A week after DrupalCon Paris, our team is still talking about the conference, and trying to find some good crêpes. You may say that any conference in Paris is worth going to, and I would not argue with you. Paris is a beautiful city. But DrupalCon also did not disappoint. There were plenty of interesting sessions, conversations, and people to make the trip worthwhile in any city.

Here are some thoughts from a few of us at Aten who attended:

• Scott Reynen

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  I really enjoyed the Ice Cream Sprint before DrupalCon. It was my first experience working on Drupal core and I found the Drupal community makes it really easy to get involved. It was great to meet so many people I'd only seen as usernames previously.

• Brad Bowman

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  As always, I think my favorite part was connecting with people who I interact with in the issues queues and irc on a daily basis but rarely get to see.

  It's a great experience to connect face to face and learn from other peoples experience and ideas. Whether it was talking with people about dealing with large data imports, improving the design and development process, or managing an effective communications strategy, I was consistently walking away from conversations with a combination of affirmation for our current path, and plenty to think about for the future.

• Justin Toupin

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  I can't think of a better, more inspirational setting for this kind of event. The conference was stacked with informative talks, and full of people doing a huge range of work with Drupal. The resulting breadth of perspectives was powerful.

  I was particularly pleased (and surprised) to hear as much talk as there was about an "iterative approach." We've been talking about, implementing, and refining an iterative process for several years now, with really positive results. It was good to hear about others' experiences in a similar direction.

  As Jon already pointed out, the city itself is beautiful — what better setting for discussing strategy around development, design and communication than the cafes, metro cars and museums of Paris.

We left excited and inspired about the projects we're working on and the growing opportunities we have to help advance the Drupal community. It's just hard to believe we have to wait until April for the next one. DrupalCon San Fransisco, here we come!