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Welcome to our workshop on "Securing the Modern Web: Strategies, Tools, and Ethical Hacking Techniques"! In today's digital landscape, web security is a critical concern.

When it comes to government websites, Drupal is everywhere. In 2021, around 56% of the world’s government websites relied on Drupal. Numerous case studies illustrate the profound technical benefits of choosing Drupal. Serving both national governments and local administrative divisions, Drupal has a proven track record as a reliable, cost-efficient framework for websites of varying scales.

The landscape of websites is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by an insatiable demand for new content and the impending influence of artificial intelligence. In this session, we embark on a journey into the heart of "The Future of Websites," exploring the dynamic interplay between escalating content needs and the transformative role of AI in shaping the digital ecosystem.

In today's dynamic Drupal development landscape, ensuring successful project delivery is essential. Successful project delivery is often driven by highly competent and growth-oriented professionals. This session will delve into a comprehensive strategy for transforming both new-to-Drupal and existing Drupal professionals into proficient experts across various roles.

Belgium-born Drupal founder Dries Buytaert is a pioneer in the open-source web publishing and digital experience platform space. In his traditional Driesnote at DrupalCon Singapore 2024, he presents an update on the project and Drupal's development.

Drupal powers the WA.gov.au platform. It has proven its worth in both setting whole-of-government standards in branding, usability, accessibility as well as reducing agency costs across the sector. It is the platform the WA Government has used to communicate with Western Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic as it has the flexibility, agility, and scalability to meet the ever-changing requirements of the state's response to the virus.

Exploring the overlaps between UX and content: content and UX are often treated as separate disciplines. We’ll discuss how content contributes to UX, and the tools and practices needed to deliver a more complete solution.

When organisations set out to improve their content, they often start with a writing style guide: a document that sets out the rules in detail. But is that even the best approach for our users - the people in our organisation who are creating and maintaining content? Is a guidance document the best approach for driving the behaviour change we seek?

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI), who has been spearheading digital transformation within the Japanese government, decided to digitalise the way grants are managed.

Between April and June 2020, Annex Digital was engaged to build some of Australia's principle COVID response websites. These were to be major parts of the national response, and we were given days to prepare them. In the end, we did this four times. This session will look at the projects and how we were able to execute from zero to Critical Infrastructure in under a week, the challenges we faced, and the technical solutions we used to get these over the line.