Speakers

We’re excited about the line up we’ve got for 2013. In addition to some fabulous beginner and intermediate level speakers, we’ve gone far and wide to find some really fantastic technical/advanced speakers for that track. We’re welcoming some new faces, and welcoming back some great speakers from years gone by.

8:40am to 8:55am

Paul Holmes
WordCamp Welcome and Orientation

9:00am to 9:50am

Joey Kudish
Code Wrangler, Automattic
Title: Plugin Development 101
Target Audience: Developers | Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Dave Zille
Owner, dazil Internet Services Inc.
Title: Make Your WordPress Site Mobile Friendly
Target Audience: General Interest, Bloggers/Writers | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Mark McLaughlin
President, Best Color Video
Title: Video for WordPress & the Web
Target Audience: General Interest, Bloggers/Writers | Skill Level: Beginner

Jordan Keats
Social Media and WordPress, QCollege
Title: Non-Technical Hacks for WordPress Content Marketing
Target Audience: General Interest, Developers, Bloggers/Writers | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

10:00am to 10:50am

Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Staff Author, lynda.com and Web Head, Pink & Yellow Media
Title: Why WordPress?
Keynote Address

11:00am to 11:50am

Rebecca Bollwitt
Co-Owner, sixty4media
Title: Picking Perfect Pics
Target Audience: General Interest | Skill Level: Beginner

Joey Kudish, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Ben Lobaugh, Grant Landram
Title: Expert Panel
Target Audience: Developers

Mike and Cheryl DeWolfe
Web Developers, Those DeWolfes Creative
Title: Paying for Love: When to Buy Premium Themes and How to Make the Most of Them
Target Audience: Designers, Bloggers/Writers, General Interest, Skill Level: Beginner

Susan Low
Principal Consultant, Directis Consulting Group
Title: Setting up a WordPress Site to Change the World (in 45 minutes or less)
Target Audience: General Interest | Skill Level: Beginner

11:50am to 1:00pm

Lunch Break! Join us for Yoga for Bloggers at 12:15pm.

1:00pm to 1:50pm

George Plumley
WordPress Coach, SeeHowTwo
Title: Choosing a Theme
Target Audience: General Interest, Bloggers/Writers | Skill Level: Beginner

Kings Wongs and Matt Czajka
CA Cloud Hosting
Title: Webhosting 101: One-Click WordPress Install
Target Audience: General Interest | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Jon Jennings
Software Developer
Title: Making Your Plugins Sparkle With AJAX
Target Audience: Developers | Skill Level: Intermediate

Janni Aragon, Renae Sinclair, Adrienne Sanders, Alannah James
Title: UVic Student Panel
Target Audience: General Interest, Students | Skill Level: Beginner

2:00pm to 2:50pm

Chris Whiteley
Director of Design and Development, bWEST Interactive
Title: Fear and Loathing in WordPress
Target Audience: Bloggers/Writers, General Interest | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Adam McFadyen
Owner, dabzo Interaction Design
Title: Site Navigation in Responsive Design
Target Audience: Designers, Developers | Skill Level: Intermediate

Tim Ayres
REALTOR®, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty
Title: Growing your Business by Community Blogging
Target Audience: General Interest, Bloggers/Writers, Community Managers | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Flynn O’Connor
Lead Developer, Forge & Smith
Title: Focusing WordPress Search
Target Audience: Developers | Skill Level: Intermediate

3:00pm to 3:50pm

Kevin Baker
Pioneer Web Consulting
Title: WordPress Security
Target Audience: General Interest | Skill Level: All

Rebecca Bollwitt, Katharine Holmes, Janis La Couvée
Title: Blogger Panel
Target Audience: Bloggers/Writers

John Overall
WordPress Specialist, JohnOverall.com
Title: 10+1 Essential Plugins for WordPress
Target Audience: General Interest, Designers, Bloggers/Writers | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Juhli Selby
JUHLi SELBy Social Media
Title: 5 Steps To Creating a Great Social Media Plan for your Small Business
Target Audience: General Interest | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

4:00pm to 4:50pm

Al Davis
Program Manager, Hostopia
Title: Deconstructing the Loop
Target Audience: Developers | Skill Level: Beginner

Jon Valade
President, IdeaZone
Title: WooThemes and WooCommerce Unveiled
Target Audience: Designers, Developers | Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Rayhan Abdulmughnee
Director, Small Business Centr
Title: Use WordPress to Build a Membership Website
Target Audience: General Interest, Community Managers | Skill Level: Intermediate

Janis La Couvée
Arts and Community Blogger
Title: Blogging to Build Community, Online and Off
Target Audience: Bloggers/Writers, Community Managers, General Interest | Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

 

 

 

The sessions are identified as follows:

1. Target Audience: Developers, Designers, Bloggers/Writers, Community Managers, General Interest (Small Business Owners, Content Managers, etc.)
2. Skill Level: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced