WordCamp for Publishers – Denver
August 17-19 in Denver, Colorado
We’re excited to announce that videos are now available for all the talks in the auditorium. You can find them on each individual talk page on the schedule, or watch them all below or on our YouTube channel. They’ll also be on WordPress.tv very soon!
We’ve had a few folks write great recaps of the event. We wanted to share those with all of you:
7 Highlights from the First-Ever WordCamp for Publishers (Steph Yiu)
WordCamp for Publishers 2017 (Maura Teal)
Gutenberg and Publishers: unconference notes from WordCamp for Publishers (Aaron Jorbin)
WordCamp for Publishers: Taking in Denver’s natural beauty and some baseball (Dwayne McDaniel)
WPGraphQL at WordCamp for Publishers (Jason Bahl)
WordCamp of Publishers launch in Denver Colorado (Shifter)
We’ll have more recaps, transcripts, and videos in the coming weeks and hopefully some news about 2018! Thanks again to everyone that attended!
We’re less than a week away from WordCamp for Publishers! We wanted to share some details about Contributor Day, which will be held Saturday, August 19 at The Denver Post, the same place as the rest of the conference.
Contributor days are in-person opportunities to give back to open source projects. At WordCamp, it’s only natural we work on WordPress-related efforts. This is not just a “developer thing” – open source needs people from all different backgrounds and disciplines.
Doors open at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. WordPress Core contributor Aaron Jorbin will kick off the event at 10:30 a.m., followed by brief presentations from two projects that’ll be ready to welcome volunteers of all skill levels:
Aaron, RC, Joe, Jeff, and other volunteers throughout the event will be able to assist with local development setup, using PHP CodeSniffer, submitting patches, etc. Non-developers can help groom tickets, check for accessibility, and work on design and UX research.
Other projects/maintainers will also have a chance during the opening to pitch what they’re working on, so that folks can connect and collaborate.
Around 2:45 p.m. we’ll gather and share what we worked on. Afterwards, we’ll keep the conversation going in Slack.
Conference tickets are required for Contributor Day. Remaining tickets will be available for a limited time here.
We just wanted to let everyone know that our official hashtag for the event is #wcpub. Please use it or mention @wcpublishers when tweeting about the event.
We can’t wait to see you all next week!
We’re excited to see you in Denver next week! As part of preparations, you’re probably asking if you need to do anything to prepare, besides pack your bags. We’ve got some things for you to look forward to, including workshops, the schedule, and travel directions.
Along with our main presentation track, we will also be offering five hands-on workshops. If you’re interested in a workshop, workshop leaders can tell you about any prep you’ll need to do, like setting up a local development environment. If you’re not sure which workshop you’ll attend, you can still decide day-of, but plan on showing up a bit early to catch up on any prep work.
Here are the workshops:
Here’s our complete conference schedule.
Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. and presentations begin at 9:30 a.m. each morning. We have a fantastic mix of workshops, presentations, and panels. We’ve also created space for unconference sessions, so if there’s a conversation you’d like to facilitate, let us know.
We’ll have three breaks throughout the conference day including a longer lunch break, and we hope you all take advantage of the “hallway track.” To keep the conversations going, on Thursday night we’ll be heading to Denver’s RiNo district for a brewery tour, and on Friday we’ll have an afterparty at Wynkoop Brewing. Saturday is all about Contributor Day, where folks will be collaborating on discussions and open source projects that benefit publishers. Once the conference wraps, we’ll all be heading to a Rockies game at 6pm on Saturday night.
Lucky for us, Denver is an easy city to get around. You can get into the city from the airport for $9 using the A-Rail. Once you’re downtown, you can use the free MallRide or MetroRide (limited hours) to get around to various destinations, including our conference venue, The Denver Post (it’s right next to Civic Center Park). We’ve created a handy guide to transportation for the conference, we hope it’s useful!
If you have any questions, please email journalist@wordcamp.org.
See ya in Denver!
We want to thank all of our Silver sponsors!
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