Events

  • WordCamp Europe 2016 Livestream Recordings Now Available

    WordCamp Europe 2016 Livestream Recordings Now Available

    If you missed out on attending WordCamp Europe 2016 in Vienna or were not able to attend all the sessions you wanted to see, check out the raw livestream feeds now available on the event’s website. Each day’s sessions are broken down into recordings for morning and afternoon, separated by track: Track 1 Livestream Track…

  • WordSesh 4 Scheduled for August 19-20

    WordSesh 4 Scheduled for August 19-20

    WordSesh 4 will take place August 19-20. Organized by Scott Basgaard, WordSesh is like a virtual WordCamp except there is one session per hour for 24 hours. Mark your calendars! WordSesh 4 will be held on August 19-20. More details and info to come. #WordSesh #WordPress — WordSesh (@WordSesh) June 27, 2016 WordSesh 4 falls…

  • WordCamp Europe 2017 Will Be in Paris, France, June 16-18

    WordCamp Europe 2017 Will Be in Paris, France, June 16-18

    WordCamp Europe took place over the weekend in Vienna with nearly 1900 attendees on the ground and more than 1,000 tickets claimed for live streaming. The event received 150 micro-sponsorships and support from more companies than ever before. During the closing remarks, lead organizer Petya Raykovska announced that WordCamp Europe 2017 will be held in…

  • WordCamp Europe 2016 Kicks Off Today in Vienna

    WordCamp Europe 2016 Kicks Off Today in Vienna

    WordCamp Europe 2016 will begin bright and early this morning in the halls of the Leopold Museum and the Baroque suites of the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna. The sold-out event is the largest WordCamp to date with 2,200 attendees expected. Magnificent stage at Track 1 #WCEU pic.twitter.com/KLGKlbp9Hp — Milan Ivanović #WCASIA (@lanche86) June 23, 2016 While…

  • WordCamp US 2016 Speaker Applications Now Open

    WordCamp US 2016 Speaker Applications Now Open

    The wheels are already turning for WordCamp US 2016, which will be held in Philadelphia, PA, December 2-4. Tickets went on sale just days after the 2015 event concluded and today organizers opened speaker applications. Speakers should be prepared to present to a large audience. The inaugural WordCamp US sold 1,788 tickets and 865 people…

  • PHP[World] 2016 Call for Speakers Now Open, WordPress Sessions Welcome

    PHP[World] 2016 Call for Speakers Now Open, WordPress Sessions Welcome

    PHP[World] 2016 will be held November 14-18 in Washington, D.C. This will be the third edition of the conference, which aims to bring together the various sub-communities that are linked by the PHP programming language (including Drupal, WordPress, CakePHP, Magento, Laravel, and others.) The call for speakers opened today and organizers welcome submissions from the…

  • WordCamp Northeast Ohio a Smashing Success

    WordCamp Northeast Ohio a Smashing Success

    This past weekend I attended WordCamp North East Ohio held in downtown Kent, OH, organized by Rich Robinkoff and Angela Bergmann. The Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center served as the venue and main hotel for the event. The convenience of having the hotel and venue be in the same building can not be…

  • A Week of REST Developer Workshop to be Held in Matlock, Derbyshire in September

    A Week of REST Developer Workshop to be Held in Matlock, Derbyshire in September

    Matlock, Derbyshire, formerly known as a picturesque spa resort town, will be host to the next WordPress REST API conference organized by Human Made the week of September 5-9. A Week of REST is designed to be an immersive bootcamp experience for developers who want to learn how to build websites and applications using the…

  • WordCamp Belfast Set for October 2016, Tickets Now on Sale

    WordCamp Belfast Set for October 2016, Tickets Now on Sale

    Earlier this year the organizers of WordPress meetup groups in Belfast and Dublin started collaborating on hosting WordCamps with a shared leadership team. The inaugural WordCamp Belfast is now set for October 1-2, 2016, and an event in Dublin is tentatively scheduled for April 2017. The conference will be held in the Peter Froggatt Centre…

  • How WordCamp London’s Social Event Was More Inclusive Without Removing Alcohol

    How WordCamp London’s Social Event Was More Inclusive Without Removing Alcohol

    When we asked whether or not WordCamp afterparties should be alcohol free, WP Tavern readers responded passionately. A majority of commenters argued that the afterparty is a social event and that alcohol is a social lubricant established in societies across the world. “Although I completely understand the discussion and the sentiments that surround it, it’s…

  • Should WordCamp Afterparties Be Alcohol Free?

    Should WordCamp Afterparties Be Alcohol Free?

    Inspired by an article published on Red Queen Coder on the pervasiveness of alcohol in the programming community, Gary Pendergast, WordPress core contributor asked the following question on Twitter, “Has anyone been to WordCamps that removed the alcohol focus from afterparties?” It feels like the WordPress community has the same problem. Has anyone been to…

  • Kyiv, Ukraine to Host Its First Official WordCamp in September 2016

    Kyiv, Ukraine to Host Its First Official WordCamp in September 2016

    The first official WordCamp in Ukraine will be held in Kyiv at the Incom Business Center on September 24-25. For the past three years, the WordPress community in Ukraine has gathered for conferences and meetups organized under the WP Kitchen name. The WordCamp Kyiv organization team, led by Anna Kramar, includes three members of the…

  • WordCamp Europe to Offer Free Live Streaming for All Sessions

    WordCamp Europe to Offer Free Live Streaming for All Sessions

    WordCamp Europe 2016 is sold out as of last week. With 2200 people expected to attend, it will be the largest WordPress event in history. Attendees representing 68 different countries will gather in Vienna for two days of sessions and networking on June 24-25th. Those unable to attend the event can now sign up for…

  • WordCamp Incubator Program to Launch in Indonesia, Zimbabwe, and Colombia

    WordCamp Incubator Program to Launch in Indonesia, Zimbabwe, and Colombia

    After receiving 182 applications from cities all over the world, the WordPress Community Team has selected three locations for the WordCamp Incubator program: Denpasar, Indonesia Harare, Zimbabwe Medellín, Colombia Representatives from the thirteen other short-listed locations are encouraged to organize a local WordPress meetup and will have the help of Community Team mentors as needed.…

  • WordCamp Chicago 2016 Was a Deep Dish of Fun

    WordCamp Chicago 2016 Was a Deep Dish of Fun

    WordCamp Chicago 2016 was held at University Center in the heart of Chicago, IL, where more than 300 attendees spent the weekend learning about WordPress. The event was organized by Ryan Erwin and a team of volunteers. Tracks were split up into three separate rooms limiting the amount of background noise during sessions. Giving attendees…