We’d like to say “Thank you” to everyone who submitted a talk proposal (or five) to WordCamp Europe 2015. We are really excited about all the 171 applications we received and are already digging into them in detail so we can bring the greatest line up possible to Seville.
All applicants will be contacted by the WordCamp Europe speakers team by March 16, so stay tuned!
Like we’ve done in the past two years, there will be certain things we will be looking for when making the decision about which talks to include:
- Diversity of subject — since WordCamp Europe will attract people from different areas, we need to make sure that we’re providing content that’s useful for developers, designers, bloggers, business owners, and everyone else in between.
- Diversity of geographical location and gender — the final schedule will represent the WordPress community worldwide, while particularly showcasing WordPressers in Europe.
- Novelty — is the presentation saying something new? Or saying something old in a new way?
- Relevance — is the content relevant to WordPress and WordPress users today?
And here is some data on the applications we received
We got 171 applications from 30 countries all over the world. That’s almost 93% more applications than we received for WordCamp Europe 2014 when we got 88 applications from 19 countries. Thank you again to everyone who applied.
Here’s the overall data per continent:
- Europe 104 (61%)
- North America 46 (27%)
- Asia 17 (10%)
- Africa 2 (1%)
- Australia 2 (1%)
Applications by country:
- US United States 45
- GB United Kingdom 25
- ES Spain 19
- CZ Czech Republic 12
- DE Germany 10
- FR France 8
- IN India 5
- CH Switzerland 5
- TH Thailand 4
- NL Netherlands 4
- SG Singapore 3
- HU Hungary 3
- BG Bulgaria 3
- ZA South Africa 2
- JP Japan 2
- AU Australia 2
- SE Sweden 2
- PT Portugal 2
- PL Poland 2
- BE Belgium 2
- AT Austria 2
- IL Israel 2
- VN Vietnam 1
- UA Ukraine 1
- TR Turkey 1
- SI Slovenia 1
- RS Serbia 1
- FI Finland 1
- CA Canada 1
Top 200 most common words from all the suggested talk titles:
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