As you likely know, Raincity Studios is on board along with other notable Drupal agencies for Drupal Camp Vancouver. The date is set, the space is secured, registration is open and now is the time to rally speakers for peer-taught presentations on all things Drupal from basics to heavy-guru stuff.

While you are expected to be competent and prepared, new presenters are welcome to share their knowledge in this forum.

Please note that non-technical presentations are encouraged (i.e. Decidedly non-technical presentations on how Drupal can benefit a business, non-profit association or community or How open source and community contribution fits into a business plan).

Submission deadline is May 1st!
At which time, the esteemed committee will peruse the entries and create the schedule.

Dale - one of the "tugboats" for the event - posted Calling all Drupal Speakers over at DrupalCampVancouver.org with all salient details - so here's his blurb for extra encouragement and convenience:

Would you like to share your knowledge and experience and raise your community karma points? Jump on board and present a session at Drupal Camp Vancouver 2008!

We're looking for speakers on all things Drupal--the list below shows some examples of what we're looking for. If you have a great presentation that isn't on the list please don't hesitate to submit.

To submit a talk, head over to the talk submission form!

Please plan sessions to accommodate a group of approx. 30-40 people, and last between 45-90 mins. (If there is a special topic you think would benefit from an extended session slot, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate!)

In case you missed it, here's the talk submission form. Topics after the break.

Proposed Topics (see note above about bringing you own topic):

Drupal 101

• Introduction to Drupal
• Introduction to popular modules
• Basic How-to for creating a Drupal site
• Hosting issues
• Introduction to theming

Development (Beginner) and Configuration

• Subversion (SVN): How to get started
• Hooks, Triggers, and Actions
• How to configure an Install Profile
• How to write a module
• Panels and Nodequeue
• Multilanguage Sites
• Overview of popular Modules and what they can do

Development (Advanced)

• How to use revision control on your own project (CVS/SVN)
• Strategies for code management
• Strategies for staging Drupal from development to production
• Drupal life-cycle management
• Any presentation on a Drupal API (form API, schema API, node queue, buddylist, 5 star)
• Programming tips and tricks
• Using an IDE (Komodo, ZEND, Eclipse)
• Module integration (eg programming glueware to make modules interoperate)

Theming

• Technical explanation of a theming function, or family of functions
• Writing theming in a secure way (check_plain() and friend)
• Theming strategies (managing breadcrumbs)
• From concept to live, implementing a Photoshop mockup in Drupal
• Using the Zen theme
• Making a custom CSS framework for Drupal

Business & Community

• Decidedly non-technical presentations on how Drupal can benefit a business, non-profit association or community
• The design and information architecture process, how to navigate from concept to Drupal site (focus on client management)
• How open source and community contribution fits into a business plan

Site Case Studies & Implementation

• How to build a YouTube/Pop Sugar/Brochureware site in Drupal
• How to integrate Ubercart into Drupal
• How to scale Drupal
• How Drupal is used in communities of interest like education, non-profits, music
• Techniques for making Drupal more user friendly