WordCamp Birmingham UK 2015 running order

Running order grid

WordCamp Birmingham UK 2015 running order version 2.60 (4 February 2015).

Sessions must be listed on the content ideas page, which includes details of how to propose a session, before being included in the running order.

• RM1 = everyone in Room 1

Time	Room 1 (Explore Room)	Room 2 (Innovate Room)	Room 3 (Think and Smile Room)	Room 4 (Achieve Room)
Friday 6 February 2015
1900-late	Friday social
Saturday 7 February 2015
0930-1015	Registration/coffee Grid (if required)
1015-1030	Introduction	RM1	RM1	RM1
1030-1050	Improving the UX of search in WP Steven Jones	Turbo-speed your WordPress website! Mike Pead	Workshop: Hands-on introduction to WordPress Mike Little	Common Room
1100-1120	Theme building tricks of the trade Jonny Allbut	Get your Git on Matt Radford
1130-1220	Training clients on how to use WordPress Brian Duffy	Real-time WordPress Josh Hillier
1230-1330	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1330-1420	Catering for WordPress Kirsty Burgoine	Content manage everything! Mark Wilkinson	Workshop: How to build better businesses for your customers Mike Killen	Common Room
1430-1450	Building a business by using WordPress as an application framework for universities Nathan Monk	Mind your language! A practical guide to implementing ‘proper’ language encoding on multilingual WordPress websites Doug Lawrence, Belinda Mustoe
1500-1520	WOW plugins 2015 Kimb Jones	Automate and integrate WordPress with other applications Jason King
1530-1700	Lightning talks	RM1	RM1	RM1
1700-1715	Close of day 1	RM1	RM1	RM1
1900-late	Saturday social
Sunday 8 February 2015
1015-1030	Introduction	RM1	RM1	RM1
1030-1050	How to be a brand and not a commodity Petra Foster	Workshop: Managing your WordPress site now and for the future Rachel McCollin	Workshop: Theme builders workshop Jonny Allbut	Common Room
1000-1120	WordPress for small and not for profit enterprises Pauline Roche, Ted Ryan
1130-1150	Customers and the web Paul Cherry
1200-1220	Why it’s time to stop using Photoshop for web design Ben Furfie
1230-1400	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1400-1420	WordPress in local government Nivaria Morales	Workshop: How to market and sell more WordPress websites Karl Craig-West	Workshop: Extending WordPress using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin Kirsty Burgoine, Nathan Roberts	Common Room
1430-1450	Content is king Rachel McCollin
1500-1520	Crowdfunding WordPress plugins – The case of QPress Jonathan Bishop
1530-1550	Easy, lazy SEO for WordPress sites Jessica Rose
1600-1630	Closing	RM1	RM1	RM1
1630-late	Sunday social

Running order notes

• running order versions are subject to change
• to present a session you must have a ticket for the conference and, obviously, be present for the relevant session
• sessions still blank at the beginning of the event will be filled using the grid 0930-1015 on Saturday morning

Workshop notes

If you’re planning to attend any of workshops then note the following:

• each workshop will last 2 hours 20 minutes – you’ll need to attend the whole workshop
• you must bring a laptop with you which is capable of connecting to the internet via wifi
• the workshops are practical – you won’t be listening to someone speak for all that time – instead you’ll be working on practical tasks and activities with the workshop leader’s input and support
• you will need a clean local installation of WordPress on your laptop for some of the workshops, while for others you will need access to your own website or a local copy of it – it is recommended creating a local copy of your site on your laptop just in case you have problems connecting to the live version, and also to let you practice new skills on a site which isn’t visible to the public
• the workshop leader will be able to answer any questions you have during the workshop and you’ll also get a chance to discuss ideas, problems and questions with other attendees

Speaker notes

Notes for speakers:

• speakers need to bring your own laptop or tablet with your presentation on it
• if your device has non-standard ports, please bring an adapter so it can connect to a standard VGA cable; also bring a power cable or ensure your device is fully charged
• please upload your presentation to Slideshare and send the organisers a link to it before the event so that we can post all presentations to the website afterwards
• there will be good wifi at the venue but please be aware that if your presentation is reliant on live access to the internet this may be risky!
• there will be someone in each room to help speakers get set up before their talk and explain how the equipment works – please make sure you’re in the room 10 minutes before you’re due to start speaking
• as a speaker you will still need to buy a ticket for the event