DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 Schedule

***Sessions and speakers are subject to change. Additional sessions will be added as they become available.

Tuesday, 25 Mar - Tuesday, 25 Mar

08:00 to 17:00 EST

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Kennesaw (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
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Edgewood (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
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Marietta (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
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Lenox (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
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Harris (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 08:50 EST
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Greenbriar (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:50
08:00 to 17:00 EST
Location
Regency VII (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

A meeting space for organized local camps, associations, or communities with designated Ambassadors. Creating a welcoming and functional space that fosters interaction, knowledge-sharing, and a sense of community and collaboration.

08:00 to 17:00 EST
Location
Terrace Foyer (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
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Harris (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
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Lenox (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
Location
Marietta (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
Location
Executive Conference Room 219 - Hotel 2nd Floor
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EST
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Edgewood (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
08:30 to 17:00 EST
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Grand Hall (LL2)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 08:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Regency VI (LL1)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

Part panel discussion, part game show, this session will feature Drupal experts debating which parts of Drupal CMS' are the one to be most excited about.

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drupal cms (starshot)
Speakers
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Hanover DE (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

What drives investment in your website? For some organizations, a small group of stakeholders sets the priorities. Others conduct user research, or a new marketing director may shake things up with fresh ideas.

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content & marketing
Speakers
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
The Learning Center (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

Meet the AI Automators that power all the AI features you’ve seen in Drupal CMS. They support the content editor experience through CKEditor and other Content widgets, underpin the alt text generation and even help you create your own Agents with no code.

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site building
Speakers
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Hanover C (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Dunwoody (LL3)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

So many websites suffer from content bloat, especially the all-important homepage, as they try to meet the needs of a wide-ranging audience (especially internal staff and leadership).

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user experience, accessibility & design
Speakers
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Piedmont (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

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.

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community health
Speakers

ultimike, Camoa, Ana Laura Coto Tristan

09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Courtland (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, effective product roadmaps are essential for aligning stakeholders, setting priorities, and guiding the successful execution of Drupal projects.

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leadership, management & business
Speakers
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Baker (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

In today’s digital landscape, effective tag management is essential for improving website performance and maintaining privacy compliance.

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content & marketing
Speakers
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Hanover AB (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

Experience Builder (XB) will not only enable site builders to theme and build their entire website in the browser, it will also unlock content creation with unprecedented UX in Drupal.

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drupal cms (starshot)
Speakers
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Hanover FG (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

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.

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development & coding
Speakers
09:00 to 09:50 EST
Location
Regency V (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50

One of the key elements of the Starshot Initiative is the rapidly evolving system for Recipes.

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drupal cms (starshot)
Speakers
09:50 to 10:30 EST
Location
Grand Hall (LL2)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 09:50 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 10:30
10:15 to 10:30 EST
Location
Regency VII (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 10:15 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 10:30

Let's get together to break the ice and meet new people before the General Session.

10:30 to 11:00 EST
Location
Centennial Ballroom II-IV (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 10:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 11:00

Welcome and Aaron Winborn Award

10:45 to 11:45 EST
Location
Centennial Ballroom II-IV (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 10:45 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 11:45
11:45 to 12:00 EST
Location
Centennial Ballroom I (LL1)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 11:45 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 12:00
12:00 to 13:00 EST
Location
Grand Hall (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 12:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:00
12:00 to 13:00 EST
Location
Hanover DE (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 12:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:00

The Black in Drupal Roundtable at DrupalCon will serve as a forum to exchange ideas and information relevant to the experiences of being black in Drupal.

Speakers

joigarrett, jasmyneepps, Shawnzia Thomas

13:00 to 17:00 EST
Location
Centennial Ballroom I (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

An environment that fosters interaction, knowledge-sharing, and community building. Drupal events often attract developers, designers, content managers, and enthusiasts, so it’s important to have a space where people with varying levels of expertise and interest can connect.

13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Baker (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

In this hands-on workshop, you will be introduced to Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio), a powerful data visualization tool for building customizable, dynamic reports from Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and a wide range of other data sources.

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content & marketing
Speakers
13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Dunwoody (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

In the fast-paced world of Drupal development, efficient and reliable workflows are crucial for successful contributions and project management.

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core contributions
Speakers
13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Piedmont (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20
13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Hanover AB (LL2)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

In the fast-paced world of tech entrepreneurship, we often celebrate the visible markers of success while overlooking the complex algorithms that drive innovation: our diverse minds and experiences.

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leadership, management & business
Speakers

Veronica Shelton

13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Courtland (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

Design systems are a great way to streamline the web development process and ensure consistency across different applications by documenting shareable UI artefacts. However, implementing a design system in a Drupal theme is challenging.

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site building
Speakers
13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Regency V (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

High-quality documentation is crucial for Drupal CMS's wider adoption, community growth, and overall success. As part of the Drupal Starshot initiative, we're focusing on improving our documentation and creating a highly curated, best-in class Drupal CMS User Guide among other things.

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drupal cms (starshot)
Speakers
13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Regency VI (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

AI Agents have come to Drupal CMS!

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drupal cms (starshot)
Speakers
13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Hanover FG (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

The Drupal Community Working Group are volunteers whose goal is to foster a friendly and welcoming environment for all who participate in the Drupal Project.

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community health
13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
The Learning Center (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

Package Manager, a new experimental module in Drupal Core, provides an API for interacting with Composer, which has been powering the Automatic Updates and Project Browser contrib modules for years.

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development & coding
Speakers
13:30 to 14:20 EST
Location
Hanover DE (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:30 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20

The security team will present topics from their work promoting a more secure Drupal project. The team will also talk about how they recruit new members, refinements to their procedures, and what you can do to support Drupal security.

Speakers
14:20 to 15:00 EST
Location
Grand Hall (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 14:20 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Dunwoody (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

During this session we'll dive into common UX Research activities and best practices when it comes to developing and executing research plans including Identifying & Recruiting Participants, 1:1 Interviews, A/B Testing, Behavioral Analytics, Card Sorting, Competitive Analysis, Heuristic Analy

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user experience, accessibility & design
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Hanover AB (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

Evolving Web continues to collaborate with Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) to support and enhance their digital presence.

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success stories
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
The Learning Center (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

Drupal CMS, born out of the Starshot Initiative, has been a major undertaking with many sub-initiatives and focused tracks. One huge piece of the puzzle is Experience Builder (XB) which, among other things, lets you build flexible landing pages using easy and intuitive drag-and-drop tools.

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drupal cms (starshot)
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Piedmont (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

The panel titled "Black in Drupal: Finding Community within Community" aims to shed light on the unique experiences and challenges faced by individuals from underrepresented backgrounds within the Drupal community.

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community health
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Fairlie (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Hanover DE (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

The Schema.org Blueprints module provides a new way to build a standardized and structured content architecture in Drupal. A Drupal Recipe is a new way to predefine and package configurations that add features to a new or existing Drupal implementation.

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site building
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Courtland (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

The Recipes APIs were added to Drupal core in version 10.3 as experimental and laid the foundation for the Drupal CMS project. Since then, we have been adding and improving the code base, and learning new things along the way.

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core contributions
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Baker (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

You’ve seen what AI Agents can do in Drupal CMS. You kept imagining all the other things agents could do. What if you could create your own Agents? What if this were so easy every module across the Drupal ecosystem could have their own agents and they all worked together in harmony?

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development & coding
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Regency V (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

Join us to hear the latest news on the Experience Builder initiative from the initiative leaders.

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drupal cms (starshot)
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Regency VI (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

Discover how the Drupal Workspace module can transform the way you manage content staging and workflows.

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content & marketing
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Centennial Ballroom II-IV (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

Join us for a public board meeting of the Drupal Association. Board members will talk about future programs, conduct regular business to support the Drupal Association's non-profit operations, and and answer community questions.

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community health
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Hanover FG (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

Join us for an engaging discussion that delves into the challenges and opportunities of stepping into leadership roles within a male-dominated industry. We will focus on gender expectations and how we have navigated our own various paths to leadership.

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leadership, management & business
15:00 to 15:50 EST
Location
Hanover C (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:00 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 15:50

Join in learning how the MIT Sloan Web Development team planned and executed a "Homepage Takeover"—a new content type, collection of components and editorial workflow, for our Drupal 10 website—in just 12 weeks.

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success stories
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
The Learning Center (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

Are you tired of slow and clunky search experiences on your Drupal site? Join this hands-on workshop to learn how to supercharge your search capabilities with Solr.

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development & coding
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Piedmont (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

Ripple Makers (Drupal Association Members) are invited to join us for a round table to chat with their fellow members and DA staff about the future of the program, the mission of the Drupal Association, and how they would like to see the Drupal Association evolve.

Speakers

Jitka Pilar, Julia Kranzthor, Tim D

16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Regency VI (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

Get a behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the new default design system for DrupalCMS.

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drupal cms (starshot)
16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Hanover FG (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

The new Drupal Experience Builder is being shaped by a design thinking approach that emphasizes collaboration, iteration, and user-centered solutions.

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drupal cms (starshot)
Speakers

bostonjillian, Renee Lund

16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Hanover C (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

Membership organizations include clubs (running, French, or photography), professional associations (accounting or medical), civic groups (neighborhood, homeowners, or parent teacher associations), service clubs (Lions or Rotary), and many other nonprofits.

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success stories
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Regency V (LL1)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

The authors who enter content into our websites are a crucial part of our ecosystem who have often taken a back seat to other needs like splashy designs or improvements for developers.

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site building
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Hanover AB (LL2)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

Arguably, the first rule of slideshows is not to have slideshows, but what do you do when the primary product owner insists?

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user experience, accessibility & design
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Baker (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

Layout Paragraphs is a widely used, contributed Drupal module that combines drag-and-drop editing, Drupal core's layout API, and the Paragraphs module to provide an accessible, easy-to-use authoring experience for building pages in Drupal.

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content & marketing
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Courtland (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

DDev, Lando, and DrupalPod are all great ways to get a local development instance up and running, but they carry some overhead: they are all built on containers.

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devops
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EST
Location
Dunwoody (LL3)
When
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 16:10 to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 17:00

As organizations increasingly adopt site consolidation strategies to unify their brands and enhance their digital presence, content migration becomes a pivotal challenge.

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content & marketing