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Schedule

Your ticket includes all three days of the conference

Friday 

  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Registration and Coffee
  • 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Remarks
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   Sessions, Trainings and BOFs
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM   Keynote
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Sessions, Trainings and BOFs

Saturday 

  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Registration and Coffee
  • 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Remarks
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   Sessions, Trainings and BOFs
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM   Keynote
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Sessions, Trainings and BOFs
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM After party at Mead Hall

Sunday 

  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM  Get Involved with Drupal Core Contributing
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM   Contribution Sprints
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM   Contribution Sprints

 

Friday - June 23rd

Keynote - Agile Design

Speaker(s):Kelly Albrecht
Time: 1:00 - 2:15
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: Keynote

Using Data to Build the New Mass.gov

Speaker(s):Connor McKayKyle Magida
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Why User Testing Isn't a Nice-to-Have, It's a Must-Have

Speaker(s):Lauren WernerJill Grozalsky
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Drupal Basics (Double Session - Part 1)

Speaker(s):Leslie GlynnKay VanValkenburgh
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

Mobile Content Strategy: Designing Content for Mobile-First

Speaker(s):Christina Inge
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Making mass.gov data-driven and constituent centric

Speaker(s):Bryan Hirsch
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: Case Study

Visual Design-Build with confidence

Speaker(s):Jennifer Smith
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: UI/Visual Design

Drupal Basics - (Double Session - Part 2)

Speaker(s):Leslie GlynnKay VanValkenburgh
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

Entity Reference as a Component-based Site Builder

Speaker(s):Anton Staroverov
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: Site Building

Everything louder than everything else: How to navigate multiple stakeholder needs through better discovery

Speaker(s):Dwayne McDaniel
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

The Digital Speakeasy: Secure and Anonymous Access to Your Website

Speaker(s):Dustin Younse
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: Case Study

Designing with Sketch

Speaker(s):Ruth Leopold
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

How to Make Friends & Influence Strategy

Speaker(s):BreAnn Kopcza
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

County Wise: Stories in building a Large County Drupal Site

Speaker(s):Kenley Obas
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: Case Study

Accessibility in Digital Strategy

Speaker(s):Donna Bungard
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Pattern Lab (Double Session - Part 1)

Speaker(s):Chaz Chumley
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

Every project is a story: Applying storytelling to your client interactions

Speaker(s):Dwayne McDaniel
Time: 4:30 - 5:20
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Drupal administration for regular humans

Speaker(s):Victoria Merriman
Time: 4:30 - 5:20
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: UI/Visual Design

BCBS.com: Flexible Content with Drupal 8 & Paragraphs

Speaker(s):J. Hogue
Time: 4:30 - 5:20
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: Case Study

Pattern Lab (Double Session - Part 2)

Speaker(s):Chaz Chumley
Time: 4:30 - 5:20
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

Saturday - June 24th

Keynote - Responsive Design: Beyond Our Devices

Speaker(s):Ethan Marcotte
Time: 1:00 - 2:15
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: Keynote

Debugging, Profiling, & Rocking Out with Browser-Based Developer Tools!

Speaker(s):Michael Herchel
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: Theming

Drupal 101

Speaker(s):Richard ("Rick") Hood
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: Site Building

Adobe Illustrator Primer for UX and Development

Speaker(s):Jennifer Smith
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Room: 32-155 (east tiered classroom toward restrooms)
Track: UI/Visual Design

Sass and the Art of Awesome Theme Development

Speaker(s):Antonio Savorelli
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: Theming

How to build a theme in Drupal 8 (Double Session - Part 1)

Speaker(s):Chris WellsJP McNeal
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

Design Systems, Not Pages

Speaker(s):Todd Zeigler
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Designing with Web Annotations

Speaker(s):Aaron Manire
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: Case Study

Drupal 8 Front-End Tools of the Trade

Speaker(s):Liz MackieJason Enter
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-155 (east tiered classroom toward restrooms)
Track: Theming

Techniques for Designing with Drupal 8

Speaker(s):Daniel Schiavone
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: UI/Visual Design

How to build a theme in Drupal 8 (Double Session - Part 2)

Speaker(s):Chris WellsJP McNeal
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

Designing and theming Webforms for Drupal 8

Speaker(s):Jacob Rockowitz
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: Theming

The fewer TWIG files I see, the better I like your theme

Speaker(s):Jorge Diaz
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: Theming

Design Systems Are Hard, and the Drupal Pattern Lab Working Group is Trying to Change That

Speaker(s):Salem GhoweriThomas M. Charging Hawk
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-155 (east tiered classroom toward restrooms)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Devs & Designers: Effective Collaboration on Drupal Projects

Speaker(s):Liz MackieJason Enter
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Level up your Drupal themes with SASS

Speaker(s):Christina Costello
Time: 2:30 - 3:20
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

Variable Fonts & the Future of Web Design

Speaker(s):Jason Pamental
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: UI/Visual Design

Tear down that wall! Harnessing the power of taxonomies to create unique site experiences with cohesive structure.

Speaker(s):Marcus FreemanDrew Trafton
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-124 (west flat classroom across from Auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

GUI Grids

Speaker(s):Jim Fisk
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-155 (east tiered classroom toward restrooms)
Track: Theming

How to Get Content Editors to Love Drupal

Speaker(s):Suzanne Dergacheva
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: UX/Project Strategy

Component-based Theming with Twig (Double Session - Part 1)

Speaker(s):Chaz Chumley
Time: 3:30 - 4:20
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training

Drupal Yoga: Creating a Flexible Website with Paragraphs and Bootstrap

Speaker(s):Andrew Brown
Time: 4:30 - 5:20
Room: 32-123 (auditorium)
Track: Theming

Drupal 8 Case Studies: How we redesigned & moved 3 old sites into Drupal 8

Speaker(s):Jorge Diaz
Time: 4:30 - 5:20
Room: 32-155 (east tiered classroom toward restrooms)
Track: Case Study

Drutopia - Building a Drupal Distribution for the Grassroots, accessible as Software as a Service

Speaker(s):Micky Metts
Time: 4:30 - 5:20
Room: 32-141 (west tiered classroom near Auditorium)
Track: Site Building

Component-based Theming with Twig (Double Session - Part 2)

Speaker(s):Chaz Chumley
Time: 4:30 - 5:20
Room: 32-082 (training area one floor below)
Track: Training