Child care at WordCamp Europe – parents, fill out our survey

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

There are more and more WordPress babies at WordCamp Europe every year. We love seeing kids around the camp, but we also know how important it is to be able to have an hour or two of focused time to go to sessions and chat to friends and make new connections.

That’s why this year we’re planning to provide child care at WordCamp Europe for both days of the conference – Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of June.

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All ages are having fun at WordCamp Europe! Photo by Found Art Photography

If you are a parent and you’re planning on bringing your kid, here’s what you need to know:

We’re going to hire a professional service with nannies to take care of the children of our attendees which are 12 years old and younger.
We are planning on adding some of our volunteers to the professional team – mostly so that we can cover multilingual issues and more fun for the kids.
We hope to be able to provide this service for free, but that will depend on the number of children we need to cover. That’s why if you’re planning on bringing your child and want to take advantage of the service, it’s really important that you fill out the survey linked below.
We’re also planning to provide options for group visits and workshops in the Leopold Museum and Zoom Kids Museum, that are located within the MQ (where the conference is happening). Those will need to be paid for by the parents, but the average cost is between 4 and 6 EURO per child. Totally worth it. We need to make early bookings for those, so stating your interest would be great. Details on the options are in the survey
If you or your partner would like to volunteer some time to the child care efforts, you can and it will be much appreciated.
Even though we provide child care, you are more than welcome to bring your kids to the conference itself. They won’t need a separate ticket to get in if they are younger than 16 years old. If you’d like them to get a printed badge and swag, please get them a ticket.

To help us plan better, please fill out the child care survey for each child you plan on bringing to the conference.

http://wceurope.polldaddy.com/s/child-care-at-wordcamp-europe

If you have any questions, please add them in the designated place in the survey. We will answer them in a separate FAQ section of the website dedicated to child care.

Thanks for your help and looking forward to meeting you and your little humans in Vienna!

Love,

The WordCamp Europe organising team

New tickets go on sale – grab yours today

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

The last batch of WordCamp Europe 2016 tickets is now available to everyone. These will be the last tickets that will go on sale for this event. After these are gone, we won’t be able to release any more, so if don’t have a ticket yet, we highly recommend you get one now.

MuseumsQuartier Wien (c) Ali Schafler

The price is only EUR40 and you get a chance to be a part of history:

WordCamp Europe 2016 will be the largest WordPress event to this day

What To Expect

two days of the best WordPress content from all over the world
a contributor day to learn how to give back to WordPress
an opportunity to meet the WordPress community leaders
networking activities allowing you to meet and create contacts with likeminded people
warm up events and activities to explore the city and make friends
a place to be inspired
a space to share ideas
a job board & a hiring board
an epic after-party
coffee, tea, healthy lunch (no matter your dietary preferences)
swag!
more than 2000 amazing people, great mood, adventures and fun

Grab a ticket

WordCamp Europe grows to 2200 people – new tickets go on sale today

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

This year’s WordCamp Europe will be like nothing else we’ve seen. The demand has been so high, that we had to look for another building to add to our current setup, to be able to fit everyone who’d like to join us in Vienna.

We did it!

WordCamp Europe expands to the whole MuseumsQuartier as we have now secured the Leopold Museum (next door to Halle E+G) as another venue where we’ll be organising very special, focused content and networking tracks for attendees.

Halle E+G (center) and Leopold Museum (left) from the Baroque Suites Balcony

We have also rented the beautiful Baroque Suites in the MQ, overlooking the Maria-Theresien-Platz and the Twin Museums, where we’ll have our kids / family rooms, our speakers headquarters and the media room our media partners can use to work and interview attendees and speakers.

What all this means is that

More tickets go on sale today

At 10 am today (March 10), new tickets for WordCamp Europe 2016 will be released. A reservation link will be sent to everyone who signed up for the waiting list so that you can secure your ticket for the event in Vienna.

The reservation link will be available to people who signed up for 24 hours. After that period, at 10 am tomorrow morning, the remaining tickets will become available to purchase from the tickets page on the site.

If you signed up for the waiting list, please check your email and claim your ticket as fast as possible, the number of tickets and the number of people on the list is almost the same and we can’t stop people from purchasing multiple tickets.

If you didn’t sign up for the waiting list, chances are you might still get a ticket, so keep an eye on our tickets page from tomorrow morning CET.

Good luck and see you in Vienna!

Love,

Your #WCEU organising team

Planning your trip? Get a #WCEU discount on for your flight and accommodation

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

If you’re in possession of a WordCamp Europe ticket (good for you!) you’re probably going to need to plan your trip to Vienna soon. Our local team has gone above and beyond this year to help you out.

Book your flights with Austrian at a 15% discount

We’re happy to announce that Austrian Airlines is the official airline of WordCamp Europe 2016 and as such has special offers for WordCamp Europe attendees. Follow the instructions below to book your ticket.

How to book?

You can book your flights to WordCamp Europe 2016 online at www.austrian.com and save 15% on all applicable fares! To do so, simply enter the code WCEU16 in the eVoucher field on the Austrian homepage booking-engine.

Conditions

Booking period: now until June 26^th, 2016
Valid for flights to Vienna and return as of June 17^th, 2016 until July 3^rd, 2016 (final date for return flight) on OS operated flights and code share flights with OS flight numbers.

Book your flights here and we’ll see you in Vienna!

A note: Please note that the Austrian airlines final confirmation page will state the full cost of your tickets (before the discount), but you will only be charged with the discounted amount.

Hotel recommendations for WCEU

We managed to get you discounts on several hotels in Vienna. In the Accommodation page, we also have several hotels that won’t offer discounts, but that are highly recommended either for their excellent location near the MuseumsQuartier or for their value for price.

Go to the Accommodation page to choose your hotel.

We hope you manage to find a great deal and we look forward to seeing you in Vienna!

Speaker applications close on Sunday, January 31st

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

On January 31st, 2016 at exactly 23:59 the speaker application form for WordCamp Europe 2016 will be closed. You have less than a week to apply to speak.

WordCamp Europe 2016 will be in Vienna, Austria, on June 24-26.

It will be the largest stage dedicated to all things WordPress on this continent, and possibly – the world (tickets have been sold out twice already and we are looking for ways to expand the conference beyond the current capacity of 1750 people).

If you need additional information about what we’re looking for and how to apply, read our original Call for speakers.

If you already have all the information, you need, don’t hesitate. We’re looking forward to reading or watching your talk pitch.

Apply now!

We have released a limited number of tickets for WordCamp Europe

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

Hello everyone,

At 10 am today, a limited number of tickets for WordCamp Europe 2016 will be released. A reservation link will be sent to everyone who signed up for the waiting list so that you can secure your ticket for the event in Vienna.

Note: If you sign up after 10 am CET today, January 20th, you won’t receive the reservation link for this batch.

Good luck! We hope to see you in Vienna.

Love,

The WordCamp Europe org team

Get a #WCEU badge for your website

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

We know you are excited you’re going to WordCamp Europe, especially considering that the camp is sold out 6 months in advance. So today our amazing designer Scott Evans gives you a chance to tell the world you’re joining us in Vienna.

Website badges!

Choose a style (we have 2 sets!), download the image and put it on your website. Let everyone know you’re attending, volunteering or sponsoring.

Want an “I’m speaking” badge?

Speakers badges coming as well, so if you’d like one of those, apply to speak! Our call for papers is open until January 31st!

Love,

The WordCamp Europe team

WordCamp Europe is sold out – sign up for the tickets waiting list

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

All 1500 WordCamp Europe tickets sold out on December 31st. We’re extremely happy that so many people committed to the event more than six months in advance.

It’s a clear sign how much the conference is needed and appreciated.

We have good news – we’re working on ways to expand WCEU above the current venue capacity which is 1500 people. If we manage to do it, we will release more tickets.

Don’t have a ticket yet?

If you’re interested in getting a ticket, please sign up on this waiting list so that we can alert you if more tickets become available.

The Call for speakers for WCEU 2016 closes in 4 weeks

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Petya Raykovska

The call for papers for WordCamp Europe 2016 will be closed on January 31st.

WordCamp Europe showcases the best of WordPress, and of the WordPress community in Europe. Do you have WordPress expertise to impart? A story to tell? A vision of the future of WordPress to share?

Your unique take on topics involving development, design, business & entrepreneurship, community, marketing and content (to name a few), could contribute to yet another one of the rich and engaging programs that WordCamp Europe participants have come to know and love.

We already have many great applications from speakers from all over the world.

Have a topic in mind as well?

Read the original call for speakers or

Apply now!

The deadline for submissions 31 January 2016 at midnight, CET. All candidates will be informed as to whether or not their talk was accepted by 16 March.

Good luck!

Apply to host WordCamp Europe 2017

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Petya Raykovska

Earlier this year we invited local teams from different European cities to get in touch and chat to us about what it is to host WordCamp Europe and how best to prepare their applications.

We were approached by five different European teams and had great conversations with them to try and give them the most information possible so that they can prepare. We’re looking forward to their applications and you should all be excited – all five are amazing locations and would make great host cities for the camp.

We’re excited to announce that the call for hosts for WordCamp Europe 2017 is officially open.

The decision

The choice of which city to host WordCamp Europe for each year is made by the organising team of the previous year based on applications that European communities submit, much like a standard WordCamp application, just on a different scale.

We have to consider many different aspects of the application – location, experience of the local team, venue availability and dates, how well established the local community is, how easy it is for people to attend and many more. Curious about the process? Read how we selected Vienna to host in 2016.

WordCamp Europe, the most important WordPress event on this continent.

Apply to host WordCamp Europe 2017

The application process is now open and we would love to have you on board. To apply, you need to prepare a budget and fill out an application form. The call for hosting WordCamp Europe 2017 will be open until February 12th. A final decision will be made by March 18th.