Acquia Engage

Agenda & Sessions

Monday, October 16

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Pre-Conference Workshops

(To be held at Acquia @ 53 State Street/limited space/separate fee)

9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM Digital Portfolio OR Implementing Continuous Delivery on Acquia Cloud

1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM Acquia Lift: Incorporating Personalization into Your Digital Program OR Acquia Lift: Installer and Technical Owner Training

3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM ACSF: Preparing for Multisite Delivery and Governance OR Elements of Success: Acquia Cloud Site Factory

4:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Registration Open

6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Eat. Drink. Gather. in Partner Pavilion

Tuesday, October 17

7:30 AM to 8:30 AM

Partner Pavilion + Breakfast

Welcome

Lynne Capozzi, CMO, Acquia

From Content Management to Customer Journeys

Dries Buytaert, Chief Technology Officer, Acquia & Founder & Project Lead, Drupal

Architecting Our Digital Transformation to Accelerate Growth

Jeff Srour, Vice President IT - Global Marketing Services, Johnson & Johnson

Less Dogma, More Transformation: Winning in digital with hard skills, hard work, and hard choices

Brandon Geary, Global Chief Strategy Officer, POSSIBLE

John Cunningham, Global Chief Technology Officer, POSSIBLE

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM

Partner Pavilion + Break

10:30 AM TO 11:30 AM TRACK SESSIONS

Build

Automating Management of Large Scale Drupal

John Starr, Business Analyst, University of Minnesota

Jim Hart, PHP and Front-end Developer, University of Minnesota

Transforming Centura Health’s Digital (Web) Ecosystem

Kevin Guill, Director of Digital Strategy, Centura Health

Chris Greatens, Director & Drupal Practice Lead, HS2 Solutions

Inspire

Digital Experiences Are Made Not Born: Becoming Digitally Fit

Melanie Poitras, Senior Director, Customer Experience & Analyst Relations, Acquia

Focus On

Decoupled Drupal and Universal JavaScript

Preston So, Director of Research and Innovation, Acquia

11:30 AM TO 12:30 PM TRACK SESSIONS

Build

Drupal 9 and Backward Compatibility: Why Now is the Time to Upgrade to Drupal 8

Angie Byron, Sr. Director, Product and Development, Acquia

How Planet Fitness Delivered a Modern, Digital Experience for Its Customers

Chris Lavoie, VP of Information Systems, Planet Fitness

Kate King, Digital Marketing Manager, Planet Fitness

Inspire

Never Too Big To Be Agile

Christian Mouton, Global Client Lead: Nestlé, Wunderman

Monique Afonso, Client Lead: Nestlé, Wunderman

Challenges and Opportunities in the New Content Era

Nadine Stahlman, Managing Director, Accenture

Communities: Making a Difference with Drupal

Nathan Maehren, SVP of Digital Experience, YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities

Dr. Jeffrey Burns, Chief of Critical Care and Chair of the iCU Governance Committee, Boston Children's Hospital

Lynne Capozzi, CMO, Acquia

The Next Journey

Chris Stone, Chief Products Officer, Acquia

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Partner Pavilion + Break

3:30 PM TO 4:30 PM TRACK SESSIONS

Build

Customer Journeys: Building and Managing the Future of Digital Experiences

Dave Ingram, Product Strategist, Acquia

The Uberification of the Online Shopping Experience is Upon Us

Peter Sheldon, VP Strategy, Magento

David Aponovich, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Acquia

Inspire

Alexa, Ask GeorgiaGov: Better Citizen Engagement with Amazon Echo and Drupal 7

Nikhil Deshpande, Director, GeorgiaGov Interactive

Kendra Skeene, Director of Product, GeorgiaGov Interactive

Preston So, Director of Research and Innovation, Acquia

Chris Hamper, Labs Engineer, Acquia

Focus On

Site Factory: Building the Factory of the Future

Chris DeGrace, Senior Product Manager for Site Factory, Acquia

Beth Linker, Director of Product Management for Acquia Cloud and Site Factory, Acquia

4:30 PM TO 5:30 PM TRACK SESSIONS

Build

Drupal at New Depths: Diverse Approaches to Decoupled Drupal

Phil Harding, Director of Technology Solutions and Services, Powdr

Subbu Hariharan, Architect and Lead, Princess@Sea, Princess Cruises

Jeffrey Raymond, Managing Director, The American Institute of Architects

Chris Cruz, Co-Founder, Head of Product Strategy & Project Management, Hoorooh Digital

How Enterprise Organizations Keep Up in the Digital Age

Allie Eskelsen, UX Designer, Nestlé Purina

Inspire

No More Holiday Readiness Nightmares: How Headless Commerce Architectures with Cloud Native Scalability Drive Change

Manjush Cheruveedu, Senior Director of Technology, SapientRazorfish

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Engage Awards

Joe Wykes, SVP of Global Partnerships and Commerce, Acquia

9:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Late Night @ The Acquia Blue Drop Lounge

Wednesday, October 18

7:30 AM to 8:30 AM

Partner Pavilion + Breakfast

The Next Frontier of Sports Media

Eric Black, Chief Technology Officer, NBC Sports

Tom Erickson, Chief Executive Officer, Acquia

The Commerce Evolution: Importance of Leveraging Data, Content and Brand Identity

Libby Morgan, Chief Client Officer, Optaros

Neal Prescott, Global Chief Technology Officer, MRM//McCann

The Four - What to Do

Scott Galloway, Clinical Professor, NYU Stern School of Business

10:30 AM TO 11:30 AM TRACK SESSIONS

Build

Content Recommendations: The 'Best Next' Personalization

Ted Ottey, Product Manager, Acquia

Charting Success with Acquia Digital Asset Manager

Tony Rems, CTO, Hero Digital

Inspire

Your Content, Everywhere: The Omnichannel Outlook with Acquia Labs

Preston So, Director of Research and Innovation, Acquia

Focus On

Commerce & the Customer Experience: Navigating the Perfect Storm

Laura Brooks, Vice President of Commerce, Acquia

11:30 AM TO 12:30 PM TRACK SESSIONS

Build

Decoupled Drupal with JavaScript: The What and Why of the Trend

Beth Linker, Director, Cloud Product Strategy, Acquia

How to Be a Digital Platform Hero

Kelvin Lim, Manager of Digital Operations, Roche Diabetes Care

Tom Solodyna, Director of Global Software Development, Nasdaq

Brian Mackey, Director of Marketing Technology and Data Services, IBM

Inspire

Baffled by Brilliance: Machine Learning as the Next Great UX Challenge

Katherine Bailey, Principal Data Scientist, Acquia

Focus On

Decoupled Drupal and Universal JavaScript

Preston So, Director of Research and Innovation, Acquia

Innovation Out of Its Silo

Matt Webb, Global CTO, Mirum

Transformation: Yes, it takes a village

Jeff Geheb, Chief Technology Officer, VML

Panel: Big Ideas in Digital

Romy Bolton, Director, Enterprise Services Development, Integration, Delivery, The University of Iowa

Ron Myers, Corporate VP of Digital Marketing and Operations, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Natalie Kerrigan, Director of Digital Technology Development, Whole Foods Market

It’s A Wrap: Sommelier Secrets of Blind Tasting

Christopher Hoel, Founder, Harper's Club

It’s A Wrap Reception