Schedule

Check this schedule before conference in case there are last minute changes.

Saturday, March 16th

Our main day of the conference is stuffed full of a variety of topics and includes a number of informative lightning talks.

Time	WordPress & The Web (CBC 155)	Design & Community (CBC 233)	Developers Track (ZEB 120)
8:00 am	Registration
8:30 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am	Web Accessibility For WordPress Joseph LoPreste Favorite session: Web Accessibility For WordPress	How To Improve The Privacy Of Your Site For You And Your Users Chris Wiegman Favorite session: How To Improve The Privacy Of Your Site For You And Your Users	Upgrading Your WordPress Development Stack Mark Jaquith Favorite session: Upgrading Your WordPress Development Stack
9:40 am	Content Architecture: Patterns for Organizing And Building Content in WordPress 5.x Jamie Schmid Favorite session: Content Architecture: Patterns for Organizing And Building Content in WordPress 5.x	Squash & Stretch & Good UX: Using Animation To Enhance User Experience Michelle Schulp Favorite session: Squash & Stretch & Good UX: Using Animation To Enhance User Experience	What’s New In PHP Cal Evans Favorite session: What’s New In PHP
10:20 am	Let’s Get Visual (Gutenberg Style) Mary Baum Favorite session: Let’s Get Visual (Gutenberg Style)	Don’t Get An MBA, Get a UX Education Christie Chirinos Favorite session: Don’t Get An MBA, Get a UX Education	Developers: This Is How Hackers Take Down Your Site Chris Teitzel Favorite session: Developers: This Is How Hackers Take Down Your Site
11:00 am	Empower Your Storytelling With Gutenberg: How To Use Blocks To Boost Your Communication Andrea Zoellner Favorite session: Empower Your Storytelling With Gutenberg: How To Use Blocks To Boost Your Communication	Designing the Perfect Product Page For Your Store Chris Lema Favorite session: Designing the Perfect Product Page For Your Store	WordPress Quality Standards Micah Wood Favorite session: WordPress Quality Standards
11:40 am	Exploring New Gutenberg Blocks Roberto Remedios Favorite session: Exploring New Gutenberg Blocks	How To Get The Most Out Of The Open Source Community James Tryon Favorite session: How To Get The Most Out Of The Open Source Community	AMA (Ask Me Anything) About Development Andrew Norcross Favorite session: AMA (Ask Me Anything) About Development
11:55 am	Creating Purposeful Content Rachel S. Lucas Favorite session: Creating Purposeful Content	HeroPress: The Stories Of WordPress Topher DeRosia Favorite session: HeroPress: The Stories Of WordPress
12:05 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm	Blogging – Even If You Think You Can’t Write Aida Marie Correa Favorite session: Blogging – Even If You Think You Can’t Write	How Color Can Work For You Patricia Meyer Favorite session: How Color Can Work For You	Everything You Can Do with the NEW (Redux Based) JavaScript Data API in WordPress Zac Gordon Favorite session: Everything You Can Do with the NEW (Redux Based) JavaScript Data API in WordPress
2:00 pm	Your Fastest Paths To Cash: How To Make Your Blog Your Most Successful Salesperson Jennifer Bourn Favorite session: Your Fastest Paths To Cash: How To Make Your Blog Your Most Successful Salesperson	WordPress Plugins Essential to SEO Antonella Morales Favorite session: WordPress Plugins Essential to SEO
2:30 pm	Evaluating Plugins: Strategies To Effectively Extend WordPress Kathy Zant Favorite session: Evaluating Plugins: Strategies To Effectively Extend WordPress	Kickstarting Kingston: Creating a Community Bianca Welds Favorite session: Kickstarting Kingston: Creating a Community	Updating Plugins For Gutenberg David Carr Favorite session: Updating Plugins For Gutenberg
3:10 pm	Promote Your Business And Get An Audience With Podcasts Windy Pierre, Joe Casabona, Joe Howard, Santiago Leon Favorite session: Promote Your Business And Get An Audience With Podcasts	How To Control Scope Creep By Embracing Change Beth Livingston Favorite session: How To Control Scope Creep By Embracing Change	Building Gutenberg Blocks with ACF Tessa Kriesel Favorite session: Building Gutenberg Blocks with ACF
3:50 pm	Fireside Chat with The New Executive Director Josepha Haden Favorite session: Fireside Chat with The New Executive Director
4:20 pm	Keynote: “Future of WordPress” John James Jacoby Favorite session: Keynote: “Future of WordPress”
5:00 pm	Gameshow! Favorite session: Gameshow!
6:30 pm	After Party @ Chili’s (On Campus)

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Sunday, March 17th

Advanced Growth Business Track – Sunday, March 17th

For micro agencies (services & products) that have been in business a few years are the primary target. This format allows attendees to ask and submit questions, of seasoned experts in their field, before and during the Business Track.

Time	Business Track (CBC 155)
9:30 am	Advanced Growth Business Track Part 1 – Not All Sales Growth is Inbound Sales Scott Mann, Karim Marucchi, Colin Dowling, Pat Ramsey, Chris Lema Favorite session: Advanced Growth Business Track Part 1 – Not All Sales Growth is Inbound Sales
10:30 am	Advanced Growth Business Track Part 2 – More ways to Grow production and Deliverables Scott Mann, Karim Marucchi, Colin Dowling, Pat Ramsey, Chris Lema Favorite session: Advanced Growth Business Track Part 2 – More ways to Grow production and Deliverables
11:30 am	Advanced Growth Business Track Part 3 – How Do You Deal with Operational Needs in Growth? Scott Mann, Karim Marucchi, Colin Dowling, Pat Ramsey, Chris Lema Favorite session: Advanced Growth Business Track Part 3 – How Do You Deal with Operational Needs in Growth?
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	What you need to know about Privacy and Security in 2019 Tony Perez, Chris Wiegman, Rian Kinney Esq., Pat Ramsey, Chris Teitzel Favorite session: What you need to know about Privacy and Security in 2019
2:30 pm	Privacy and Security Q&A Panel Tony Perez, Chris Wiegman, Rian Kinney Esq., Pat Ramsey, Chris Teitzel Favorite session: Privacy and Security Q&A Panel
3:00 pm	Predictive Communication Wendy Guess Favorite session: Predictive Communication
3:20 pm	Drowning Can Save Your Life Scott Mann Favorite session: Drowning Can Save Your Life
3:40 pm	Lessons In Exponential Growth Zach Stepek Favorite session: Lessons In Exponential Growth
4:00 pm	How the Science of Persuasion Can Help You Grow Your Business Anthony Miyazaki Favorite session: How the Science of Persuasion Can Help You Grow Your Business
4:30 pm	GameShow, Prizes, Closing Remarks!

Building WordPress Skills Track – Sunday, March 17th

This track has useful information for everyone to help make them better WordPress users.

Time	Building WordPress Skills Track (RDB 1100)
9:45 am	How Young Ones Can Build Their WordPress Skills Victoria Dameus, Edward Pratt, Alicia Eugene, Andrew Lacayo, Aidan Lacayo, Amaya Matias Medina, Samientha Tellus Favorite session: How Young Ones Can Build Their WordPress Skills
10:30 am	How To Pick The Right WordPress Ecommerce Solution Topher DeRosia Favorite session: How To Pick The Right WordPress Ecommerce Solution
11:15 am	7 Steps to Secure your WordPress and 7 Tips to Keep it Secure Chloe Chamberland Favorite session: 7 Steps to Secure your WordPress and 7 Tips to Keep it Secure
12:00 pm	How To Build Your WordPress Coding Skills When You Aren’t A Coder Korene Stuart Favorite session: How To Build Your WordPress Coding Skills When You Aren’t A Coder
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:50 pm	WordPress Site Security 101 Kathy Zant Favorite session: WordPress Site Security 101
2:15 pm	WordPress, Social Media, and Sales Funnels Tracy Timberlake Favorite session: WordPress, Social Media, and Sales Funnels
3:00 pm	How WordCamps Can Impact Education Annejeanette Washington Collins Favorite session: How WordCamps Can Impact Education
3:45 pm	How To Build An Irresistible Website Home Page Naima Sheikh Favorite session: How To Build An Irresistible Website Home Page
4:30 pm	GameShow, Prizes, Closing Remarks!

Learn Javascript Deeply – Sunday, March 17th

Developers looking to improve their JavaScript skills will have a full day of insights and learning.

Time	Learn JavaScript Deeply (RB 120)
9:00 am	Registration
9:30 am	Modern JS beyond ES6 Nemanja Stojanovic Favorite session: Modern JS beyond ES6
10:30 am	Developing Async Sense in JavaScript Nemanja Stojanovic Favorite session: Developing Async Sense in JavaScript
11:30 am	Building with React Slavo Popovic Favorite session: Building with React
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:50 pm	Building a Directory with React and Headless WordPress Michelle Wiltshire Favorite session: Building a Directory with React and Headless WordPress
2:15 pm	Introduction to Gatsby.js Whitney Lubin Favorite session: Introduction to Gatsby.js
3:00 pm	Headless WordPress With Node Michael Schofield Favorite session: Headless WordPress With Node
3:45 pm	How To Start With Vue.JS Doug Steinberg Favorite session: How To Start With Vue.JS
4:30 pm	GameShow, Prizes, Closing Remarks!

Friday, March 15th

WordPress 101 Beginner Course

If you have never used WordPress before, this is the workshop to attend.

Beginner’s Workshop is held in the Ryder Business (RB) building Room RB 120.

Time	Beginners Workshop (RB 120)
8:30 am	Registration
9:00 am	Decisions / Education
10:00 am	Installation and Setup
11:15 am	Getting Started with WordPress
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	WordPress Themes
2:00 pm	Troubleshooting
3:00 pm	Plugins
4:00 pm	Q&A
4:30 pm	Closing Remarks

Developer’s Workshop

If you do WordPress development for clients or build plugins/themes, then you need to know what the future lies for WordPress developers.

The Developer’s Workshop will be held at FIU’s Rafael Diaz-Balart Law Building (RDB) in Room 1100.

Time	Developers Workshop (RDB 1100)
8:30 am	Registration Favorite session: Registration
9:00 am	Introductions & Starting To Build A Basic Plugin David Wolfpaw Favorite session: Introductions & Starting To Build A Basic Plugin
10:30 am	How to Approach Object-Oriented Programming With WordPress Carl Alexander Favorite session: How to Approach Object-Oriented Programming With WordPress
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Tools and Techniques for Productive Local Development with WordPress Chris Wiegman Favorite session: Tools and Techniques for Productive Local Development with WordPress
2:30 pm	Using WebPack To Help Build Your Plugin Micah Wood Favorite session: Using WebPack To Help Build Your Plugin
3:30 pm	Basic Principles of Software Architecture Micah Wood Favorite session: Basic Principles of Software Architecture

Freelancers Workshop

If you are a freelancer, want to become one, or want to be better at business this is DEFINITELY a must-attend workshop for you. Freelancer’s Workshop will be held at FIU’s College of Business building (CBC) in Room (CBC 155).

Time	Freelancers Workshop (CBC 155)
8:30 am	Registration Favorite session: Registration
9:40 am	How To Improve Your Client’s Experience Allie Nimmons Favorite session: How To Improve Your Client’s Experience
10:25 am	What I Wish I’d Known About Freelancing Nathan Ingram Favorite session: What I Wish I’d Known About Freelancing
11:10 am	Be Your Client’s Hero Gayle Williams Favorite session: Be Your Client’s Hero
11:50 am	Fitness & Freelance: 10 Practical Habits to Balance Health with Hustle Michelle Schulp Favorite session: Fitness & Freelance: 10 Practical Habits to Balance Health with Hustle
12:10 pm	Step Up Your Influence Game: Grow Your Network Cindy Montgenie Favorite session: Step Up Your Influence Game: Grow Your Network
12:20 pm	Lunch
1:50 pm	Freelancer’s Guide To Contracts Rian Kinney Esq. Favorite session: Freelancer’s Guide To Contracts
2:15 pm	How Freelancers Can Apply The Disney Basics When Dealing With Clients Adam Soucie Favorite session: How Freelancers Can Apply The Disney Basics When Dealing With Clients
3:00 pm	Project Management Jessi Gurr Favorite session: Project Management
3:45 pm	How Freelancers Can Diversify Their Income Joe Casabona Favorite session: How Freelancers Can Diversify Their Income
4:30 pm	General Q&A Favorite session: General Q&A

WordCamp Miami 2019

March 15-17, 2019