Open Atrium 2.0, a Drupal distribution, is the leading open source solution for providing a platform to communicate, collaborate, and manage knowledge for organizations with teams, clients, or affiliates who need to collaborate. From multi-brand corporations to geographically dispersed companies; from national nonprofits to international aid efforts; from networks of government agencies to local or national political campaigns; Atrium connects teams with knowledge.

In this panel session, we will bring together representatives from (at least) 3 organizations who use Open Atrium 2 along with representatives from Phase2, to compare their case studies and to discuss:

- Collaboration goals and challenges
- Their specific use cases and why they chose Open Atrium and Drupal
- Tried and tested best practice for collaboration in Open Atrium
- Future collaboration plans

Get real insight into how organizations are using Open Atrium and Drupal, and learn best practices for how to get an Open Atrium platform started in your organization.

Panelists

Dirk Hacker, developer at the Stowers Institute of Medical Research

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research seeks to improve life's quality
through innovative research and approaches to the causes, treatment and
prevention of diseases. Open Atrium 2 was chosen as the collaboration
platform to enable scientists to better collaborate on common causes and
create awareness so that previously unknown opportunities and ideas may be
shared in the pursuit of cures.

Pam Barry-Santos, developer at EarthCube

EarthCube is community-led project spanning across the geosciences. Its
aim is to develop a framework over the next decade that will allow
researchers to collaborate and share data across disciplines. Currently,
there are 15 NSF-funded project teams and about 25 special interest groups
working on EarthCube. Our project involves acting as the coordinating body
for all of those projects, so we need to enable cross-project collaboration
in every way possible, which includes building an EarthCube web platform.

James Carlson, founder of Bucket Brigade

The Bucket Brigade uses Open Atrium to help small to mid-sized companies,
nonprofits, and teams collaborate. We teach them to use Atrium for
everything from brainstorming business ideas, to creating a culture of
accountability, to sharing knowledge more effectively.