WordCamp Portland Agenda and Speakers Announced
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted August 23, 2008 at 12:13 pm | No Comments »
WordCamp Portland has announced their September 27, 2008, agenda and speakers. The one-day event in Portland, Oregon, will be at CubeSpace. Registration is now open and space is limited, so get registered now to guarantee a place in this exciting event.
Advance registration is only USD $10 and includes lunch, dinner, WordCamp Portland T-shirt, and door prizes. The price is low thanks to the awesome support of the WordCamp Portland sponsors including CubeSpace PDX, Nemo Design, Silicon Florist, Voce Communications, IvyCat, OurPDX Network, and Hockley Photography. Sponsors are still welcome to join.
The list of speakers and topics covers a wide spectrum of the needs of WordPress members and includes some of the best experts in WordPress and WordPress-related techniques:
- Lorelle VanFossen – Changing Lives with WordPress
- Betsy Richter – From Concept to Execution in Eight Days
- Aaron Hockley – An Introduction to Copyright for Bloggers
- Chris O’Rourke – Ten Proven Plugins to Make Your Blog Pop
- Eric Amundson – Design & Debug Themes with Free Tools
- Josh Bancroft – Tying Your Tubes: Integration with WordPress
- Lorelle VanFossen – Woopra: Web Analytics from a “Right Now” Viewpoint
- Kelly Guimont – Considerations for Choosing a Theme
- Marshall Kirkpatrick – Feed Your Blog with RSS
- Justin Kistner – Using WordPress to Manage a Social Relations Program
Before dinner, there is an “Ask the Experts” panel with myself, Rick Turoczy, Justin Kistner, and Chris O’Rourke. There will also be rooms available for unconference sessions that pop up through the day’s events.
For more information on WordCamp Portland, check out their helpful FAQ page.
You can follow WordCamp Portland on Twitter at @wordcampdx, too.
Come join WordPress fans from around the Pacific Northwest in Portland, September 27, 2008.
