Drupal4People: Leveraging Human Centered Design & Responsible AI in Federal Digital Services

Video Description

speaker: Sara Reiss

As federal agencies modernize digital services, developers and designers face growing pressure to integrate emerging technologies—especially AI—while remaining grounded in ethical, accessible, and human-centered design practices. This session explores how to integrate Agentic AI into public-facing digital services built on Drupal, while aligning its deployment with human-centered principles to ensure increasing public trust, usability, and inclusion remain central.

Drawing on practical methodologies from human-centered design and systems thinking, we’ll explore how developers, designers, and PMs can collaborate to create ethical, AI-augmented experiences that serve the public good.

Key Takeaways:
Integrating Human-Centered Design principles into Drupal development for federal digital services.
Designing ethical, accessible AI front-end features that align with WCAG and Section 508 standards.
Establishing trust, transparency, and accountability in AI-powered user experiences.

Intended Audience:
This session is designed for federal Drupal developers, product managers, and digital service leads who are modernizing public-facing digital services and interested in integrating AI responsibly, improving usability, and aligning with digital government standards.