If you are interested in multilingual Drupal development, DrupalCon New Orleans is the place to be. :)
There are 5 events we've got our eyes on, so you might want to put them on your schedule too. It would be great to see some familiar faces and even better to see some new ones!
Multilingual BoFs
Multilingual Digital Experience Management
Tuesday May 10th from 11am to 12pm | tdc-pdm (GlobalLink) | Room 291
This Birds of a Feather discussion aims to cover digital experience management for multilingual sites including technologies and processes for making things smoother.
Multilingual Successes and Failures
Wednesday May 11th from 1pm to 2pm | smithworx (Lingotek) | Room 287
We will laugh and cry together as we share stories and tips on dealing with multilingual configuration in Drupal. Maybe bring some tissues if you have been working a lot with multilingual in Drupal 7!
Multilingual Sessions
Drupal 8's multilingual APIs -- integrate with all the things
Wednesday May 11th from 3:45pm to 4:45pm | Gábor Hojtsy (Acquia) | Room 260-261
If you will be creating modules, themes, or distributions in Drupal 8, then this is a talk you won't want to miss so you can make sure your code leverages all the core multilingual goodness.
The Multilingual Makeover: A side-by-side comparison of Drupal 7 and Drupal 8
Wednesday May 11th from 5pm to 6pm | Aimee & Kristen (Hook 42) | Room 260-261
If you create multilingual websites or are interested in what's all the hub-bub on how Drupal 8 is so much better than Drupal 7 for language support and translation, come check out this beginner-friendly session. If you find us after the talk, we'll give you some multilingual Drupal stickers. :)
Multilingual Sprints
Saturday May 7th to Sunday May 15th | Locations Vary Depending on Day
A contribution sprint is when the community comes together to work on core and contrib/community issues in the drupal.org issue queue. They are a lot of fun, and you learn a lot too. There are two multilingual-related sprints in New Orleans: Multilingual Migrations and Multilingual (General).
Even if you have never sprinted before, you are encouraged to attend. There is a place for all types of contribution including coding, theming, documentation, testing, UX, and review.
If you have never sprinted before, there is a First Time Sprinter Workshop to get you started with the right tools and then you can move onto the Mentored Core Sprint once you are ready.
If you have sprinted before, come to the general sprints! And, don't forget to sign up on the sprint spreadsheet so we make sure there is enough space.
For those sprinting on multilingual issues, we have a special multilingual t-shirt for you. Tweet at us or contact us if you want to reserve one. And, if you have sprinted on multilingual issues in the past but don't have a shirt, let us know so we can set a t-shirt aside for you too.
Multilingual Swag
Monday May 9th to Friday May 13th | Hook 42 & Lingotek | In Person and Booths 501 and 617
We'll have our coveted multilingual Drupal "hello" stickers as well as their new counterpart: "Bye!" Stop us in the hallway, swing by after one of our sessions, or stop by Booth 501 in the exhibit hall to get your swag.
If you are in need of a cool multilingual t-shirt, sprint with us (see above!). And, there are also the pretty awesome Lingotek "Tron" style glow-in-the-dark shirts at their booth (617).
If you are giving away multilingual swag, let us know and we'll add you to the list.
We hope to see you at one of these BoFs, sessions, or sprints… or maybe all of them!
Know of other fun multilingual happenings? Leave a comment or contact us.