DrupalSouth, in alphabetical order.
Adam Bramley
PreviousNext
Alex Matthews
xequals
Alex Skrypnyk
DrevOps
Alistair O'Neill
Andrew Benbow
Angus Gordon
Weave Content Strategy and Design
Annex
Billie-Mae Kennedy
Brynn Briedis
Pragma Partners
Chris
Chris Burgess
Catalyst
Daniel Veza
PreviousNext
Emily Mills
Sol
Emma Kelson
Weave Content Strategy and Design
Gareth Jones
Ackama
George Bonnici-Carter
Bonnici Ltd
Ian Laslett
EY Studio Plus
Janna Malikova
Jason Kiss
Dept. of Internal Affairs - NZ Government
Jason Ryan Thompson
Pacific Community
Jonathan Hunt
Catalyst
Jonnie Haddon

— and 29 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Sparks InteractivePlatinum
amazee.ioGold
AnnexGold
CatalystGold
Tomato Elephant StudioGold
UpsunGold
XequalsGold
AckamaSilver
AcquiaSilver
DrevOpsSilver
FastlySilver
HyperkindSilver
MorphtSilver
PragmaSilver
Salsa DigitalSilver
SkprSilver
IronstarSplash Awards Sponsor
TechnocratCoffee Cart Sponsor
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The Programme

Selected from 47 sessions on the bill.
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 09:40 - Breakout 1

    Secure and quality content - Automating moderation tests with Cypress

    Drupal Development
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 09:40 - Breakout 2

    Reproducible Drupal Environments The Easy Way: A Hands-On Look At Using Drupal With Nix & NixOS

    Web Tools & Complementary Technologies
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 09:40 - Breakout 3

    How Drupal is keeping pace with a changing digital market and how it can benefit your organisation

    People & Culture
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 10:30 - Breakout 1

    From 'Meh' to Meaningful: Driving compliant, on-brand AI with context

    Drupal Development
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 10:30 - Breakout 2

    Rethinking the JavaScript Reflex

    Web Tools & Complementary Technologies
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 10:30 - Breakout 3

    Title to be announced

    Sponsor talk
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 11:10 - Breakout 1

    Title to be announced

    Sponsor talk
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 11:10 - Breakout 2

    Getting started with Drupal Observability using OpenTelemetry and Grafana

    Web Tools & Complementary Technologies
  • Thursday, 14 May 2026, 11:10 - Breakout 3

    Delivering Quality Drupal

    Other
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 33 companies show up — and 9 bet on three roles at once?

“33 companies. nine are betting more than once.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
9All threespeak · spons · exh
9Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
15Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Catalyst·amazee.io·Morpht·Xequals·Ackama·Acquia·DrevOps·Salsa Digital·Sparks Interactive

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority
  • Other roles51100%

Of 51 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01CatalystSp·G3V
  2. 02PreviousNext6V
  3. 03amazee.ioSp·G2V
  4. 04MorphtSp·S2V
  5. 05XequalsSp·G2V
  6. 06AckamaSp·S1V
  7. 07AcquiaSp·S1V
  8. 08DrevOpsSp·S1V
  9. 09Salsa DigitalSp·S1V
  10. 10Sparks InteractiveSp·P1V
  11. 11AnnexSp·G
  12. 12Annex Digital3V
  13. 13FastlySp·S
  14. 14HyperkindSp·S
№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum1
6% of 18
gold6
33% of 18
silver9
50% of 18
coffee cart sponsor1
6% of 18
splash awards sponsor1
6% of 18
№ 06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters