Mastering Drupal migrations, image accessibility and developer experience at Drupal Developer Days Athens 2026
After more than two decades in journalism, Alison now collaborates with Annertech's clients to ensure that their content is the best it possibly can be.
The Drupal community is heading to Greece this April for Drupal Developer Days Athens 2026, and the Annertech team can’t wait to visit another great European city.
With Annertechies playing a pivotal role in organising the event and other connections to Greece, we have so many reasons to be excited.
Tony Barker, Front End Specialist, says: “It'll be a particularly special honour for me to speak at Drupal Dev Days. I will be thinking of my Nana and family from Greece, who I know would be very proud of our work and community and it will be great to catch up with colleagues and friends from the region.“
We are thrilled to be the official coffee and tea sponsors for DrupalDevDays Athens 2026, because we know that the best code is usually powered by a great brew.
Beyond keeping everyone caffeinated, three of our specialists will be taking to the stage to share their insights on solving complex digital challenges.
Whether you are interested in taming messy migrations, fixing architectural gaps in accessibility or scaling your development workflows, we have a session for you.
This is where you can find us in Athens:
Boosting productivity: optimise developer experience across a fleet of projects and people
Speaker: Bill Seremetis
When: Wednesday, 22 April
Time: 13:55 (11:55 GMT)
Where: Room 1 (Amphitheatre Parthenon)
For any large agency, managing dozens of developers across a vast fleet of projects often leads to the same headaches: fragmented workflows, repetitive manual tasks and the friction of onboarding new team members into different environments.
Backend Developer and Tech Lead Bill Seremetis has spent years refining the strategies needed to roll out shared tooling at an organisational scale to solve exactly these problems.
“I want to show other agencies and developers that building and maintaining your own tools for daily operations doesn't have to be a daunting task,“ says Bill.
“At Annertech, we have seen a massive shift in productivity by standardising our workflows. It allows us to work smarter and complete high-quality tasks much faster without reinventing the wheel every time we start a new project.“
Bill’s session will demonstrate how a custom DDEV add-on transformed development for over 110 Drupal projects and 30 developers.
Attendees will walk away with practical patterns for standardising local environments, automating the boring stuff and rolling out updates across an entire organisation – all while keeping the flexibility to override settings when a specific project demands it.
Migrating messy content to Drupal
- Speaker: Erik Erskine
- When: Friday, 24 April
- Time: 12:15 (10:15 GMT)
- Where: Room 1 (Amphitheatre Parthenon)
Drupal migrations can often feel like stepping into a labyrinth of messy data and unpredictable edge cases. Backend Developer and migration specialist Erik Erskine will take attendees on a deep dive into the strategic planning required for a seamless transition, focusing on how to maintain control when the content gets complicated.
“We assisted the content team at Luton Borough Council with their move to LocalGov Drupal. We gave them an option to import, review and finalise content on a page-by-page basis, where a full automated migration would not have been practical or cost-effective. You'll see a demo of that,” says Erik.
“You'll also get practical advice on how to plan a migration, how to tackle the dilemma of when to automate and when not, and an overview of what works and what doesn't. It's about not letting the messy, edge cases get out of hand.”
From high-level automation strategies to the nuances of content freezes and rich media, Erik’s session is packed with practical advice for agency owners, clients and project managers. If you want to master the "80/20 rule" and ensure your next move to Drupal is as painless as possible, this is the talk for you.
Same image, different story: why Drupal needs contextual architecture
- Speaker: Tony Barker and Gareth Alexander
- When: Friday, 24 April
- Time: 14:50 (12:50 GMT)
- Where: Room 1 (Amphitheatre Parthenon)
The third instalment of Same Image, Different Story builds on the insights gathered from DrupalCamp Scotland and DrupalCamp England.
Annertech’s Tony Barker joins Gareth Alexander from the University of Edinburgh to expose the architectural gaps in Drupal that frequently lead to poor editorial decisions and compromised accessibility.
This session marks a turning point in their research, moving from identifying problems to proposing a time of action.
By exploring how images serve as a symptom of wider architectural issues, Tony and Gareth will demonstrate how we can shift the dial toward a more intuitive, accessible user experience for editors and end-users alike.
Tony said: “We are thrilled to share our journey with accessibility practitioners, Drupal architects and anyone who cares about user experience. We can’t wait to engage the room in Athens and see how we can turn insights into action.”
Find out more about Tony and Gareth's sessionConclusion
We are incredibly proud of the team and cannot wait to see them in action. These sessions represent months of research and hands-on experience across a diverse range of international projects. Whether you are an agency owner, a developer or a digital lead, there is plenty of practical knowledge to take home from Athens.
If you are heading to Greece, please do come and find us. If you see an Annertechie in the wild – most likely hovering near the coffee station we are so proudly sponsoring – be sure to stop by and say hello. We would love to hear about what you are building.
After more than two decades in journalism, Alison now collaborates with Annertech's clients to ensure that their content is the best it possibly can be.
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