Deeson Online and DrupalCon Amsterdam: From rockstar speakers to world-class sessions
Deeson Online and DrupalCon Amsterdam: From rockstar speakers to world-class sessionsBy Lizzie Hodgson | 14th July 2014Look alive! DrupalCon Amsterdam is going to be here in no time, and Deeson Online are once again a proud Silver Sponsor of what is shaping up to be a rather spectacular event.
Possibily the most significant date in the European Drupal community diary, DrupalCon Amsterdam will not only offer all the usual mix of community summit, sessions, BOFs and sprints, it also has some very impressive keynotes, including co-editor of Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow.
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A regular contributor to The Guardian, the New York Times, Publishers Weekly and Wired, Doctorow is formerly the Director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as a renowned advocate of freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties. Nice.
Deeson Online are getting involved too!
We'll share our BOFs in the next few weeks, but Deeson Online MD, Tim Deeson, is going to be running a session with Vesa Palmu from Wunderkraut, Paul Johnson from CTI Digital and Jeff Walpole of Phase2 – all chaired by Robert Douglass from Commerce Guys.
About the session
Entitled 'Life in the fast lane - achieving sustainable growth' the panel will explain how they built their world-class Drupal businesses.
From growing pains to scaling to meet demand, the audience can quiz each panellist on how they've broken through various barriers to get to where they are as a company.
Key topics will include:
- How do you differentiate your business in the market?
- Describe a defining moment which changed your business
- To service larger clients, what specialisms have you needed to deliver in-house?
- How does your business plan to sustain growth ie VC, Acquisition, JV?
- What is the most challenging aspect of delivering larger projects?
- How do you mitigate risk?
- What is the biggest challenge your business foresees?
- How should large Drupal shops contribute to the sustainability of the project?