CLOSED FOR THIS YEAR
Thank you all for the splendid response, stay tuned for the Schedule announcement.
Who can apply?
Anyone willing to share their thoughts and knowledge with a captive audience can apply!
Technical knowledge and experience are not requisites to be a speaker. We believe that everyone has their story and we want every voice to be heard. Whether you are an experienced speaker, or if this is your first time speaking at a WordCamp, you are equally welcome!
What topics can you speak about?
Based on the feedback we collected from the WordPress community, we have zeroed into the topics most of them are looking forward to – note that these are just guidelines – feel free to pick your own topic! And if you have another interesting topic useful to the WP folks.
- WordPress Development
- Blocks in WordPress
- WordPress Site Editing
- Page Speed/Optimization
- WordPress Troubleshooting
- WordPress Security
- JavaScript for WordPress
- WordPress Hosting
- AI for WordPress
- Headless/Decoupled WordPress
- Extending WordPress
- Doing business with WordPress
- Building WordPress Products
- Tools for System Administration
- WordPress eCommerce
- Designing for Accessibility / WCAG 2
- Future of WordPress
- Working with the community
- WordPress Community
- Contributing to the project
- SEO – Search Engine Optimisation
How long should the sessions be?
We plan to have two tracks this year.
- Plan the talks for 30 minutes, with addtional 10 minutes will be an interactive session with the audience.
- Make your sessions interesting and captivating. We need an active audience. You can also do a Lightning Talk of 15 minutes, with addtional 10 minutes will be an interactive session with the audience.
- We are planning a dedicated hands-on workshop track this year, if you are interested in hosting a workshop, let us know in your application!
- Panel discussions are always engaging, if you would like to be a part of a panel (or wish to host a panel discussion), let us know!
The applications will be vetted by our dedicated team, and they will keep you posted.
Which language should your talk be in?
You can take the session in English, Hindi or Marathi. We are ready to listen!
Bonus perks
Speakers will get complimentary tickets and also get to attend the afterparty and speaker dinner!
How are the speakers selected?
We promise to make our review process as impartial and unbiased as possible. Our focus is on getting topics with the best content and variety. Selected speakers will be allotted only one topic.
It would be great if you could give us a good idea about your selected topic in your application including why it is important to WordPress folks and your experience/connection with it.
Application Timeline
It will give us plenty of time to go through the applications, schedule the talk. You will also get sufficient time to prepare well for your sessions as well.
With that said, we strongly recommend that you apply as soon as you can! ⚡️
- Application opens:
Tue, 12-Sep-2023 - Application deadline:
Tue, 10-Oct-2023 23:59 IST or Whenever all slots are full. - Speaker selection status confirmed by:
Tue, 15-Oct-2023 - Schedule published by: Tue, 24-Oct-2023
Even in mind the WordCamp Central’s discussions on have alternative WordCamp formats, this year wear are going to keep the session more spaced out, so there is scope for exploration and networking.
APPLICATION CLOSED
Do not wait for the last mintue, apply at the earliest.
(A Google Form will open on a new page)
Few pointers before you apply:
- We prefer you have a WP.org user profile. If you don’t have you can create one here.
- First time speakers are welcome. We recommed to shoot and share a quick 2 mins. video.
- You have read and agree to the guidelines and Code of Conduct
GUIDELINES:
- Speakers are vetted by volunteers, they may not be able to reply to everyone or accommodate everyone, so be thoughtful and nice :).
- No one is a celebrity at WordCamp Mumbai.
- Speakers, when they apply, should co-operate with the speaker review team to work on the content of their topics. Just like you, they too have full-time jobs/ careers and are volunteering their time to WordCamp Mumbai.
- If you are distributing any WordPress derivatives which include WordPress Plugins and Themes, they need to be 100% GPL like the core WordPress software.
- Please be prepared to submit speaker slides OR review your presentation with the WCMumbai speaker team PRIOR to the event.
- If you are not using slides for your presentation, at least an outline OR points you will be covering needs to submit.
- As mentioned above these are not paid gigs. Speakers are not paid to speak at WordCamps OR paid by Organisers to travel. They have to either fund themselves OR ask their company to do so.
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