Can Drupal Transform Developing Nations?

Track: 
Drupal Community
Experience: 
Beginner

Drupal's openness, flexibility and functionality are critical for cultivating strong web communities that empower from the ground up. So, why hasn’t Drupal taken root in developing countries like China? How can Drupal change the Internet for developing countries?

Hear the firsthand account from someone who has worked for China's largest environmental non-profit. Learn how Chinese websites are internally regulated, externally pressured, and forcibly shut down. With unrivaled censorship and fundamentally non-Western ideas towards free software, China offers a extreme examples of a host of Internet issues experienced in developing nations. What tools are sorely missing, and how can Drupal change the game?

As the Internet grows more and more complex, it transforms different societies in different ways. Join the discussion for how Drupal can lead this transformation for those who may need it most.

Intended audience: 

Creative Drupal developers and strategists who work with international, multilingual or globally relevant projects.

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
How do Chinese non-profits interact with the Internet and websites?
Question 2: 
What CMS contenders, if any, are prevalent in non-Western and developing societies?
Question 3: 
How are websites hosted, restricted and taken down by national providers in China?
Question 4: 
Why hasn't Drupal broken into developing markets abroad?
Question 5: 
Will the Chinese Internet ever look like the Western Internet?
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Comments

This session appeals to me on two levels

1 – How Drupal’s core philosophy of open source - community driven platform can be used for the better good of the people.

2 – How Drupal can enter new markets to expand its community to furthermore secure its position as the #1 CMS.

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