Order of presentations is subject to change. Just added! A new time slot with 3 additional presentations!
Friday, September 13 – WESST Enterprise Center [map]
| Time | All Participants | |
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| 6-10 pm | Meet and Greet Reception | WordPress Hackathon Concurrent with the reception (same place, but probably in a different room), designers, developers, and publishers will form teams to create awesome websites for local organizations. More info to come. |
Saturday, September 14 – Albuquerque Convention Center [map]
| Time | All Tracks | |||
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| 8:00 am | Checkin/Registration Pick up WordCamp ID and swag; get coffee; schmooze, etc. |
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| 8:40 am | Introduction To WordCamp Karen Arnold, Automattic |
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| 8:45 am | Keynote Eric Renz-Whitmore, New Mexico Tech Council |
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| Time | Designer | Developer | Publisher/User | Newbie |
| 9:10 am | Clean eCommerce Solutions for the Responsive Web Chad Person and Kevin Donnigan, @Pay |
You Too Can Write a Plugin Alison Barrett, Automattic |
Strategy for Traffic Building for Beginning Bloggers Elizabeth Urello, Automattic |
Absolute Beginner’s Intro to WordPress A new user workshop Jamii Corley, Southwest Cyberport A short, hands-on WordPress introduction for beginners who are prepared to roll up their sleeves and start working on a site. Limited to 20 people. Participants must bring a laptop which can access wifi! |
| 10:00 am | WordPress and Mapping Keya Horiuchi, Ideas and Coffee |
There’s a Filter for That Drew Jaynes, 10up |
Blast Off Your Blog with Social Media! Lauren MacEwen, SM Cubed Consulting |
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| 10:50 am | Morning Break | |||
| 11:10 am | Making the Leap from Designer to Designer/Developer Ray Gulick, Evo |
Anatomy of a VIP Code Review Daryl L. L. Houston, Automattic |
Online Newsletters: Benefits and Challenges Tim Anderson, Cygnet Press |
Newbie Session Continued |
| Noon | Lunch | |||
| Time | Designer | Developer | Publisher/User | All |
| 1:10 pm | DNS and Website Migration Mark Costlow, Southwest Cyberport |
Avoiding Scope Creep by Writing a Proper Statement of Work Suzette Franck, Media Temple |
SEO for WordPress Sites: How To Find and Implement a Sweet Strategy for Getting Noticed Melissa J. White, The Blogshop |
Happiness Bar Bring your WP website issues to the experts for a brief appointment and get free diagnosis and assistance. Happiness Engineers: Karen Arnold (Automattic), and others |
| Time | All Tracks | |||
| 2:00 pm | Panel Discussion Developer Diversity: The Mars/Venus Thing and WordPress Moderator: Karen Arnold Panelists: Suzette Franck, Alison Barrett, Daryl L. L. Houston, Virginia DeBolt, Mark Casias |
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| 2:50 pm | Afernoon Break | |||
| Time | Designer | Developer | Publisher/User | All |
| 3:15 pm | Choose and Modify a Theme with the End User in Mind Anna Doo, Lei Lani Design Studio |
Anatomy of a WordPress Hack Mark Hudnall, Clef |
Organizing the WordPress Backoffice: Eight Plugins that Help! Bob DeYoung, Blue Lotus Works, LLC |
Happiness Bar Continued |
| 4:05 pm | Think Before You Install – A Call to Action Russell Aaron, Geek Street WP |
Hacked! How they hack it and how you clean it Oban Lambie, Brownrice Internet |
Integrating Online Communications with WordPress Kristelle Siarza, The Garrity Group PR |
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| 5:00 pm | Closing Remarks | |||
| 6-10 pm | After Party | |||
Sunday, September 15 – Albuquerque Convention Center [map]
| Time | All Tracks | Special Session |
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| 9-noon | WordPress Hackathon Wrapup/Presentation Hackathon projects started Friday night will be completed and presented. Hackathon includes designers, developers, and publishers. |
WordPress for Kids Kids (w/parents, please) will set up their own WordPress sites, selecting and implementing themes, widgets, etc. 3rd year in a row! Back by popular demand!!! |
