We have some really fantastic stuff in store for you at WordCamp Chicago! We are doing TWO tracks this year:
- A User Track filled with presentations and information targeted to users, new and old, of the WordPress software. Learn how you can leverage this phenomenal platform to take control of your content and publish your way to success!
- A Developers Track chock full of high level geek speak for those of you who design and develop on the WordPress CMS platform. Everything from themeing to plugin development, and all points in between.
- (Tentative) A WP Genius table where you can touch base with some real WordPress gurus and get answers to your most burning questions.
Below is the tentative schedule, subject to change:
2010 WordCamp Chicago Speaker Schedule - Saturday June 5th
| Time | Developer Track | User Track |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration / Breakfast | Registration / Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Lisa Sabin-Wilson - Opening Remarks | Lisa Sabin-Wilson - Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Break (Venue needs to split the room) | Break (Venue needs to split the room) |
| 9:15 - 10:00 | Brad Williams- Now That's What I Call WordPress Security: 2010 Edition | Kyle Jones - Using WordPress and BuddyPress for Education |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Josh Byers - WordPress for Clients | Jane Wells - Creating Custom Menus with WP 3.0 |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Joshua Strebel - Collaboration over Competition | Jeremy Harrington - WordPress UX Flight Check |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch (not included) | Lunch (not included) |
| 1:30 - 2:15 | Scott Robbin - Front-end Performance Techniques | Amanda Blum - Static to Success |
| 2:30 - 3:15 | Daisy Olsen - Retrofitting Exisitng Themes with New Features | Scott Stawarz - Maximize All In One SEO plugin |
| 3:30 - 4:15 | Aaron Jorbin - Building Child Themes | John James Jacoby - Creative uses for BuddyPress |
| 4:30 - 5:15 | Dan Milward - BuddyPress meets WP e-Commerce | Andrea Rennick - WordPress Multi-Site |
2010 WordCamp Chicago Speaker Schedule - Sunday June 6th
| Time | Developer Track | User Track |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 - 9:00 | Check-In / Breakfast | Check-In / Breakfast |
| 9:15 - 10:00 | Hal Stern - URL to SQL to HTML | Shannon Steffen - Wordpress SEO Optimization |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Chris Ross - WP Developer 101: Lessons Learned as a Newbie | Nile Flores - Rocking Out Your Website With WordPress |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Pete Mall - Beginner's Plugin Development | Chris Jean - Backing Up and Upgrading WordPress |
| 12:15 - 1:30 | Lunch (not included) | Lunch (not included) |
| 1:30 - 2:15 | Jason Pelker - Theme Standardization: Past, Present and Future | Jim Turner - Digital Media |
| 2:30 - 3:15 | Jake Goldman - Customizing WP Administration | Cory Miller - WordPress Entrepreneurship |
| 3:30 - 4:15 | Ron Rennick - BuddyPress Child Themes | TBD |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | Meet and Greet / Networking | Meet and Greet / Networking |
