Sessions

DevOps

As the visibility of a website scales up, so does the amount of risk so we are going to talk about mitigating that risk. The right workflows can reduce or mitigate the risk that comes with managing Drupal sites at scale.

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Accessibility is a moving target - What's new in 2022?

AmyJune Hineline

Opensource.com at Red Hat

User Experience & Accessibility

Despite our best efforts, it’s difficult to future proof a website for accessibility standards. Your code and design may follow current standards, but will your careful compliance become obsolete when new guidelines are released?

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App-like web capabilities for your, coupled, decoupled, or hybrid Drupal project

Alex Borsody

Moonraft Innovation Labs

Wilfred Arambhan

Moonraft Innovation Labs

Drupal can be used as a pluggable backend using just about any API you can think of. By integrating with these APIs you can build just about any business apps you would find on the App Store or Google Play.

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Backdrop CMS as a viable Drupal 7 upgrade path: A case study featuring Stanford University

Eric Toupin

Aten Design Group

This session will discuss Backdrop CMS as a viable, secure, and innovative tool in the Drupal family of software solutions.

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Creating a Custom Packagist

Allan Chappell

Four Kitchens

DevOps

The goal of this article is to give you some ideas on how to host a solid packagist for a team, organization, or client while describing how the Four Kitchens team came up with a fun and creative solution to provide this functionality using the tools our client had on hand

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Creating a Custom Rasa Conversational AI Chatbot for Drupal Websites

Rick Torzynski

Esteemed

User Experience & Accessibility

You will learn how to create a custom conversational AI chatbot knowledge base using Rasa, an open source chatbot framework and how to integrate this chatbot into a Drupal website using the Component module and JavaScript.

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Demystifying Git - Version Control From First Principles

Dwayne McDaniel

GitKraken

DevOps

This session will peel back the shroud of mystery that envelops Git, showing that there is nothing overly complex or terrifying about the inner workings of the world's most popular version control system. This talk is for everyone, from the complete Git novice to folks who have been pushing code for years but maybe have never stopped to look at how Git does its thing.

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Drupal 9 Multisite: Lessons Learned from 67 Sites and Counting

Mac Clark

NC Dept. of Information Technology

The Digital Solutions team at the NC Dept. of Information Technology has developed a custom distribution of Drupal 9 that supports 67 state government websites, including Governor Cooper's official site, the COVID-19 Response Portal, and the NC Citizen Portal.

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Event Management with Drupal and Commerce

Rich Gerdes

Unleashed Technologies

The event registration module is designed to handle not only individual attendees, but also speakers, sponsors, and supporting persons and organizations. Through the extensibility of Drupal Commerce and entities, these modules can provide a solution for almost any event situation.

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Everything You Wanted to Know about CKEditor 5 and Drupal, But Were Afraid to Ask

Kevin Pittman

Georgia Institute of Technology

This session will provide an overview of the changes on both the CKEditor side and the Drupal side, and a look at what you'll need to do to get your custom modules updated to work with CKEditor 5.

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Finding Purpose and Alignment in Your Career

Chris McGrath

Esteemed

Dori Kelner

Esteemed

In this session, Chris McGrath, CEO and Dori Kelner, V.P. of Culture + Well-being at Esteemed will share insights and reflections for mastering self-awareness and connecting with our authentic selves. They will discuss the themes and patterns encountered while working the past 25+ years with developers of all backgrounds

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Google Analytics 4: Upgrade Before It's Too Late!

Stephen Pashby

DesignHammer

Google has announced the end of support for Universal Analytics in July 2023. Don't wait until your Google Analytics stops working to implement Google Analytics 4! We will review the differences between Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4, how to best plan your transition and configure equivalent (or better) tracking in Google Analytics 4, and common ways to easily implement Google Analytics 4 in Drupal.

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How Barrio was used to Build a Modern Bootstrap 5 Theme for NC.Gov

Mark Colebank

NCDIT

This is a case study of creating a modern responsive theme for the nc.gov portal website using a Barrio sub-theme to leverage the Bootstrap 5 framework

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How to prepare a product development roadmap in an agile way?

Jaspreet Singh

Axelerant

Project Management

Some days, I felt more like a slide designer than a product manager. Although that was challenging, I learned a lot about prioritization and developing agile product development roadmaps. These two aspects are essential for making a successful short-term plan.

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I am Functional and So Can You

JD Flynn

This session is geared towards individuals who are having difficulties dealing with mental illness diagnosis, people who are curious about getting past the stigma associated with mental illness, or people who are curious and would like to learn more about being a better friend to those who live with mental illness.

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Improving Data Access and Editorial Experience for the Center for American Women and Politics

Sean Walsh

CrowdCG

Jessica Bladon

CrowdCG

Case Study

The Center for American Women and Politics recently launched 2 Drupal websites that fulfill a long held goal of providing greater access to their data on women officeholders. This presentation will talk about these 2 projects, including the challenges and successes of each.

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Magic Comes from Pain: 4 Ways that Embracing Grit Will Help you Achieve the Impossible

Tearyne Almendariz

Pantheon

This talk will help attendees will learn four ways that they can embrace the principle of grit to achieve their goals. Tearyne will show you how you can master your inner magical strength and achieve your goals through perseverance - while preserving your peace of mind.

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Onboard Developers 3-5x faster with Cloud Based Development Environments

Matt Obert

Esteemed

Jasmine Gigas