Agenda & Sessions
Wednesday, November 7
9:00am - 5:00pm
Pre-conference Workshops
7:00pm - 9:30pm
Opening Reception
Thursday, November 8
7:30am - 8:30am
Breakfast & Partner Pavilion
8:30am - 10:30am
General Session & Keynotes
10:30am - 11:00am
Break & Partner Pavilion
11:00am - 11:45am
Breakout Sessions
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Workfront: How the Acquia Platform Enables a Better Way to do Work
Tim Eyre
Vice President of Demand Generation
Workfront
Focus On
Acquia Session: Customer Panel
11:45am - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Breakout Sessions
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Through the Eyes of All Users – How NDSU Optimizes Their Website for Everyone
Adam Segar
Partner Alliance Manager
Siteimprove
Nelson Harris
Sales Manager
Palantir.net
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Build
Playing to Win – Recognizing and Resolving Common Derailers
Justin Galui
Director, Pega Community
Pegasystems
Manage
Adopting a Start-up Mentality for Digital Transformation at Scale
Annie Scharenberg
Website Center of Excellence
Nestlé Purina North America
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Show and Tell: How To Turn A Data Driven Strategy Into Dynamic Experiences
Carl Agers
Senior Vice President, Marketing Services
Hero Digital
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Decoupled Drupal Architectures in the Drupal 8.6 era
Preston So
Director of Research and Innovation
Acquia
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Break & Partner Pavilion
3:15pm - 4:45pm
General Session & Keynotes
5:00pm - 5:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Build
Voya’s Drupal Journey – 5 Years in the Making
Matt Wetmore
Director of Content Delivery and Development
Voya Financial
Manage
Measure, Understand and Influence the Customer Journey with Google Analytics and Acquia
Alex Moore
Vice President, Analytics & Insights
HS2
Jonathan Weber
Director, Analytics & Insights – “Data Evangelist”
HS2 Solutions
Chris Greatens
Director, Drupal Engineering & Solution Architecture
HS2 Solutions
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Transforming Your Marketing Technology to Become Highly Competitive in Today’s Digital Marketplace
Rohit Yerneni
Sr. Manager Digital Strategy, Architecture & Development
Panasonic
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Panel: Personalization in Healthcare
Colleen Walsh
Dir. Digital Communications & Social Media
Steward Health
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Evening Entertainment
Friday, November 9
8:00am - 9:00am
Breakfast & Partner Pavilion
9:00am - 10:30am
General Session & Keynotes
10:30am - 11:00am
Break & Partner Pavilion
11:00am - 11:45am
Breakout Sessions
Build
You’re Not Ready for It: A Practical Guide to Optimizing the Customer Journey
Mark Newcomer
Chief Strategy Officer
Mirum
Manage
Build the Deli, Not the Sandwich: Lessons From the Front Lines of Digital Platform Development
Luis Andrade
Director, Digital Experience - Global Marketing
UL
Josh Hoekwater
VP Group Account Director
Genuine
Focus On
Panel: Digital Best Practices in EDU
Andrew Smith
Assistant Director, Web Development and Operations
George Washington University
Joshua Charles
Director of Web Governance & Communications
Rutgers Business School
11:45am - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Build
Constant Innovation Through Daily Deployments at the American Medical Association
Ann Dvoretsky
Director of Digital Technology
American Medical Association
Brian Clement
Senior Software Engineer
American Medical Association
Lauren Burroughs
Senior Engineer and Team Lead
Palantir.net
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Building for Change: Pegasystems Drupal 8 Showcase
Derek Gilmore
Senior Director of Web Architecture
Pegasystems
Adam Kirby
Director of Marketing
Mediacurrent
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AMD: Session Under Development
Aqif Hassan
Sr. Manager, Digital Strategy & Operations
Advanced Micro Devices
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Session Under Development
2:00pm-2:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Manage
The Great Lift & Shift of Cvent.com: From an in-House CMS to a Scalable Drupal 8 Enterprise Platform
Jill Farley
UX/Content Strategist
Elevated Third
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Launches Personalization With Lift For a Superior Donor Experience
Brandy Reppy
Associate Director of Digital Operations
Memorial Sloan Kettering
3:00pm - 4:30pm