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Apply to speak at WordCamp Vienna 2019
Like every spring WordCamp Vienna is happening again this year, namely on the 27th of April 2019. Therefore we’re looking for excellent speakers like you. The game is very simple: We give you a stage and you rock it!
Talk Format and Submission
WordCamp Vienna is already an established event for the WordPress Community of Central Europe and a great opportunity to showcase the diversity of the WordPress world. Therefore we want speakers who are experienced and we look forward to well-prepared applications.
Our sessions will be 25 minutes long with 10 additional minutes for Q&A with the audience. If you have more than one great idea, please submit them all, we’ll pick the one that fits our program the best. Please send one submission per talk via our form.
We are planning 2-3 tracks, and our Call for Speakers is open for presentations in English and German. The cut-off for speaker applications is February 5th.
What can I talk about?
We are looking for great stories about and around WordPress, that dig into a specific area while still inspiring the audience.
We’re particularly interested in hearing from those who have used WordPress in interesting, innovative but also efficient ways. The WordPress ecosystem and community do such a wide variety of different things with WordPress and we want to hear it all.
Even though our focus clearly is on WordPress we’re also looking forward to applications from our friends from other communities like other Open Source CMS systems as well as about general web topics.
Here a few example topics to inspire you:
Beginner
- Why WordPress? – Strengths and weaknesses
- What really counts – The most common traps for beginners
- Content and goals – Why technology and features aren’t everything
Intermediate
- Chances instead of problems – How Accessibility improves the access to content for everyone
- Multilingual websites – Technical and organisational challenges
- Stable and secure – How maintenance pays for itself
Developers
- Modern WordPress development – How progress and backwards compatibility are possible alongside each other
- Gutenberg & Me – React and JavaScript for WordPress Developers
- Server & Performance – Why a website doesn’t stop at WordPress
Designer
- Layout and Content – How the new Gutenberg editor changes Web Design for WordPress
- Form follows function – How a design can get the best out of WordPress features
- Gutenberg blocks – Modular block-components for the modern web
Blogger & Authors
- Content structure and content strategy – Why it pays to have a plan
- Recognize qualitative Plugins and Themes – Solid implementations for your ideas
- Connected WordPress – WordPress in a Social Media world
Business & Marketing
- Privacy by Design – Data privacy as a chance for WordPress
- Less is more – Maintainability instead of disposable products
- Content for humans – What User Experience and Search Engine Optimization have in common
WordPress and beyond
- Multi platform strategies – How to turn WordPress into a teamplayer
- A look beyond one’s own nose – What is going on in the web?
- Together we’re strong – Friends from other communities and what we can learn from each other
Have something else in mind already? Well go on then, please apply now!
If you want to discuss your idea ahead of submission you can email us at vienna@wordcamp.org
In addition, if you don’t feel you can talk for 30+ minutes there will also be some Lightning Talks of 10 minutes with 5 minutes afterwards for questions. If you are thinking of presenting a lightning talk – please also use the submission form to aid us in planning.
Submission form
The Call for Speakers is closed.
Submission Deadline
We’ve extended the deadline.
We’re expecting your awesome speaking proposal by February 5th 2019 February 12th 2019 at 23:59. All candidates will be contacted by February 12th February 19th.
Oh, and don’t buy your ticket just yet. All approved speakers get a free ticket for the event.