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Get ready for DrupalSouth 2023!

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Sector Ecosystem

Thu 4 May 2023

DrupalSouth, the Drupal conference for Australia and New Zealand, is being held in Wellington this May - and the Sector team can't wait to see you there.

The conference returns to New Zealand for the first time since 2017, and in-person for the first time since the pandemic began. The three-day event kicks off with two full days packed with talks from Drupal experts, and a code sprint on the final day.

Quick facts about DrupalSouth

What: Annual conference for the Drupal community
Where: The Embassy Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand
When: May 17-19 (Wednesday-Friday)
Info & tickets: See the DrupalSouth website

Who are these Drupal experts you speak of?

A few of the Sector team are speaking on the first day, so if you're planning on attending the conference we'd recommend (completely unbiased, of course...) that you add these talks to your calendar:

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