Global Drupal Training Day

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Thanks to Booz Allen Hamilton for hosting Drupal4Gov's half day and the January Drupal Global Training Day.
This event will be divided into FOUR groups - Please note that you can move between Groups 1 &amp; 2 during the breaks. However, the workshops will run in parallel and you are encouraged to stay for the full duration - Please select ONLY one ticket type. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. 
 
Group 1: Migrating to Drupal 8
You have Drupal experience and need to start looking at migrating to Drupal 8. (Computers are not required for this, but something to take notes on would be helpful.)
<UL>
<LI>How Do You Know You're Ready? Prep Work for D8 Migration - (Virginia Nguyen - <A HREF="https://www.boozallen.com/expertise/digital-solutions.html" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Booz Allen</A> , <A HREF="https://www.drupal.org/u/g3r4" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gerardo Maldonado</A> &amp; <A HREF="https://www.drupal.org/u/chbriceno" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carla Briceno</A> - <A HREF="https://www.bixal.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bixal</A>)</LI>
<LI>Theming: TWIG verses PHPTemplate (<A STYLE="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;" HREF="https://www.drupal.org/u/schiavone" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dan Schiavone</A> - <A STYLE="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;" HREF="https://www.snakehill.net/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SnakeHill</A>)</LI>
<LI>Migration Module (Alek Snyder – <A HREF="https://www.boozallen.com/expertise/digital-solutions.html" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Booz Allen</A>) </LI>
</UL>
 
Group 2: Getting Started with Drupal 8
You're new to Drupal and need to look at the concepts for building your first full site. You are not migrating a previous Drupal site, but do need to understand the steps beyond site building. (Computers are not required for this, but something to take notes on would be helpful.)
<UL>
<LI>Structured Content &amp; The Power of Paragraphs (Christen Geiler - <A HREF="https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/aspa/index.html" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HHS ASPA</A>, Sara Kieffer-Hess &amp; Nick Massa – <A HREF="https://www.boozallen.com/expertise/digital-solutions.html" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Booz Allen</A>)</LI>
<LI>Web Services: Content Syndication, Cognitive Search, Chatbot, and Amazon Echo Integration - (<A TITLE="Arash Farazdaghi" HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/afarazdaghi" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arash Farazdaghi</A> - <A HREF="https://www.boozallen.com/expertise/digital-solutions.html" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Booz Allen</A>)</LI>
<LI>Configuration - (<A HREF="https://www.drupal.org/u/johnshortess" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">John Shortess</A>  - <A HREF="https://www.bixal.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bixal</A>)</LI>
</UL>
 
Group 3: Build-A-Module Workshop
You are familar with Drupal and would like a primer on how to build modules for Drupal 8. (Please bring a computer with Drupal 8 pre-deployed in your local development environment.)
<UL>
<LI>Building Modules: Hands-on Module Building Workshop (Connor Hoehn, <A HREF="Alexandra%20Screven" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alexandra Screven</A>, <A HREF="http://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-li-92131229" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Helen Li</A> – <A HREF="https://www.boozallen.com/expertise/digital-solutions.html" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Booz Allen</A>)</LI>
</UL>
 
Group 4: DOCKER Workshop
<UL>
<LI>This workshop will walk you through how to build your own custom Docker container using Docker Compose. Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. You will walk away with the skills to build images that are easy to manage and update. You will have the basic dev-op skills to customize your containers to satisfy your specific project needs. (Please bring a computer) (<A HREF="https://www.drupal.org/u/richardcallen2386" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rich Allen</A> - <A HREF="https://www.bixal.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bixal</A>)</LI>
</UL>

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