As part of it's commitment to adopt open source software "where it delivers best value for money" the UK Government has successfully used Drupal in a wide variety of projects. Drupal For Government showcases the work of several government departments with an evening of presentations and discussion organised by the London Drupal Community in association with Capgemini. If all tickets are taken please add yourself to the waiting list, which will also enable us to notify you of future Drupal events. Presentations Presentations will start at 6:15 p.m. Introduction To DrupalOverview of Drupal, and why it's well used on government projects.Robert Castelo, CTO, Code Positive Care Quality Commission And DrupalCase study of deployment, configuration management, and search on the CQC project.Dave Stuart, Head of Technology and Director, Axis12 Government Open Source Action PlanGovernment strategy on open source, it's implementation and challenges.Tariq Rashid, Lead Architect, HOIT Technology Solutions & Assurance, Home Office Responsive Design the New AccessibilityLewis Nyman, Designer and Front End Developer, Capgemini Building Data.govCase study on building of one of the most famous Drupal sites in the world - Data.gov. Evan will cover everything from the stack, development to deployment and ckan integration.Evan King, Team Lead, Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office Running A Perfect Government ProjectThe launch of a high profile project like Parent View under intense media scrutiny is fraught with challenges. In collaboration with the Digital team at Ofsted, iO1 succeeded in delivering this innovative concept on-time, within budget, and without issues.Paul Jenkins, New Media Manager, Ofsted Prizes As usual we have books to give away from Packt Publishing and O'Reilly: Drupal Web Services Programming The Semantic Web Food and Drink Free food and drinks will be available at 7 p.m. Pub After Event We will move to a pub after the last presentation at 9 p.m., please register here to get more info on the Drupal pub event. Online The tag for this event is #drupal_ldn, all presentations will be available after the event, and we may be providing live streaming. What Is Drupal? Out of the box Drupal provides a rich toolset for quickly setting up and maintaining a website, including content management and advanced community building features.Drupal is also framework for rapid development, so new features such as eCommerce can be quickly added by installing a plug in from a library of existing modules, over 10,000 currently available - or you can develop your own modules and plug them in. Who's Using Drupal? The White House, MTV UK, The Economist....and many more. You've probably been to many Drupal sites without realising it! Organisers Robert Castelo is a founding member of the Drupal UK community, and a director at Drupal specialist consultancy Code Positive. Platinum Sponsors Capgemini Capgemini is running some of the largest and most advanced Drupal programmes in the world, and an increasing number all the time. Capgemini is hiring new Drupal talent at all levels - to find out more please contact django.beatty@capgemini.com or alexandra.dema@capgemini.com Gold Sponsors IXIS Ixis are a Drupal development, support and hosting agency with over 8 years experience. Our Drupal clients include, the British Council, Times Education, The Association of Corporate Treasurers, Barclays and UK General.
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