Summit Agenda
Welcome to the NEDSummit on Higher Education, where Drupal experts and educators come together to discuss the latest trends and developments in the world of Drupal and higher education.
Check-in to the Higher-Ed Summit, grab some breakfast and network before the summit begins.
A welcome to the summit and overview of the day.
University websites are more than just information hubs—they are platforms for civic identity, public trust and community connection. As Drupal developers, designers, digital strategists and more, you are shaping the narratives students and the broader public encounter first.
Summit attendees will break out into groups and participate in discussions centered around a central topic and guiding questions.
Take a short break and refuel with some coffee or tea.
For a long time, the website redesign has been the standard of digital reinvention. New look and feel, maybe a new CMS, some snappy taglines and spiffy features — ta-da, all done!
Summit attendees will break out into groups and participate in discussions centered around a central topic and guiding questions.
Break for lunch.
A few remarks to get the summit going after the lunch break.
From Google’s AI Overviews to ChatGPT, generative AI is changing how our target audiences find and consume information. Join us to learn what this shift means for Higher-Ed marketing and communications and how we can adapt our content to remain visible, accessible, and accurate.
Summit attendees will break out into groups and participate in discussions centered around a central topic and guiding questions.
Take a short break and refuel with some coffee or tea.
In this session, we will present a case study of a collaborative project between Rutgers University Department of Communications and Marketing and the Cheppers to modernize the Rutgers Core Component Library (RCCL) platform and redesign the rutgers.edu homepage.
Summit attendees will break out into groups and participate in discussions centered around a central topic and guiding questions.
Split into groups to discuss with other attendees specific topics or questions that impact working with Drupal in Higher-Ed. These discussion topics will be selected by summit attendees throughout the day.
A few brief remarks to close out the summit.
Stick around the summit training room to network with fellow attendees.