We could not be more excited that two of our favorite DC events – Capital Camp and Drupal 4 Gov – are merging! The combined event, happening July 30th through August 1st at the National Institutes of Health, promises to be one of the most informative and inspiring conferences on Drupal and  open source in government yet. Phase2 is proud to be a platinum sponsor of what is sure to be an action-packed conference in the nation’s capital, our hometown.

We’ve lined up 10 of our all-stars to present sessions at this year’s event (we told you we were excited!). Whether you’re interested in design, collaboration, or custom government solutions, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a sneak peek at our speaker roster…

content management solutions for government

Kick off your Capital Camp experience with a case study on How San Mateo County Is Raising the Bar with OpenPublic. Experience Director Shawn Mole and Program Director Felicia Haynes will discuss the technical challenges that San Mateo faced as a local government, and how they utilized Phase2’s Drupal distribution to overcome those obstacles. For more details on OpenPublic, catch OpenPublic 1.0: The Next Generation of Open Source Government Sites, presented by Shawn Mole and Greg Wilson, Director of Public Sector Practice at Phase2. Then learn how to create a “Sleep at Night CMS” with Senior Developer Randall Knutson.

 design and user experience

Necessary Capital Camp preparation: put these three sessions from Phase2’s front-end masterminds on your agenda. Start with Senior Developer Mason Wendell, who knows that great design, like jazz, needs both harmony and discord. His session, Thinking Inside the Box X3, will focus on component-driven design. Senior Designer Joey Groh will expose a real projects’ collaborative design process in his session, Collaborative Design to the Rescue: Photoshop in a post-Photoshop World. Finally, in his talk Amazing Design Through Empathy, Senior Experience Analyst David Spira will illustrate how to use empathy to improve all aspects of product design, from requirements gathering to user research and everything in between.

 collaboration

Drupal has already proven to be a viable alternative to proprietary models for government CMS. Now Open Atrium is helping Drupal provide government agencies with an enterprise grade, open source platform to connect teams, departments and constituents. Learn from Greg Wilson and Mike Potter, Open Atrium’s Lead Architect, how OA2 addresses government collaboration needs in their talk, Open Source Collaboration for Government with Open Atrium. For a story of true open source collaboration and innovation, check out Director of Engineering Steven Merrill’s session on OpenShift and Drupal.

configuration, testing and site building

In recent years, Open Data has evolved from a buzzword to a reality to a requirement for governments, NPOs and NGOs globally. To explore what Open Data is, how to use it, and what it means to your organization’s website and its followers, stop by Senior Developer Robert Bates’ session, Open Data: Not Just a Buzzword. For more advanced developers, Steven Merrill will present on Open Source Logging and Metrics Tools, in which he will dive into the logging infrastructure of drupal.org and how you can apply the same tooling to your own sites. Finally, learn Best Practices for Development, Deployment, and Distributions from Mike Potter.

Be sure to visit our exhibitor booth to learn more about Phase2 and our people,  and of course  to grab some infamous Phase2 swag!  Are you attending Capital Camp and Drupal Days? What sessions are on your must-see list? Let us know below!