WordCamp US 2016 will be a 3-day camp held on 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December 2016. This camp is filled with workshops and presentations. All sort of public will attend this event.
Venue:
WordCamp US 2016 will be held in Philadelphia, PA, the US at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Tickets:
Register on below site for being part of the event:
https://2016.us.wordcamp.org/tickets/
Schedule:
Day 1 – 2nd December 2016 – Friday
The session conducted on the 1st day will be segregated into 3 different tracks at different venues:
Track 1 – Independence – Room 121
Track 2 – Liberty Bell – Room 120
Track 3 – Kite & Key – Room 119
The session will begin with Registration session at 8:00 AM. Followed by this, a healthy session of yoga will be hosted by Erica Varlese. From designers to bloggers, customers to developers all will do few exercise and yoga to keep themselves fit.
Next will be the Opening Remarks session. In this, all the speakers will give their introduction to the campers. They will share their work experiences too.
Track 1 – Independence – Room 121
Cory Miller will share his personal experience about how he managed his WordPress-powered website. Along with this, the speaker will tell about all the problems he faced during the development process.
In the next session, Cameron Barrett will conduct a case story about How Newark Public Schools cut their annual website technology budget in half by migrating to WordPress from a closed-source, proprietary, expensive, vendor-controlled SaaS CMS.
In the next conference, Pippin Williamson will cover some questions regarding plugin development, business, managing a team, life, and other subjects. He will also give answers to these questions.
After this, there will be an hour Lunch Break held from 12:15 to 13:15. Here attendees will be served with some mouthwatering dishes.
Post lunch break, Éverton Rosário will demonstrate the detailed structure on how any web link shared on Facebook platform differs from an Instant Article ready link. Along with this, the speaker will show the workflow of the open source community.
Next to this, Topher De Rosia will talk about the people of WordPress. Along with this, the speaker will share some famous stories that have been published on HeroPress.com.
The next conference will be undertaken by Courtney O Callaghan. She will show that why and how WordPress is important for a blog. She will give the brief review of the current state of technology in museums after using WordPress. At last, the speaker will share the different ways to involved in OS community.
Chris Lema will show how Blog help in finding the voice of the business. Along with this, the speaker will show how a blog helps in making your brand presence strong.
Track 2 – Liberty Bell – Room 120
Tammie Lister will go through the different problems related to designs. Along with this, the speaker will give the tips to begin the design.
In the next session, Sara Cannon will talk about WordPress creativity. In this session, the campers will come across different creative methodology and strategies.
Next to this, Marc Coleman will talk about the diversity and the design team. Along with this, the speaker will tell the way to create teams that value open participation by employees with different perspectives and personalities.
In the next conference, Karl Kevilus will share his professional experience of working with the FBI to create BanditTracker.
After this, Petya Raykovska will list some challenges presented by the REST API, especially for non-developers.
Track 3 – Kite & Key – Room 119
Lisa Yoder will share some creative ways to utilise version control in a nontechnical capacity.
In the next session, Lisa Melegari will conduct a guide based session covering all area about WordPress Blogs. Along with this, the speaker will share some tips to communicate with content creators.
Next to this, Ryan Markel will go through different principles of code review. Along with this, the speaker will some examples of code review.
Next conference will be headed by Andrea Zoellner. She will provide top 5 newsroom tips for better website content.
After this, Mel Choyce will talk about A/B testing, usability testing, and constant iteration she made gradual improvements to WordPress.com’s NUX.
Troy Dean will talk about online education communities with WordPress. Here in this session, the attendees will come across a detailed case study on how WordPress can be used to deliver online education courses.
Day 2 – 3rd December 2016 – Saturday
Track 1 – Independence – Room 121
Scott Taylor will conduct a case study that highlight how NYT(New York Times) uses WordPress’ built-in i18n capabilities, generates translation files using Gulp.
In the next session, Ines van Essen will show the significant of synchronous communication across platforms. The speaker will focus different areas including tone of voice, choice of platform and rules of engagement.
After this, there will be Lunch Break held from 12:15 to 13:45. Here attendees will be served with some mouthwatering dishes.
John Maeda will talk about computational design and inclusion. Along with this, the speaker will share some smart approaches to designed products and service.
Track 2 – Liberty Bell – Room 120
Joost de Valk will talk about WordPress SEO 2016. Along with this, the speaker will cover the most important aspects of a good WordPress SEO strategy.
In the next session, Lisa Sabin-Wilson will show campers that how they build intranet portals for government and business operations and training using BuddyPress.
After this, there will be Lunch Break held from 12:15 to 13:45. Here attendees will be served with some mouthwatering dishes.
Svetlana Kouznetsova will highlight the deaf-friendly WordPress. Along with this, the speaker will talk about video captioning and sign language.
Track 3 – Kite & Key – Room 119
Breaking social barriers and creating opportunities – By Sakin Shrestha
Let’s Take This Offline: Making friends, and growing professional relationships
IRL – By Shayda Torabi
Blogging – The Best Thing I’ve Done as a Developer – By Sal Ferrarello
How to embrace your WordPress mediocrity – By Tessa Needham Synnott
WPDrama, The Four Agreements, and the WordPress Community – By John Eckman
Color Theory and the Fundamentals of Design – By Sonja Leix, Hugo Baeta, Beth Soderberg
Pagebuilder Plugins: You’ve Come a Long Way Baby! – By Michele Mizejewski
How to Overcome Your Fears and Start Sharing Your Knowledge – By Nicole Kohler
The day 2 will end with the After Party held @ Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Day 3 – 4th December 2016 – Sunday
This day will be a Contributor Day. Campers will develop the codes and contribute to making WordPress a better platform. Doors open at 9:00 AM, opening remarks are at 10:00 AM, and the event goes through 5:00 pm. Offsite lunch will be provided.
The 3 days at this camp will provide you with the right exposure to build your career in WordPress development. With sprints, meets and sessions, WordCamp US will offer the quality-driven information regarding WordPress. This experience-rich conference event will provide an opportunity to learn and share information with leading industry experts.