Date & Time: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – 10:30 to 11:45Training AI agents to generate Single Directory Components, insert them into pages, and verify browser rendering.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 10:45 – 11:30
Speakers: Wolfgang Ziegler (Architect, Founder of drunomics) & Jeremy Chinquist (Project Manager at drunomics)
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 16:00 – 16:45
Speakers: Francesco Pesenti & Francesco Quagliati (both are Developer Advocates and Solution Engineers at Platform.sh)
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 14:45 – 15:30
Speakers: Dieter Blomme (Drupal Architect at Dropsolid) & Valery Lourie (Lead Software Engineer at EPAM Systems)
Summits
Applying UX research methods to train and ground AI content tools to output domain-specific quality.
Enterprise Drupal AI Summit
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 13:30 – 14:15
Speaker: Scott Falconer (Senior Principal Software Engineer at Acquia)
Open discussion on improving how LLMs describe, evaluate, and recommend Drupal to users.
AI Dev Summit
Agentic translation and governance workflows developed for the European Commission across 24 languages.
In addition to the main DrupalCon event, there are two AI-specific summits being held catering for two very different audiences.
Keynote
Designing constrained AI search engines over standard chatbots to deliver structured content answers.
Automating inclusive governance and identifying accessibility errors early by bridging code, humans, and AI workflows.
DrupalCon Rotterdam is almost here. Alongside two dedicated AI summits and the main conference keynote, the program is stacked with high-value AI content for developers, strategists, and leaders alike. Whether you’re looking to push agentic workflows, scale digital governance, streamline content operations, or keep your AI integrations trustworthy, here is a complete breakdown of the top AI sessions to help you optimize your schedule.
Sessions
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 14:25 – 15:10
Speaker: Aidan Foster (Senior UX Strategist at Kanopi Studios)
Unblocking AI: Why Programmes Stall at Pilot Stage, and How to Move Past It
Practical tactics for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and maintaining content discoverability in AI platforms.
Date & Time: All day Monday, 28 September
Event details here: https://summit.enterprisedrupal.eu/schedule.html
Open Intranet: A Drupal-Based Digital Workplace
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 17:00 – 17:45
Speakers: Reena Tripathi (Digital Marketing Manager at OpenSense Labs) & Anubhav Gupta (CEO/Technical Architect at OpenSense Labs)
All session times are local CEST.
Culture Mapping the Human Side of AI — A Workshop to Meet Your People Where They Are
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 14:45 – 15:30
Speaker: Jeremy Andrews (CEO and Founder of Tag1 Consulting)
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 13:30 – 14:15
Speaker: Timi Csontos (Culture Consultant/Freelygive)
Strategic shifts from Search Engine Optimization to Generative Engine Optimization as AI engines handle discovery.
Leadership and organizational change management required to guide teams through fast-moving AI adoption.
Maintaining human readability, software architecture, and clean code standards when using AI generators.
Why Your AI Agent Hallucinates: Engineering Lessons From a Production Workflow Builder in Drupal
Whether you’re coming to DrupalCon Rotterdam to build with AI, figure out how to govern it, or understand where it is taking Drupal next, there is a lot to choose from. From the two Monday summits through the DriesNote and a packed slate of sessions, AI is clearly woven throughout this year’s programme. Check the full schedule, plan around the sessions that matter most to you, and we’ll see you in Rotterdam.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 12:30 – 12:40
Speaker: James Abrahams (Technical Director at Freelygive)
Context Control Center: Bringing AI Context Natively to Drupal CMS
Features AI-assisted content creation as part of an open-source Drupal intranet workspace.
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 14:25 – 15:10
Speaker: Michael Schmid (Head of Technology and Co-Founder of amazee.io)
Encoding Expertise: How UX Research Powers Human-First AI
Research and strategies for moving AI initiatives past the pilot phase to deliver real-world impact.
Structuring, scoping, and natively managing AI context within Drupal CMS for downstream agents and tools.
From Shadow AI to Sovereign AI Infrastructure
DriesNote will live stream on YouTube if you can’t make the event in person.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 12:45 – 13:30
Speaker: Scott Falconer (Senior Principal Software Engineer at Acquia)
AI-assisted site migration to Drupal Canvas: a real-world case study
Practical AI-assisted workflows designed to turn ideas into high-quality, review-ready open-source contributions.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 16:00 – 16:45
Speakers: David Galeano & Adam Nagy (both work in the DIGIT department at the European Commission)
AI-Augmented Accessibility: From Automated Alt-Text to Governance Gates
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 13:40 – 14:25
Speaker: Larissa Tropp (Digital Marketing & Growth Specialist at 1xINTERNET)
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 14:25 – 15:10
Speakers: Emma Horrell (User Experience Manager University of Edinburgh and UX Research Lead for Drupal CMS) & James Abrahams (Technical Director at Freelygive)
Nobody Asked for a CMS: From Content Management to Answer Delivery in the Age of AI
Generating governed, high-quality draft campaign pages straight from PDF briefs in minutes without code tickets.
Addressing data security, compliance, provider selection, and cost control as AI adoption scales.
Clean Code in the Age of AI: Writing for Humans When Machines Write the Code
Running lightweight, client-side search powered by Pagefind with an AI layer for query expansion and summaries.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 16:00 – 16:45
Speaker: Antonella Picarella (Head of Digital Communications & Content Strategy at BFF Banking Group)
One Brand Voice from 35 Sources: How We Rebuilt VisitEurope.com and How Drupal AI Unifies Its Tone
Reviewer-Friendly AI: A Practical Drupal Contribution Workshop
Full schedule at https://events.drupal.org/rotterdam2026/schedule
Tickets at https://events.drupal.org/rotterdam2026/registration-information
AI Best Practises
An executive-focused event for CXOs, Heads of Digital, and enterprise leaders connecting with curated Drupal AI partners. Hosted on the historic former ocean liner, SS Rotterdam.
Date & Time: All day Monday, 28 September
Event details here: https://events.drupal.org/rotterdam2026/ai-dev-summit
The New Front Door: How AI Agents Are Driving Drupal’s Growth
Testing AI coding agents on live projects to automate complex site migrations into Drupal Canvas, examining real metrics, wins, and limitations.
Written by Duncan Worrell (dunx)
Drupal AI Product Update: From Foundation to Agentic Workflows
Unifying 35 national voices into a cohesive travel brand using generative AI integrated into Drupal.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 13:40 – 14:00
Speaker: Kieran Cott (Executive Creative Technology Director at Delete Agency)
From Brief to Review-Ready in 60 Minutes: A Governed AI Campaign Workflow in Drupal 11
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 11:40 – 12:25
Speaker: Len Swaneveld (Senior Drupal Developer at iO)
Getting Drupal developers up to speed on AI coding tools, AI in PHP/Symfony/Drupal frameworks, Canvas, and Drupal CMS innovations.
How can we improve Drupal’s visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude?
Enabling non-technical users to build, style, and structure complete Drupal sites via conversational prompts.
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 13:00 – 13:10
Speakers: Amanda Falshaw (AI Enablement Lead at Reading Room) & Megan Harvey (Reading Room)
Dismantling and Reassembling a Drupal Migration with AI
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 13:30 – 14:15
Speaker: Shibin Devadas Kakanat (Backend Pro Lead at Factorial)
AI Mid-Life Crisis: failure stories from the silent majority
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 14:45 – 15:30
Speaker: Matt Glaman (Principal Software Engineer at Acquia)
Leveraging AI tools to simplify, re-architect, and map legacy un-typed data into clean destination bundles during migrations.
Scolta: Drop-in AI Search Without a Search Server
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 17:00 – 17:45
Speakers: Charles Andrew Revkin & Diego Fernando Costa (both part of the digital communications team at the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), which runs World Cancer Day)
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 10:45 – 11:30
Speakers: Tomi Mikola & Ulla Koho (both digital strategists and content architects at Wunder)
SDCs, Canvas, and the Agent That Builds With Them
Engineering reliable, trustworthy AI agent integrations in Drupal using modules like AI, ECA, and agentic tools.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 13:40 – 14:25
Speakers: Niels Aers (CTO/AI Tech Lead at Dropsolid) & Dr. Christoph Breidert (CEO and Founder of 1xINTERNET)
AI Assists, Humans Decide: Agentic Workflows in Drupal – A Drupal AI Hackathon Story
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 11:40 – 12:25
Speakers: Krisztián Kása & Zsófia Alföldi (both Project Managers at Brainsum)
Honest post-mortems on AI project failures and pragmatic ways to navigate rapid technological shifts.
AI-Powered Site Building in Drupal: From Blank Site to Styled Pages in a Conversation
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 10:45 – 11:30
Speaker: Mike Gifford (Senior Accessibility Strategist at CivicActions)
For many, the DriesNote by Drupal founder Dries Buytaert is the week’s highlight. Expect a keynote packed with the latest AI roadmap updates, architectural reveals, and live technical demos.
From Drupal Content to AI Answers: Learnings from EPSY
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 14:45 – 15:30
Speaker: Roberto Peruzzo (Principal Architect and Founder of Sparklingboys)
Every session is likely to mention “AI” but we expect these sessions to be focused on AI.
From SEO to GEO: What Changes, What Doesn’t
Official product update from the Drupal AI Initiative leadership on building production-ready Agentic CMS capabilities.
Date & Time: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 13:15 – 13:25
Speaker: Maciej Łukiański (CEO and Co-founder of Droptica)
From local voices to global impact: Powering World Cancer Day with Drupal and AI
Date & Time: Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 16:00 – 16:45
Speaker: Wouter De Bruycker (Digital Marketing Strategist at Dropsolid)
Adapting content architecture for direct answer delivery to AI systems while increasing Drupal’s strategic value.
How Marketers Win in an AI‑First Search World (AEO & GEO Playbook)
Translating and moderating hundreds of high-volume personal stories across 60+ languages using AI tools.
Leveraging Drupal’s structured architecture to build optimized environments for AI Agents running inside and outside CMS boundaries.
How autonomous AI agents act as primary decision-makers selecting, building, and verifying Drupal systems.
