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Front End Wizardry - What Does a Responsive Workflow Look Like? davidleininger It’s not just Responsive any more. We’ve got Retina, Icon Fonts, and plenty of other new dilemmas to deal with. We’ll chat about tools and apps that can help make your workflow faster and easier when... Intermediate Frontend
Frontend R.I.D.E. (how we made Grammy.com beautiful) webthingee, carwin RIDE (Responisve Implementation from Design Expectations) Storyline: The scene opens and we fine our hero (the frontend developer) faced with what seems an impossible, insurmountable, and... Beginner Frontend
Frontiers of CSS: Its Past, Present, and Future in Drupal prestonso Over the last several years, advancements in CSS have proceeded at a breakneck pace. This session will examine the current state of CSS, where it is headed, and its future in Drupal, with a focus on... Advanced Frontend
Functional PHP Crell Functional programming. Some see that term and think "functions? You mean procedural programming. I've been doing that for years." Others see it and think "you mean that crazy academic nonsense... Intermediate Coding + Development
Funding your Drupal project heyrocker Everyone has projects they want to code, and nobody has the time to do it, and the main reason there is no time is because everyone has to work to pay their rent, feed the cat, attend camps, etc.... Beginner Coding + Development
Getting Shit Done! (Drupal, Agile Web Development, & Low Risk Project Management) jasonmark Project Manager.  Producer.  Account Manager. Nag. Regardless of what you call it, the success of your project is determined by the management of your project. In this session we'll dissect... Beginner Business + Strategy
Getting to Awesome: How to Become an All-Drupal Shop DuoKelly If you didn't start out as an all-Drupal shop, how do you get to be one? what's the process? This session will focus on the real-world implications of becoming an all-Drupal firm by describing the... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Getting Twiggy with it ronnbot, Gekiboy Twig is a flexible template engine for PHP which helps make templates readable by a front-end developer. It's also the template engine which will be coming bundled with Drupal 8. In this talk we look... Beginner Frontend
Git and the Drupal Database MKorostoff Drupal's reliance on database-level configuration is both a blessing and a curse. While in-browser site building drastically reduces the Drupal learning curve, enables rapid prototyping, and shortens... Intermediate Coding + Development
Git workflows bryanhirsch This will be a fast-paced tour through the wonderful world of version control with Git. Whether you're a lone ranger or a team, a small fish or a big enterprise fish, if you don't love Git yet this... Intermediate Coding + Development
Going Beyond the Magic: Codifying Culture to Build a Kick Ass Team matt westgate Have you ever wanted to take vacation but didn't know who to ask? Have you wanted to attend a Drupalcon but didn't know if your company had an event policy? Ever wanted to vent but didn't know... Beginner Business + Strategy
Growing and Managing Drupal Organisations jannekalliola The success of any IT project, Drupal site development included, depends on the people. The key to success is hiring only good people, avoiding mediocrity, and growing the knowledge of the team with... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Hack your team, your department, and your organization for the greater good jmertic Many of us complain about how "pointy hair bosses", ridiculous IT policies, and a culture of complacency make it difficult if not impossible to function successfully as a developer. But how can the... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Hard problems (placeholder) chx I have no idea yet what the hard problem of the time will be but I am certain we will have some hard problem to hash out Intermediate Core Conversations
Hardcore Drupal Caching: Cache Me if You Can ohthehugemanatee There are sessions about caching for beginners, that explain the basic concepts. There are sessions about caching for intermediates, that tell you how cool Varnish is. This is not one of those... Advanced Coding + Development
Healthy Drupal 7 Upgrades: A Case Study of upgrading County HealthRankings.org jennjohnson, setvik Are you considering a major Drupal upgrade? Forum One will present lessons learned from our recent Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 migration of a complex, data-driven website – County Health Rankings... Intermediate Business + Strategy
Hi My Name Is Average Joe meltonml Learn how to deal with the challenges of designing and building a website for site editors with no design or web building experience. As a CMS, Drupal offers a significant number of benefits. A... Intermediate Site Building
High fidelity Drupal theming dead_arm Implementing designs that are ill-suited or counter-intuitive to Drupal's structure and UI patterns can be frustrating for even the most seasoned Drupal themers. We'll discuss front-end areas that... Intermediate Frontend
High-Performance Drupal: Server Architecture rgristroph A basic overview of the standard "best practices" server architecture for Drupal (the "Mercury stack") will be covered, as well as extending it to clusters of servers. We will discuss evolutions... Intermediate DevOps
Hiring from wide open talent pools: practical steps for screening and growing new Drupalists kay_v, jesse.d This presentation focuses on practical strategies for identifying and training/transitioning new talent from outside the Drupal community. To keep the discussion concrete, we lay hiring profiles... Advanced Business + Strategy

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