Schedule

Backdrop LIVE - April 2024

The schedule for this event will be built by participants from now through the day of the event. Topics will be added to the schedule based upon requests that we receive during registration. Keep coming back to this page to watch the schedule grow.

NOTE: When arriving in Zoom, you may need to select a break-out room. 

Block A

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Slot 1: 8:00 am America/Los_Angeles - April 3, 2025
Welcome to Backdrop LIVE!
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): stpaultim, quicksketch
Slot 2: 9:00 am America/Los_Angeles - April 3, 2025
Introduction to Backdrop CMS
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): jenlampton
Let's talk about AI
Room: Breakout Room 2
Host(s): keiserjb
Slot 3: 10:00 am America/Los_Angeles - April 3, 2025
What will happen in Backdrop 2.x?
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): jenlampton

Block B

Sessions in Block B are likely to be recorded, live-streamed, and posted publicly. If you are not comfortable being recorded, please disable your video and/or audio, and feel free to change your name on Zoom.
Slot 4: 2:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - April 3, 2025
Backdrop for Beginners - Content Types and Fields
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): TBD
How your contrib repo can help to grow Backdrop
Room: Breakout Room 2
Host(s): yorkshirepudding
Theming Backdrop
Room: Breakout Room 3
Host(s): Sarvasri
Slot 5: 3:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - April 3, 2025
Backdrop for Beginners - Views (dynamic lists of your content)
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): TBD
Moving from Pantheon to Amezmo
Room: Breakout Room 2
Host(s): jenlampton, rmccullagh
Theming Continued
Room: Breakout Room 3
Host(s): Sarvasri
Slot 6: 4:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - April 3, 2025
Backdrop for Beginners - Layouts
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): TBD
Questions about Amezmo
Room: Breakout Room 2
Host(s): klonos, rmccullagh
Porting modules from Drupal to Backdrop
Room: Breakout Room 3
Host(s):

Block C

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Slot 7: 8:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - April 3, 2025
Backdrop Upgrade Status (a Drupal 7 module)
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): jenlampton
DDev for Backdrop CMS
Room: Breakout Room 2
Host(s): stpaultim
Slot 8: 9:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - April 3, 2025
CKEditor 5 - Upgrade and Caveats
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): quicksketch

Block D

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We are looking for volunteers to help recruit participants and topics for this block.
Slot 10: 2:00 am America/Los_Angeles - April 4, 2025
Open Q&A
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): yorkshirepudding

Block E

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Slot 13: 8:00 am America/Los_Angeles - April 4, 2025
Case study: Moving six sites (and counting) to Backdrop at Penn State University
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): laryn, aitala
Business of Backdrop / Consultants Round Table
Room: Breakout Room 2
Host(s): stpaultim
Slot 14: 9:00 am America/Los_Angeles - April 4, 2025
What can we learn from Modern Drupal Layout system?
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): stpaultim
Upgrading a Drupal 7/CiviCRM site to Backdrop CMS
Room: Breakout Room 2
Host(s): herb
Slot 15: 10:00 am America/Los_Angeles - April 4, 2025
Sharpening tools for migrating Drupal 7 sites to Backdrop CMS
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): irinaz
Configuration Recipes
Room: Breakout Room 2
Host(s): stpaultim

Block F

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Slot 16: 2:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - April 4, 2025
Hosting Backdrop sites
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): oadaeh
Slot 17: 3:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - April 4, 2025
How to make CSS changes to Core?
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): stpaultim
Slot 18: 4:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - April 4, 2025
Closing Session
Room: Breakout Room 1
Host(s): jenlampton