Ibero-American Summit 2009

Portal for the XIX Ibero-American Summit developed in Drupal

Year
2009
Projeto Cimeira Ibero-Americana 2009
Overview
The challenge
The Drupal solution
Results

Every year the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the Ibero-American Conference hold a Summit.

The host country proposes a central theme for deliberation by the heads of state and at the end of the meeting, a Political Declaration is traditionally drafted, as well as statements on topics of particular interest.

The main challenge was to develop an institutional portal that:

  • Centralized official Summit information;
  • Facilitate the accreditation and management of thousands of participants;
  • Make content available in real time, including official documents and communiqués;
  • Allow online streaming of events and plenary sessions;
  • Support simultaneous access by national and international users.

JAVALI developed the portal for the XIX Ibero-American Summit using Drupal, choosing this technology for its robustness, scalability and editorial flexibility.

The solution enabled:

  • Online accreditation of delegations, technicians and journalists;
  • Continuous updating of content during the event;
  • Real-time publication of speeches, official documents and image galleries;
  • Live streaming of sessions and full coverage of the event.

The portal developed by JAVALI was crucial to the success of the XIX Ibero-American Summit:

  • More than 4,000 people were accredited online through the platform;
  • All official content was broadcast live and updated in real time;
  • The website provided speeches by Heads of State, official documents and image galleries;
  • Media coverage was extensive, bringing together around 850 official delegates and more than 700 journalists from national and international media;
  • The infrastructure supported a highly demanding digital operation, without compromising performance or accessibility.

The portal demonstrated Drupal's ability to respond to large-scale, highly complex international projects.

Technologies and features

  • Drupal 6 (stable version at the time of the project)
  • Online accreditation management
  • Real-time publication of documents and speeches
  • Multimedia management system (image and video galleries)
  • Integrated live streaming
  • Scalable architecture for large volumes of accesses
  • Simplified editorial management for continuous updates

Contribution to the Drupal community

The XIX Ibero-American Summit project allowed the JAVALI team to consolidate its experience in managing large-scale events with Drupal, particularly in developing digital accreditation flows and integrating real-time streaming.
The methodologies applied in this project were subsequently reused and shared internally, reinforcing JAVALI's expertise in highly complex institutional portals.

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