When: 8 June, 2023 @ 9:00am - 4:00pm
Where: Room 301-302
Thank you for joining us for the Government Industry Summit at DrupalCon Pittsburgh 2023! Here you will find the detailed schedule for the day. Please note schedule details are subject to change, and additional content will be added as it becomes available.
Time |
Session |
Description |
Speaker(s) |
8:00am-9:00am | Registration + Coffee Break | Join us at the 3rd floor coffee station kick off the day and find our way to the session room together. Check-in with our committee at the registration table outside of room 301-302. | |
9:00am-9:15am | Welcome & Introduction | Our amazing committee members and our partners at Agileana will open the summit with some introductory remarks and an overview of the day. |
Agileana |
9:15am-9:30am | Ice Breaker | We'll get our brains going with a little opening activity! | Government Summit Committee |
9:30am-11:00am | Keynote Panel: Adding the "A" to DEI+A - the impact of the Executive Order on the work of government agencies |
In 2021, the White House issued an Executive Order on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce. Raising the priority of accessibility to the same level as diversity, equity, and inclusion has allowed many agencies to direct resources and improvement efforts to their accessibility programs. Learn from a panel of federal agency representatives on how improving accessibility in their agencies has changed since the issuance of the Executive Order. |
Mike Gifford (Moderator) Brooke Aiken Jasmyne Epps Martha Wilkes |
11:00am-11:15am |
Coffee Break |
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11:15am-11:30am |
Case Study: Developing a Testing Strategy for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Sponsored by Palantir.net |
Are you dealing with a large website that lacks a testing plan? In this session, Ken Rickard from Palantir.net will share insights into developing a testing strategy for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services' website, which underwent a migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 as part of an enterprise replatforming project. Ken will discuss various testing options, including code quality, accessibility, visual regression, and functional and unit testing, available through Drupal core, contributed modules, and third-party tools. He'll provide guidance on identifying and prioritizing appropriate testing types for different situations. Additionally, the session will delve into collaborating with clients to help their stakeholders comprehend the value and importance of a robust testing strategy. Join us to learn valuable tips and techniques for establishing a comprehensive testing plan for your large-scale web projects. |
Ken Rickard Senior Director of Consulting, Palantir.net |
11:30am-11:45am |
Case Study: Transforming Outreach and Connectedness among Martin County, Florida’s 1,100 employees Sponsored by Promet Source |
Background The Challenge For Martin County, the lack of a robust, easily navigable intranet meant that employees were sometimes receiving three to four emails a day. Confusion about how to find needed forms led to frequent calls and outreach to HR. The Solution |
Lori Nicolanti Project Manager, Promet Source |
11:45am-12:00pm | World Café introduction | Government Summit Committee | |
12:00pm-1:00pm | Lunch Break | ||
1:00pm-1:10pm | Welcome Back! | Government Summit Committee | |
1:15pm-1:30pm |
Case Study: Empowering the Underdog - How Drupal and NCLC's Legal Resources Promote Justice for All Sponsored by Platform.sh |
Discover how Drupal empowered vulnerable citizens and their advocates by providing equitable access to legal and governmental resources from the National Consumer Law Center. The NCLC library provides access to a large repository of consumer laws, and endless references to previous cases and comments. Having this access empowers smaller firms to better represent ordinary citizens against larger enterprises. There were a number of challenges that need to be solved for the library website, and this case study explores: - Upgrading from Drupal 7 |
Chad Carlson Manger, Dev Rel @ Platform.sh |
1:30pm-2:15pm | Presentation: Let Drupal be Drupal: SBA.gov’s Conscious Recoupling |
Headless Drupal is a hot topic, but be careful to not reinvent the wheel… badly. In this cautionary tale, learn about the US Small Business Administration’s long journey from a bloated D7 site, to a fully-decoupled D8 site, to a back-to-basics, recoupled D9/D10 site that’s more accessible, more performant, easier to maintain, and has the content managers loving Drupal again! |
Denise Amling Tia Calloway Ryan Hillard John Shortess |
2:15pm-2:25pm | Coffee Break | ||
2:25pm-3:50pm | Attendee-driven World Café table topic discussions | Collaborative and interaction roundtable discussions about topics that you are most interested in. Share your thoughts and ideas with each other, swap strategies, assess industry best practices, and make meaningful connections with other folks in government. | You! |
3:50pm-4:00pm | Closing Remarks & Wrap-up | Government Summit Committee |