Drupal Camp Asheville 2025

Granite is a new frontend framework build around HTML5 elements to provide accessible UIs with the least development possible. Granite provides a solid foundation by templating accessible elements and limiting the customization of elements that's require to scaffold out a website.

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, the demand for fast, flexible, and intuitive site-building experiences is only growing. In this session, we’ll explore DXPR and the Experience Builder as powerful tools for reducing development overhead and empowering non-developers to create compelling Drupal experiences with ease.

Are your Drupal updates a source of stress? Drawing from nearly a decade of experience as a Technical Account Manager, this session transforms the often-dreaded update process into a reliable, repeatable workflow that any team can implement.

Going from freelance to working in an agency can be overwhelming, but don’t let the fear of a collaborative workflow scare you.

What is Git?? Better question, what is version control? And what the heck is a local environment?

There's a lot of resources out there on how to give a good conference presentation, but how many are actually geared towards putting you truly at ease with the process?

For many Drupal professionals, the economics of small-budget projects just don’t make sense. Between setup complexity, ongoing maintenance demands, and hosting costs, it can feel impossible to serve clients who have limited budgets in a way that doesn't create regrets.

Images can make or break your Drupal site.

Get them right — and your site looks polished, professional, and beautiful.

Get them wrong — and suddenly everything feels… off.

We worked with the Duke Office of Clinical Research at Duke University to create the new My Duke Research website to improve engagement between Duke and people who participate in clinical research. A key component of connecting with this audience was delivering a smooth experience for site users relying on assistive technology.

Want to know how to create more complex page layouts with Drupal? This session will introduce you to the different building "blocks" you can use as a Site Builder to create multi column and multi row page layouts using Blocks and Paragraphs.

The IXP-Fellowship, a Drupal community initiative for onboarding inexperienced developers has its initial goal of using Drupal's contribution credit system as an incentive for Drupal organizations to hire new and inexperienced Drupal developers. 

Have you been postponing the Drupal 11 migration after a difficult shift to 10?  Have you been refreshing that Upgrade Status page, waiting months for the last few modules to release Drupal 11 versions? Are you almost ready to deploy, but stuck in a composer.json dependency loop?

The YMCA’s mission is rooted in community impact—and in today’s world, that includes a strong, unified digital presence. Enter Open Y, an open-source, Drupal-based platform built specifically for YMCAs to streamline content management, marketing, and integrations.

We will start by giving some prizes away and then Lightning Talks.

Anyone can present a lightning talk and it can be about any topic. Each speaker gets 5 minutes to talk about their topic, slides or no slides.

If you want to speak, sign up during the prize raffle.

Ready to enhance your Drupal development capabilities with AI? This practical session explores how to integrate artificial intelligence into your workflow. In this engaging presentation, we'll cover:

Drupal’s theming layer has grown by leaps and bounds over the past several years. We’ve seen new Twig filters, theme generation tools, and the introduction of Single Directory Components.

In today's rapidly evolving work environment, successful teams embrace diversity in all its forms, especially neurodiversity. Neurodivergent individuals—those with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other cognitive differences—bring unique perspectives, creativity, and problem-solving skills that can supercharge team performance.

Are you a front of the front end developer who focuses on CSS, semantic HTML, and presentational Javascript, and do you wonder if your skillset matters in the world of modern web development? Do you think about the best way to mark up an SVG to be as accessible as possible, and write Twig templates with (relative) ease?

Drupal 10.3 quietly introduced a powerful new tool for handling complex access control: the Access Policy API. And if you missed it, you’re not alone.

Your designer has come to you with a card layout, a masterclass in spacial awareness, client communication, and marketing prowess. You want to use it (or a variation of it) across your Drupal site with reckless abandon. But how? How can you make it consistent? How can you implement it once and make it work everywhere so site builders can take advantage?

Drupal’s Event Platform is a community-built, open source solution for organizing and promoting a Drupal camp or similar community event. In this session we’ll discuss what inspired its creation, how it got started, and most importantly how it can help with your event. We will cover recent additions like: