Schedule

Friday, September 22nd

Time Hall of Fame Media Theater
8:00 am Registration – Front Foyer/Tech Way 1
8:45 am Opening Remarks – Media Theater
9:00 am 5 Steps to Personal and Website Security Adam Warner Getting Started with WordPress.com Lydia Rogers
10:00 am Maintain Your Theme’s Styles, Future You Will Thank You Maxwell Morgan
10:30 am Rise Above the Noise Susan Finn
11:00 am Coding Standards: What They Are and Why You Should Follow Them Jonathan Desrosiers
12:00 pm Lunch – Dining Room Commons
1:00 pm Keynote – The Big Fail: Breaking Down the 4th Wall of Agency Life Aaron Ware
2:00 pm Moving Beyond the Customizer Ajay Coletta Creating a Powerful Personal Brand for Connection, Communication & Success
Laura Willis
3:00 pm Extending and Building Upon the WordPress REST API Timothy Jacobs
3:30 pm Turn WordPress into a Single Page Application (SPA) Tyler Smith, Zack Cote, Jennifer Shaheen
4:00 pm Woo for You: Customizing WooCommerce Gary Thayer
5:30 pm Welcome Soirée – Eleven 49

Saturday, September 23rd

Time Hall of Fame Media Theater
8:00 am Registration – Front Foyer/Tech Way 1
8:45 am Opening Remarks – Media Theater
9:00 am So Many Plugins – So Little Time Reiko Beach Increase Engagement & Conversion with These 6 Innovative Personalized Experiences Jesse Friedman
10:00 am Developing WordPress Plugins Using the MVC Methodology Nate Allen What’s Your Data Story? Jennifer Shaheen
11:00 am WordPress Transients: A Technical Guide to a Powerful API Ryan Kanner Don’t Just Design and Build a Death Star, Maintain It Too Matthew Clancy
12:00 pm Lunch – Dining Room Commons
1:00 pm A More Humanized Web Design Process for the Client Cara Nelson Doubling Your WordPress Site Conversions Tom Shapiro
2:00 pm Break – Coffee & Snacks – Outside the Media Theater
2:30 pm Beyond the Blog: WordPress as a Comprehensive CMS for Media Organizations Stephen Tiszenkel Little Things Make a Big Difference Michelle Ames
3:30 pm Marketing Experts Panel with Live Questions & Website Reviews – Media Theater Laura Willis, Jennifer Shaheen, Michelle Ames, Tom Shapiro
4:45 pm Closing Remarks – Media Theater