 Of the Drupal Association my name is Patti and I'm the chair of the board of the Drupal Association. So I'm supposed to be here now because we have Tim that was going to be with us today but unfortunately he got sick and couldn't get over from all the way from Portland. He would be watching this live now but I think it is a little bit early in Portland for him now. So Tim, if you are watching, hi. Yeah, so it's happening, right? How long have we been waiting? Too long. Too long, thank you. We start normally by asking a couple of questions and we are a little bit curious to hear and see who is coming to their first Drupal Con. Wow, welcome to your first Drupal Con. I was so scared at my first Drupal Con because I didn't know anyone. That was in Amsterdam a couple of years ago. But you will realize it very soon that we have a group of really great people here and please if you are coming to your second, third, or maybe your twelfth Drupal Con, Trish, could it be? More than that? Yeah, yeah, okay. We are coming from the years, that times, too, because we also have one in North America and we also used to go to Asia at some point. But anyhow, make sure you talk to others and most important, if you are coming again, make sure that you also interact with those who are coming for the first time. So we are also very happy to be here in Europe because we speak a lot of languages. And you might be worried about that I have to speak another language that I'm used to. But also, okay, because most of us do not have English as a first language. So that means just go for it. We normally call it in my company, we say it is broken English, that's what we speak. So that can be the official language of the next three days. So don't worry about the language, most important, welcome and we can maybe check a little bit from where you are too, right? So I come from Iceland and I think there's maybe five people here from Iceland? You're here, right? Yeah! Okay? So we started at the top, but we can check a little bit more. What about people from Germany? Who is here from Germany? Okay? Very often a lot of people from Germany, Spain? Yeah? Okay. France? And you have to make noise too, right? Who is from the Czech Republic? And thank you for hosting us. It's one of the things that we did this year which is different maybe from previous years is that we are live streaming this now because not everyone can come. And therefore we are all going to clap for people in Ukraine that got free tickets to watch this now live because they can't be with us all of them today. Some of them are here, welcome to all of you. But those who are watching it now, come on, send them a little bit of that. Let's not forget and we need to repeat the message too that we are thinking of you. And I hope that you're going to enjoy it also live. We have more than 1,000 people. I heard something around 1,200 people coming to Drupalkan this year. We have also a lot of people watching it live online and all of the sessions are going to be streamed so it's going to be a lot of fun. But we start normally with a little bit of housekeeping. And I think we are going to get one video from Tim who is now in Portland. But let's take a look. Welcome everyone to Drupalkan Prague. My name is Tim Lennon, the CTO of the Drupal Association. And I'm thrilled that the Drupal community can be back in person in Europe. We want to say a warm thank you to the city of Prague and the local Czech community for supporting this event. We couldn't do it without you. A few housekeeping items and highlights before we get started. First, elections for the Drupal Association Board are happening now. Voting opens on September 21st, so make sure your association membership is up to date. Secondly, save the date for Drupalkan North America. Drupalkan Pittsburgh will take place from the 5th to 8th of June 2023. The call for speakers and applications for the Speaker Review Committee are open now. As a general reminder, there's a COVID-19 safety policy for this event. Unfortunately, we're still in a pandemic, and that means some people, including myself, cannot attend. And the rest of us need to take care of our community. Please follow the policy throughout the event. As always, the Drupalkan Code of Conduct is in effect throughout the event. If you have any concerns, you can find a Drupal Association staff member or email conduct at association.drupal.org. Now for the fun. We want to invite you to the opening reception tonight in the exhibit hall. It's a wonderful chance to celebrate our reunion with the community. We also hope you'll join us for contribution. Contribution is the heart and soul of Drupal, and you can be a part of it. General contribution is available all week in Room C2. Mentored contribution is available on Friday, and there are three chances throughout the week to take the first-time contributor workshop. I'd also like to highlight this week's keynotes, starting with the Drupal Core Initiative keynote, which will give you a progress report on the latest innovations coming to Drupal. Of course, it would not be a Drupalkan without a Drees note, where Drees will give a visionary update on the state of Drupal and the open web, as well as talk about how we're making innovation in Drupal easier. Wednesday afternoon, Tavi Kotka will be talking about the next big things for digital societies. And finally, Pavlina Luzdenska will talk about growing your business with people at the center. Now, I'd like to spend some time on thank-yous. Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who provided financial support through the grants and scholarships program. There are several people in attendance who could not be here without you. I also want to thank the volunteers who make Drupalkan possible. In particular, I'd like to thank the European Community Advisory Committee and thank our track chair leads, as well as our track team members. I'd also like to thank our incredible Drupal Mentoring Team, helping make innovation in Drupal possible. In addition, I'd like to thank our sponsors, including our diamond sponsors, Aquia, Dropsolid, Pantheon, and PlatformSH. I'd also like to thank our Platinum sponsors, our Gold sponsors, our Silver sponsors, the Modulable sponsors, Media sponsors, and other sponsors for this event. And I want to make sure to thank our supporting partners as well. Drupal Association's supporting partners fund programs that support the community throughout the year, including helping us keep Drupal.org in our current community. Or again, our GitLab servers online. If you're interested in learning more about the supporting partner program, you can reach out to the Drupal Association. You can find us at our booth, or you can email partners at association.drupal.org to learn how your support can help support the Drupal community. I also must thank the team at Kwonitumlare. Kwonit Congress has been part of the Drupal community for years now, working closely with the community volunteers all year long to create the best event possible here in Europe. And last but not least, I must thank my colleagues of the Drupal Association. The Drupal Association is a staff and board made up of the most caring and committed people in Drupal. It's our mission to help the Drupal community thrive. And I know firsthand how much work and care they put into every moment. With that, I'll hand it back to the team on stage. Enjoy DrupalCon. So we've been doing this pandemic version of a DrupalCon now for two years, and he showed a couple of photos of people during the session he had now. And I think that we are here now live in person. So I think that we can actually get the people, the European advisory board, those who've been helping Kwonit to get everything set up for the day and the next days. The Kwonit team as well, and the track team leaders come up here and join me on the stage. And then we can really say thank you to all of you. So these are the ones who have been working every single week with the Kwonit team to make this happen. So thank you. Thank you. There's a little bit more that happened during this time's DrupalCon, because we introduced, so the Kwonit team, they told us that this is like the mascot of your country, right? No. Yeah, it's a famous children's cartoon. So he's called Kretek, and we decided to go and take him on a tour around Europe to actually promote the event. And this guy here, he's actually been to all the cool Drupal camps in Europe. He's been giving out free tickets, and there was a little bit of a pause between the end of June and until today, and he was actually spending time with Imre's parents in Netherlands. He was also hanging out in Switzerland with Amesie. Maybe there were actually two versions of him because we had a couple of events happening at the same time. So he's been traveling around, and of course giving out a lot of tickets. I hope some of you are here because you got a ticket from Kretek. It could be that this is gonna start to be a tradition. We're gonna talk a little bit more about that in the wrap-up ceremony, but we decided to create a little video. The team of Kwonny put together a little video of Kretek and his journey in the past few months, so let's look at that. Of course, so thank you to the amazing team that is helping us. So what about next year, Galbra? I don't know, do you know something? I do know something else. Oh, so when can we learn about that? Mm-hmm. I'm thinking, I do know that there are people in this room that are probably from the country that we're going to next year. I mean, that's not that hard. So you tell them a little bit more, or? Yeah, maybe in the closing ceremony. Okay, okay. And that's gonna be like, I don't go, like, you know you're here. So that's gonna be in the closing ceremony on Thursday. We are gonna tell you about our next destination, and hopefully we're gonna introduce a new mascot for the event. So if you're organizing any type of a Drupal camp throughout the, until next year's, this time of the year, not saying anything more, make sure you like, talk to the team, the corny team, and there's gonna be also like some roundtables because we need to make sure that this tradition continues. Correct? Yes. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Um, which we are just going to go a little bit into, you know, I'm not gonna introduce the next keynote. And we have other people doing that. And then there's a lot of people coming on stage. So there's gonna, we are gonna start now officially. Drupalcon Europe. And we wish you all a lot of fun and make sure that you go to all the sessions, you connect with all the people and enjoy the event and maybe go and check out downtown Prague. It's excellent. Yeah. Enjoy the Drupalcon. Yes. So thank you very much. And Simon from Acre, come on stage.