{"id":5,"date":"2015-10-29T15:49:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T14:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=5"},"modified":"2016-02-01T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T11:20:28","slug":"call-for-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply to speak at WordCamp Europe 2016 | #WCEU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 4th annual WordCamp Europe will be held in Vienna, Austria, June 24-26, 2016<\/strong>, bringing together over 1000 passionate designers, developers, business owners, entrepreneurs, marketing experts, bloggers and educators from around the globe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submissions have been closed on 31 January 2016 at midnight<\/strong>. All candidates will be informed as to whether or not their talk was accepted by <strong>16\u00a0March<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>What we&#8217;re looking for<\/h3>\n<p>WordCamp Europe showcases the best of WordPress, and of the WordPress community in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Unique takes on topics involving <strong>development, design, business &amp; entrepreneurship, community, marketing and content<\/strong> (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.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some example topics that we believe are interesting to our audience:<\/p>\n<h3>Development<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_518\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-518\" data-attachment-id=\"518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers\/wordcamp-europe-2015-seville-spain\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/20150626-WordCamp-Europe-Seville-Day-1A-0015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Kari Leigh Marucchi&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The WordPress Foundation and local organizers bring you 2015&#039;s annual conference encompassing the European WordPress communities and welcoming WordPress enthusiasts from around the world.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Found Art Photography&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;WordCamp Europe 2015, Seville, Spain&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WordCamp Europe 2015, Seville, Spain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The WordPress Foundation and local organizers bring you 2015&amp;#8217;s annual conference encompassing the European WordPress communities and welcoming WordPress enthusiasts from around the world.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/20150626-WordCamp-Europe-Seville-Day-1A-0015-300x240.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/20150626-WordCamp-Europe-Seville-Day-1A-0015.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-518 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/10\/20150626-WordCamp-Europe-Seville-Day-1A-0015.jpg\" alt=\"Development\" width=\"1000\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/20150626-WordCamp-Europe-Seville-Day-1A-0015.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/20150626-WordCamp-Europe-Seville-Day-1A-0015-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/20150626-WordCamp-Europe-Seville-Day-1A-0015-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kari Leigh Marucchi<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Broader Horizons for WP developers \u2013 new languages, paradigms, and tools, that inspire us to be better WordPress developers.<\/li>\n<li>WordPress REST API<\/li>\n<li>Using modern JavaScript front-end tools with WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Developing larger projects with WordPress \u2013 both team and technical challenges, e-commerce solutions, complex web applications.<\/li>\n<li>Real-world stories of automated testing (end-to-end, integration, browser, unit).<\/li>\n<li>Server setup and new stacks (HHVM, containers, deployment).<\/li>\n<li>Learning \u2013 approaches for staying up-to-date with WordPress and the web development worlds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Design<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_513\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-513\" data-attachment-id=\"513\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers\/dsc_4824\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/DSC_4824-e1447801177965.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,798\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1411904237&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Design\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/DSC_4824-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/DSC_4824-1024x681.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/10\/DSC_4824-e1447801177965.jpg\" alt=\"Design\" width=\"1200\" height=\"798\" class=\"size-full wp-image-513\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective design processes and approaches (mobile-first, data-driven design, designing in the browser).<\/li>\n<li>Designing user experiences for multiple devices\/platforms (cohesive UX).<\/li>\n<li>New trends in web standards and how to make a good use of them (HTML5, CSS, SVG).<\/li>\n<li>Responsive web design &amp; web typography.<\/li>\n<li>Client-Designer relationship management &amp; the changing role of the designer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Business<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_514\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514\" data-attachment-id=\"514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers\/dsc_4590\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/DSC_4590-e1447801315164.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1411828650&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Business\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/DSC_4590-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/DSC_4590-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/10\/DSC_4590-e1447801315164.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" class=\"size-full wp-image-514\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Enterprise WP, Big Media &amp; Government projects (real-world stories and case studies would be great)<\/li>\n<li>Strategies for business growth &amp; challenges of growth (idem!)<\/li>\n<li>People management (customer service, developers, distributed teams)<\/li>\n<li>Pricing &amp; product strategies (competition analysis, differentiation, upselling, cross-selling, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Brand &amp; reputation management (how to build a strong brand, crisis management, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Business optimization tips for freelance developers (all that paperwork and how to deal with it)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Content \/ Marketing \/ Community<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_517\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-517\" data-attachment-id=\"517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers\/1557260_453100768163803_5530392269569479868_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/1557260_453100768163803_5530392269569479868_o-e1447801431245.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Content \/ Marketing \/ Community\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/1557260_453100768163803_5530392269569479868_o-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/1557260_453100768163803_5530392269569479868_o-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/10\/1557260_453100768163803_5530392269569479868_o-e1447801431245.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" class=\"size-full wp-image-517\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Vladimir Kaladan Petkov<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Successful content strategies<\/li>\n<li>Publishing<\/li>\n<li>SEO<\/li>\n<li>Landing page optimizations<\/li>\n<li>Email marketing\/Building a subscription<\/li>\n<li>Social Media Management<\/li>\n<li>Practical guide for getting involved with the community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking for more inspiration? Check out presentations from previous years: <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/event\/wordcamp-europe-2013\/\">2013<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/event\/wordcamp-europe-2014\/\">2014<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/event\/wordcamp-europe-2015\/\">2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to discuss your ideas, you can email us at <a href=\"mailto:speakers@wp-europe.org\"><strong>speakers@wp-europe.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submissions have been closed on 31 January 2016 at midnight<\/strong>. All candidates will be informed as to whether or not their talk was accepted by <strong>16\u00a0March<\/strong>. All approved speakers will gain free entry to the event, so you can hold off on purchasing tickets until you&#8217;ve heard back from us. And don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;ll make sure there are some available for those who need them: we definitely still want to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th annual WordCamp Europe will be held in Vienna, Austria, June 24-26, 2016, bringing together over 1000 passionate designers, developers, business owners, entrepreneurs, marketing experts, bloggers and educators from around the globe. Submissions have been closed on 31 January &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Apply to speak at WordCamp Europe 2016 | #WCEU<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":573593,"featured_media":521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,29],"tags":[29,268941,464723],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-speakers","tag-speakers","tag-wceu","tag-wceu16"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2015\/10\/future-crop.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NYKL-5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/573593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3161,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/3161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}