Contents are the very heart of WordCamp: for who is coming and approaching the platform for the first time, and for long time users wishing to enrich their knowledge.
WordCamp welcomes everybody: designers, bloggers, developers, marketers, copywriters, curious. Agenda will be heterogeneous accordingly: you are invited to suggest a talk to describe and share your experience!
Talk Formats
- Long Talk. Regular session: 45 minutes. Time for talk and Q&A managed by the speaker.
- Lightning Talk. Short session: 10 minutes. 3 talk of 10 minutes each combined together, plus a final moment of 15 minues for Q&A.
- Long Dev Talk Regular session: 45 minutes. Techincal talk focused on developers theme. 45 minutes for talk and Q&A managed by the speaker.
- Lightning Dev Talk Short session: 10 minutes . Techincal talk focused on developers theme. 10 minutes for talk and Q&A managed by the speaker.
- Panel: Panel of experts: 45 minutes max, Q&A included. The stage will host a discussion with a moderator and 3 to 4 contributors. Already existing group can take part to the panel, or you can propose a theme and talk about who to involve with us.
Applications can be submitted by Saturday 29th February at 23:59 CET.
WordCamp Torino is postponed to 11th and 12th of September due to Covid-19
The application form will be reopened soon
What is the speech about?
Ideas for talk
Main theme: WordPress and his universe for sure!
Here below some ideas, but any suggestion is warmly welcome:
- Create contents with WordPress
- WordPress + Social media
- E-Commerce with WordPress
- Scale WordPress for heavy traffic websites
- Themes developing
- Plugin developing
- JavaScript and WordPress
- WordPress and Internet of Things
- GitHub
- WP-CLI
- Typography
- Contribute to WordPress
- Developers tools
- Accessibility
- Maximise WordPress websites’ speed
- Security
- Project Management
- Content marketing
- SEO
- Open source
- Women in tech
- Diversity and integration
- Business and WordPress (prepare a quote, client management, suppliers management, ecc…)
- Web Design / Theme Design / UI / UX
- PHP
- HTML e CSS
- Gutenberg
- REST API
- Push yourself out of your confort zone! We would be happy to receive ideas and suggestions from our open source friends (Drupal, Joomla, Ghost, Maria DB, ecc…)
Other things to remember
- We would love to add more Lightning Talks (10 minutes + 15 minutes of Q&A shared among 3 relators). If a Long Talk was your idea, consider the chance to isolate one angle and let it become a shorter talk.
- We are looking for all ages and background speakers: WordCamp is an inclusive and approchable event.
- You are welcomed as a speaker even if you are not a professional one, what we expect is your expertise on the theme you choose to talk about.
- Your session is not a vehicle to promote your product or service. You will be more that welcome to describe how you employed WordPress to build something of collective interest and show a case-study; but please keep in mind that marketing messages will not be allowed, including slides showing books and courses pictures, or links for purchase and discount coupons.
- If your application as a speaker will be accepted, please fill out with care “abstract” and “bio” fields, the text will be added to the website. We reserve the right to amend them in the interest of the overall consistency. .
- Rember WordPress capital P and please adhere to the WordPress copyright.
- If interested to apply multiple proposals, you should fill a form for each one of them.
- We will request to check on your slide by March 15th to verify that copyright, GPL and conduct rules have been fulfilled. In the application form you will find a set of links to these rules, we kindly ask to carefully go through the reading before agreeing to them.
- All the relators are entitled to free entrance to WordCamp, so if you apply please don’t buy your ticket! We will send you a coupon!
- If your application should be unsuccesful and you will nevertheless decide to come (thank you!), please keep in mind that a new batch of tickets is arranged to be offered for sale after the call for speakers will be closed. We will send you a dedicated link.
- Relators are not entitled to any fee or refund, WordCamp events relay on voluntary contributions.
Do you want to apply?
Thank you!