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Call for Speakers

It’s the time! We are excited to open the call for speakers and we trust that we would receive many interesting and deeply valuable talk applications for WordCamp Kolkata 2019. We have to admit it’s our favorite task to read all of your applications and select those who will be speaking at the biggest one day WordPress event in Kolkata. We want to schedule a good variety of quality talks that will interest all types of WordPressers from Dev Community to the marketers and designers and of course the newbies.

We are an open and welcoming community who encourage speaker application from all over India and outside. Tell us how you are making the web a better place. Here are some of the most requested topics to inspire you-

  • Advanced development
  • Accessible designs
  • Project management
  • Client Support
  • Changing the growth curve of success using WordPress.
  • Agile Frameworks
  • Culture in this ecosystem
  • Scaling up the business
  • Accelerated mobile pages and WordPress
  • Significant changes and expectation from WordPress 2018 onwards.
  • Storytelling
  • WordPress and Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine and deep learning.
  • AWS and WordPress
  • Careers in WordPress?/ Why should I attend WordCamps?
  • Challenges of the tech industry
  • Adventures of Entrepreneurship
  • Intellectual property and Open source world
  • Blogging and content writing
  • Cloud Computing and WordPress.
  • Progressive WordPress sites
  • Introduction to WordPress
  • Blockchain with WordPress
  • Coding Divas Women in WordPress

HOW LONG SHOULD MY PRESENTATION BE?

We are planning the following format for sessions:

#Long Talks – 40 mins in total, breaking down to around 30 mins for talk and 10 mins for questions.

#Lightning & Sub-lightening talks – 10 mins each, grouping related topics together.

DO I NEED TO BE A NINJA SPEAKER?

Relax your nerves! We are your people the WordCamp Kolkata is friendly and welcoming ultimately we are looking for speakers who have something interesting and delicious to talk and share knowledge with others and learn at the same time. We Welcome speakers of all experience level including those who have never presented themselves before. Well When reviewing speaker applications, we will take your previous speaking experience into account. If you have a few WordCamps lined up to add to your speaking experience before WordCamp Kolkata, but after you send in your application, make sure you tell us that too. If you are looking for inspiration and examples of the type of content. Please look at the topics we have suggested along with it you can also watch out the WordCamp talks on the official WordCamp Channel- https://wordpress.tv/category/wordcamptv/

If you haven’t already, there is still time to speak at Kolkata WordPress meetup to gain more practice. WordCamp Kolkata 2019 is an opportunity to present yourself to all the WordPress Wizards out there and is a great way for you to share your passion, increase the strength of your network and advance your career.

We will be hosting 2 Google hangouts session to answer your queries and related questions about the call for speakers, help you brainstorm and advice and know your content of the talk.

APPLICATION DEADLINE AND PROCESS:

The Call for Speakers will be open until 25th January 2019 31st January 2018, so please make sure that you send us your application on time.

Here is what our application and selection process looks like:

  • Call for speakers is open now!
  • Call for speakers closes on 25th January 2019 11:59 PM IST  31st January 2019 11:59 PM IST.
  • We’ll be selecting speakers until 15th February 2019.
  • Speaker announcements will happen on 3rd week of February.
  • The schedule will be published last week of February.

Make sure that you send us an extract about your topic of interest in 300 – 500 words followed by a short video of 1 – 2 mins length introducing yourself so that we can know you. It’s always cool to know and grow together.

We request and look forward that our speakers strictly adhere and agree to the WordPress Code conduct.

See You soon! Keep following we have all ears!

Thank you so much for all your applications, Speaker Application is now Closed. See you at the venue 🙂

WordCamp Kolkata, West Bengal, India is over. Check out the next edition!