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Become a Sponsor at WordCamp Mumbai 2014

WordCamp Mumbai 2014 has now opened sponsorship slots. The two day long event will be held on the 15th and 16th of March 2014 at Manik Sabhagriha Auditorium, Bandra (W), Mumbai. The auditorium has 800 seats while we hope to attract a crowd of over 500 at the minimum.

People attending will obviously be WordPress enthusiasts but many will be influential bloggers and open source software supporters.

At the moment we have 3 types of sponsors, which are Gold, Silver and Bronze.

  • Gold Sponsor – Rs. 75,000/-
  • Silver Sponsor – Rs. 50,000/-
  • Bronze Sponsor – Rs 25,000/-

Check out our “Call for Sponsors” page to look at more details of what sponsors will get and also how to go about registering as sponsors.

Grab your tickets for WordCamp Mumbai 2014!

Tickets for WordCamp Mumbai 2014 are available now. You can buy your tickets here.

This will be a “Pay what you want event” where you decide the price of the ticket you want to buy, but there is a small catch, the minimum amount payable is Rs.300/- (This is to help us cover some of very basic expenses that are incurred per attendee)

To enable this ticketing process we are using Instamojo.

Why Pay what you want?

We have kept the price of the ticket to a minimum so we can encourage a lot more participation. But for us you are not just WordCamp attendees but participants in the event.

With pay what you want, you can support WordCamp Mumbai by paying more than just the base ticket amount.

Feedback is important!

When you purchase a ticket, you will need to answer some questions which will give us an idea of what the attending crowd will be like. So make sure to give us accurate info, so we can tailor our sessions accordingly.

So go ahead and Register Now!

Link: Instamojo.com/wordcampmum

Speaker Applications are now Open for WordCamp Mumbai 2014

Over the last month WordCamp Mumbai organizers have been hard at work getting volunteers involved. We have also unveiled our logo and work on the design is underway. Now the time is ripe for putting out a call for speakers.

Call for Speakers

Do visit our Call for Speakers page and fill in the form to apply as a speaker. We will get back to you with more information once we get your application. There are some helpful guidelines on the page that will help you decide on how to go about applying as a speaker.

Make sure you apply as speaker at the earliest as we will finalize speaker sessions on a first come first serve basis.

Speaker registrations will close on 15th February 2014.

You might also want to check out our Code of Conduct guidelines which apply to all volunteers, organizers, speakers, sponsors and participants.

Call for Volunteers

WordCamp Mumbai 2014 is on and finalized. The dates we have finalized for the two-day WordCamp are 15th-16th March. The venue is Maniksabha Griha, IES College of Management, Bandra West, Mumbai.

We already have some volunteers, who have been attending our regular monthly meetups. But now we want more people to be partake in conducting a great WordCamp in Mumbai.

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