DrupalCon Pittsburgh 2023 Schedule

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

Tuesday, 06 Jun

08:00 to 09:50 EDT

Location
Main Concourse
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 08:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 09:50

Calling all Drupal jobs seekers and employers! Join us in the Expo Hall on Tuesday morning to tour some amazing Drupal organizations who have open roles. Bring your resume and flex your networking skills to see what's out there in the Drupal ecosystem to take your next career step.

08:00 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 408-410
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 08:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00
08:00 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 326-330
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 08:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Birds of a Feather sessions (or BoFs) are informal gatherings of like-minded individuals who wish to discuss a certain topic without a pre-planned agenda.

08:30 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Main Concourse
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 08:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00
09:00 to 09:50 EDT
Location
Room 323
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 09:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 09:50

Pantheon co-founders Josh Koenig and David Strauss invite interested parties to share perspectives on how we respond when the technologies we create and the open web we build are used in ways that don't align with our principles.

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community health
Speakers
10:00 to 11:00 EDT
Location
Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 10:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:00

The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies.

Speakers
11:00 to 11:30 EDT
Location
Expo Hall
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30
11:15 to 11:30 EDT
Location
Expo Hall
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:15 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30

DevOps exists since 2009 and has since then being used in many good but also bad ways: The idea of DevOps was to focus on engineering culture and bring different teams together, but unfortunately many companies understood it wrong and created DevOps teams with many unhappy team members.

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devops
Speakers
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

Join members of the Drupal Association board and staff for a public board meeting.

The Drupal Association is a 501c3 non-profit based in the United States and serving a global community.

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community health
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 324
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

Have you ever thought to yourself– ‘Wow I love Drupal’?

Have you ever found yourself in a room of colleagues at your day job who are confused by your passion for Drupal?

Or have you ever been in a room of colleagues who ask you, ‘What’s Drupal’?

Let’s flip the script.

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content & marketing
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 325
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

A provocative, entertaining, and ultimately informative tour of the wider web ecosystem and Drupal’s role in it — current and future, with an emphasis on Enterprise use-case and the most ambitious digital experiences. We’ll examine industry trends and ask some hard questions.

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leadership, management & business
Speakers
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 319-321
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

At Confab 2020, Laura Robertson took the main stage and asked if she could take a poll. “Raise your hand if you love your content management system.” The entire room went silent.

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user experience, accessibility & design
Speakers
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 317-318
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

Nonprofit organizations rely on technology to stay connected to constituents and supporters of the mission.

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leadership, management & business
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 315-316
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency provides protection and assistance to forcibly displaced people worldwide.

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drupal showcase
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 310-311
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

This presentation is for anyone who has created a website using Drupal and is interested in discovering a standardized, simpler, and faster way to model and build a website's content and information architecture.

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site building
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 306-307
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

Learn how to use the Robo PHP task runner to transform your project’s complicated, multi-step processes into simple commands so your team can preserve their sanity and become more efficient in the process.

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devops
Speakers
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 303-305
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20

The render cache is a system using cache tags, cache contexts and cache invalidations. Like most Drupal developers I've worked with this system for years and thought I had it mastered.

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development & coding
11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Location
Room 301-302
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20
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drupal core
Speakers
12:20 to 13:20 EDT
Location
Room 403-405
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:20

Women—particularly women who have been further marginalized due to racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, classism, and other forms of discrimination—are underrepresented and often unheard in tech.

12:20 to 13:50 EDT
Location
Expo Hall
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:20 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50
12:30 to 13:00 EDT
Location
Room 403-405
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 12:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:00

Open Source origin stories seem to start in many places, often not in computer science classrooms. Whatever you bring to the table, you can make our technology and community more valuable.

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leadership, management & business
Speakers
13:00 to 13:15 EDT
Location
Expo Hall
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:15

As technology continues to evolve, so does the way we interact with digital content. In this talk, we will explore the world of multimodal content delivery beyond the traditional screen.

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content & marketing
Speakers
13:30 to 13:45 EDT
Location
Expo Hall
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:30 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:45

In this talk, "Blending Design and Code using Design Tokens," we will cover the benefits of using design tokens to streamline design and coding.

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user experience, accessibility & design
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 324
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

Node.js frontend frameworks can vary a lot in their approach. How you build, and deploy them becomes another set of concerns to keep in mind alongside how JSON:API is going to be consumed.

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development & coding
Speakers
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 325
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

The initial Discovery phase of a project can be highly strategic and complex. It’s a collaborative process, harmonizing many disciplines - IA, UI, UX, art direction, content, architects, developers and project management.

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user experience, accessibility & design
Speakers
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 310-311
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

Engage with the Drupal Association's Development and Fundraising team.

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leadership, management & business
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 301-302
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

At DrupalCon Portland in April, Dries proposed a new initiative: Drupal Starter Templates. This proposal has led to the creation of the Distributions & Recipes initiative.

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drupal core
Speakers
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 303-305
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

To decouple or not decouple? That is not always the right question to ask.

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development & coding
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 306-307
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

The complexity of modern Drupal deployment workflows can be daunting.

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devops
Speakers
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 315-316
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

Privacy legislation is rapidly evolving throughout the United States and keeping up with the new laws, regulations, and policies can be a challenge for web and marketing teams.

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content & marketing
Speakers
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 317-318
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

We've all been taught that professionalism means not showing emotion, staying even toned and tempered, and putting on a smile even in the face of stressful situations and clients. But what if I told you that this advice is outdated and can do more harm to a client relationship than good?

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leadership, management & business
Speakers
13:50 to 14:40 EDT
Location
Room 319-321
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 13:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40

Pulling insights from over 4,200 hours of UX research and accessibility training, Sandstorm will walk through real-world scenarios that can improve or hinder the user experience.

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user experience, accessibility & design
Speakers
14:40 to 14:55 EDT
Location
Expo Hall
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:55

Learn how your Drupal skills can make a huge impact on the lives of Veterans.

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user experience, accessibility & design
14:40 to 15:00 EDT
Location
Expo Hall
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 14:40 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 306-307
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

There are some great benefits to working with a global team - for instance, no one ever needs to work around the clock, because issues can be handed off as the next “shift” logs in for the day.

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community health
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 325
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

When creating a multi-site platform, the goals are focused on providing a future-facing and cohesive platform experience that continues to evolve and grow as needs and users grow, but it isn’t always easy to keep a large group of stakeholders utilizing the platform to its full potential.

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drupal showcase
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 324
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50
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development & coding
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 301-302
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

Do you have aspirations of contributing to the Drupal community, but are unsure what to expect? Have you read the documentation and feel like you still don't know how or where to contribute?

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drupal core
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 303-305
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

Sometimes, for projects where we handle a lot of content, we’re tasked with building a synchronization mechanism to feed data from different sources into Drupal. During the synchronization, data needs to be sanitized, manipulated, and then imported into a single type of entity in Drupal.

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development & coding
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 310-311
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

Drupal Commerce is one of the few eCommerce platforms in the world developed as native extension of a Content Management System.

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site building
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 315-316
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

In this session, we'll present the amazing new features that can be used on Drupal 10 combined with CKEditor 5 in order to improve your productivity with content authoring

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content & marketing
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 317-318
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

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drupal showcase
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 319-321
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

User Personas have been a mainstay of UX design since practically the beginning of UX design. But they’re actually not great tools for designing and building inclusive digital experiences. This session will introduce the idea of “Audience Mindsets” as a replacement for traditional User Personas.

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user experience, accessibility & design
Speakers
15:00 to 15:50 EDT
Location
Room 323
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:00 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50

Learn how to turn design system components into reusable blocks that content editors can place on a page via Layout Builder.

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drupal core
Speakers
15:50 to 16:10 EDT
Location
Expo Hall
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 15:50 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 301-302
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Drupal’s strategic goals aim to increase adoption and enable the community. But, are there opportunities to better enable the community to execute?

The goal of this panel is to discuss how we can enable the full potential of our large community.

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drupal core
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 323
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Twig was introduced into Drupal core over 10 years ago. Since then, improvements to Drupal’s front-end API have been minimal.

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drupal core
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 319-321
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Drupal has proven itself to be a viable backend option for many decoupled sites, using frameworks such as next.js or gatsby.js as a front end. These successful decoupled platforms have provided the community confidence that Drupal can support static site generators as a stable backend.

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drupal showcase
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 324
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Palantir.net has provided support services for Drupal clients since the Drupal 5 era. With the release of Drupal 8 and the promise of easier upgrade paths, came an increased longevity to projects necessitating a change in how we deliver value on an ongoing basis.

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leadership, management & business
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 317-318
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

“Why isn’t my team/report doing a good job?” - is the question many managers often ask themselves.

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leadership, management & business
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 315-316
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

AX: Where strategy becomes narrative.

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content & marketing
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 310-311
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Since COVID19 hit, most organizations are facing ever-tightening budgets, while demands on Marketing and Communications (MarComm) increase at an even greater rate.

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devops
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 306-307
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Diversity is the concept that any individual academically or physically qualified for a specific job could strive for (and possibly succeed) at obtaining the said job without being discriminated against based on identity.

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community health
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 325
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Problem: “Unit testing takes time”, “Unit testing is difficult”, “Unit testing requires high skills”, “Let’s release the feature already and postpone unit tests”.

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development & coding
Speakers
16:10 to 17:00 EDT
Location
Room 303-305
When
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 16:10 to Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 17:00

Are you an architect, consultant, or engineer looking for another way to amplify your expertise?

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development & coding