Schedule

Friday, March 18

Registration Opens 8:00 am | Lunch 12:00 pm | Workshops End 4:30 pm

Time	Ballroom	Mark C. Pope	Anne Cramer
9:00 am	WordPress Design for Beginners Mickey Mellen, Kathy Drewien Favorite session: WordPress Design for Beginners	Beginner WordPress Development Micah Wood, Aaron Reimann Favorite session: Beginner WordPress Development	Getting Started with WordPress Judi Knight, Kyle Bowman Favorite session: Getting Started with WordPress

Saturday, March 19

Registration Opens 8:00 am | Happiness Bar Open 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Time	Ballroom	Paul Duke	Mark C. Pope	Anne Cramer
8:45 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am	Keynote
10:00 am	Business: Sales and Pricing Strategies Ben Stoffel-Rosales Favorite session: Business: Sales and Pricing Strategies	All Users: Using WordPress in The World Of Higher Education Rachel Carden Favorite session: All Users: Using WordPress in The World Of Higher Education	Developers: Best Practices for Building WooCommerce Plugins Daniel Espinoza Favorite session: Developers: Best Practices for Building WooCommerce Plugins	All Users: Codeless Contribution – Making WordPress Better as a non-Developer Zachary Skaggs Favorite session: All Users: Codeless Contribution – Making WordPress Better as a non-Developer
11:00 am	All Users: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Rapid Fire Website Critiques Judi Knight Favorite session: All Users: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Rapid Fire Website Critiques	Developers: SAAS and WordPress Lew Ayotte Favorite session: Developers: SAAS and WordPress	All Users: Accessible Websites: What are they and why should I care? Nancy Thanki Favorite session: All Users: Accessible Websites: What are they and why should I care?	Business: Should You Teach WordPress as Part of Your Business Model? Val Hudgins Favorite session: Business: Should You Teach WordPress as Part of Your Business Model?
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	All Users: SEO Goes Local Rich Owings Favorite session: All Users: SEO Goes Local	Business: How Freelancers & Heart-Centered Entrepreneurs Can Build Their Biz w/WordPress Brian M Hilliard Favorite session: Business: How Freelancers & Heart-Centered Entrepreneurs Can Build Their Biz w/WordPress	Design: The Design Dilemma: Who’s The Website Really For? Mallie Hart Favorite session: Design: The Design Dilemma: Who’s The Website Really For?	Developers: WAG the Blog: Using WordPress, Ansible, and Git to Build Your Website Evan Volgas Favorite session: Developers: WAG the Blog: Using WordPress, Ansible, and Git to Build Your Website
2:00 pm	Developers: Take your Website from “Not” to “Hot” with JQuery! Tamil Periasamy Favorite session: Developers: Take your Website from “Not” to “Hot” with JQuery!	All Users: Awarding Behavior and Altering Businesses with WordPress Brian Richards Favorite session: All Users: Awarding Behavior and Altering Businesses with WordPress	All Users: Page Builders Showdown Aaron Reimann Favorite session: All Users: Page Builders Showdown	All Users: Frameworks for Freelancers- Double Time IT! Shelly Peacock Favorite session: All Users: Frameworks for Freelancers- Double Time IT!
3:00 pm	All Users: Panel: How to Get to the Top of Google Jenny Munn, Tom Nguyen, Mickey Mellen Favorite session: All Users: Panel: How to Get to the Top of Google	All Users: 5 Ways WordPress Can Change Your Life Shayda Torabi Favorite session: All Users: 5 Ways WordPress Can Change Your Life	Developers: The CIA Mindset – Securing your WordPress Code David Brumbaugh Favorite session: Developers: The CIA Mindset – Securing your WordPress Code	Business: Transitioning From Consulting to Products Jason Coleman Favorite session: Business: Transitioning From Consulting to Products
4:00 pm	All Users: Making the most of Divi Aaron Reimann Favorite session: All Users: Making the most of Divi	Developers: WordPress REST API Basics Russell Fair Favorite session: Developers: WordPress REST API Basics	Developers: Decoupled Development with WordPress JSON APIs Matt Cheney Favorite session: Developers: Decoupled Development with WordPress JSON APIs	All Users: WordPress and WooCommerce: The Perfect eCommerce Combination Mitch Canter Favorite session: All Users: WordPress and WooCommerce: The Perfect eCommerce Combination
5:00 pm	After Party

Sunday, March 20

Registration Opens 8:30 am | Happiness Bar Open 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Time	Ballroom	Paul Duke	Mark C. Pope	Anne Cramer
8:45 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am	All Users: How to choose a theme Nicky Pink Favorite session: All Users: How to choose a theme	All Users: What I learned building 48 websites for 48 nonprofits in 48 hours Adam Walker Favorite session: All Users: What I learned building 48 websites for 48 nonprofits in 48 hours	All Users: Smart Writing for Business Websites Tom Tortorici Favorite session: All Users: Smart Writing for Business Websites	Business: How to Stop Giving Your Business Away Scott Mann Favorite session: Business: How to Stop Giving Your Business Away
10:00 am	Business: Taking Your WordPress Freelance Business To The Next Level Melanie G. Adcock Favorite session: Business: Taking Your WordPress Freelance Business To The Next Level	Developers: Using Composer with WordPress Micah Wood Favorite session: Developers: Using Composer with WordPress	All Users: Creating Content Strategies for WordPress Angelica Yarde Favorite session: All Users: Creating Content Strategies for WordPress	Developers: AWS & WordPress Hosting – A beginners guide Carel Bekker Favorite session: Developers: AWS & WordPress Hosting – A beginners guide
11:00 am	Business: Self Employed Through WordPress David Laietta Favorite session: Business: Self Employed Through WordPress	All Users: How My Shortcomings in WordPress Make Me a Better Contributor Lisa Melegari Favorite session: All Users: How My Shortcomings in WordPress Make Me a Better Contributor	Developers: The Truth About the Environment (A Primer For Professional WordPress Development Practices) Tom McFarlin Favorite session: Developers: The Truth About the Environment (A Primer For Professional WordPress Development Practices)	All Users: Finding the best tools to make things happen Mickey Mellen Favorite session: All Users: Finding the best tools to make things happen
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	All Users: Building Better Websites Through Collaboration, Communication, and Consistency Julien Melissas Favorite session: All Users: Building Better Websites Through Collaboration, Communication, and Consistency	Developers: Using WP-CLI to Create Your Own Managed WordPress Hosting AJ Morris Favorite session: Developers: Using WP-CLI to Create Your Own Managed WordPress Hosting	Designers: Using Firebug to Learn to Customize WordPress Sites Michael Earley Favorite session: Designers: Using Firebug to Learn to Customize WordPress Sites	Business: The Power of Recurring Income Nathan Ingram Favorite session: Business: The Power of Recurring Income
2:00 pm	All Users: Do you really need a 2 kg pocket knife? Choosing the Best Ecommerce Solution for your Site Kate Newbill Favorite session: All Users: Do you really need a 2 kg pocket knife? Choosing the Best Ecommerce Solution for your Site	All Users: Must Have Blogging Tools Mallie Hart Favorite session: All Users: Must Have Blogging Tools	All Users: The Zombie Cure: Content Strategy for Better Websites Melissa Eggleston Favorite session: All Users: The Zombie Cure: Content Strategy for Better Websites	Developers: Plugin Reviews Demystified (How to Review a Plugin) Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) – Keynote Speaker Favorite session: Developers: Plugin Reviews Demystified (How to Review a Plugin)
3:00 pm	All Users: Website Security – The Big Picture w/ Simple Steps to Take Lew Ayotte Favorite session: All Users: Website Security – The Big Picture w/ Simple Steps to Take	All Users: Invest in WordPress by Investing in Yourself: The State of Wellness in the WordPress Community Rich Robinkoff Favorite session: All Users: Invest in WordPress by Investing in Yourself: The State of Wellness in the WordPress Community	Developers: Introducing WordPress Multitenancy Cliff Seal Favorite session: Developers: Introducing WordPress Multitenancy	All Users: A Non-Coder’s Secret Weapon to Building Custom Applications Naomi C. Bush Favorite session: All Users: A Non-Coder’s Secret Weapon to Building Custom Applications
4:00 pm	Closing Remarks – Prize Winners Announced

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