Upcoming WordPress Events You Shouldn’t Miss in April

This article, the first of a new series, was inspired by our ongoing involvement with the WordPress community. Starting with last year, for us, one of the many ways of getting engaged with the community was actively participating in WordCamp events. Not long ago, we shared on our blog some stories and lessons we’ve learned from our WordPress journey and talked about the value you can get from attending WordCamps.

As you probably know, WordCamps are not just for coding geeks 😉 . These conferences provide great learning opportunities for anyone who uses WordPress, no matter their business profile or technical skills. Since the first WordCamp in San Francisco, 680+ WordCamps have been organized by local communities all around the world. As we speak, there are 8 coming up this month.

So this blog post covers a list of upcoming WordPress events that we strongly encourage you to attend if they’re in your area and not only.

April 15: WordCamp Douala,  #DoualaWC17

First up on the list of WordCamps hosted in April is WordCamp Douala, a one-day conference taking place in Douala, Cameroon. 200 people are expected to attend, from developers and designers to WordPress bloggers and enthusiasts. The event will be streamed live on http://wordpress.tv/.

April 21-22: WordCamp Helsinki, #WCHEL

WordCamp Helsinki 2017 will take place in the center of Helsinki at Virgin Oil. It’s an event where our Product Owner, Alexandra Draghici is a speaker so if you’re attending, don’t miss her talk. Find the full list of speakers in our latest blog post.

April 22-23: 4 WordPress conferences are scheduled to take place this particular weekend.

WordCamp Madrid, #WCMadrid

Taking place at Campus Madrid, WordCamp Madrid will also be a two day event. The schedule for the 22nd of April 2017 includes 23 speakers, including Fernando Tellado, Darío Balbontín, Joan Artés and Mauricio Gelves. All talks will be held in Spanish, with Contributor Day planned for the 23rd of April.

WordCamp Vienna, Austria, #wcvie

The city that hosted last year’s WordCamp Europe will be holding the WordCamp Vienna 2017 Conference on the 22nd of April 2017 at the UNI Campus in the Altes AKH . The schedule will include 3 tracks with 23 speakers (in English and 6 talks in German). Luca Sartoni, Viktoria Egger and Ritchie Pettauer will be among the speakers. On the 23rd of April 2017, the Contributors Workshop Day is scheduled to take place at Stockwerk.co.at.

WordCamp Ubud, #WCUBUD

A two day event with Conference Day scheduled for April 22nd at Hubud and Contributor Day for April 23rd at The Onion Collective. The speakers include Daphnée Laforest, Peter Wilson and Akeda Bagus.

WordCamp Raleigh, #WCRaleigh

WordCamp Raleigh 2017 will take place at the College of Engineering, North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus. The event will be organized around five tracks: Beginner, Business, Power User, Developer and Workshops. The workshops will be on the following topics: Beginners Guide to WordPress, Beginners Guide to WordPress SEO and WordPress REST API. Among the speakers confirmed so far you’ll find Chris Lema, Shelly Peacock and Matt Cromwell.

April 28-29: WordCamp Kansas City, #WCKC

The venue for WordCamp Kansas City 2017  will be Kauffman Foundation Conference Center. Events are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Wrap Party, TBA) and 300 attendees are expected. The lineup of speakers includes Andrea Zoellner, Ann Gaffigan, Konstantin Obenland and Sean R. Nicholson.

April 29-30: WordCamp Chicago, #WCCHI

IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law is the location for this year’s WordCamp Chicago. The schedule for Saturday, April 29th and Sunday, April 30th is organized around 3 tracks and 30+ speakers are already announced, including Boone Gorges, Ryan Erwin, Tracy Apps and John James Jacoby.

April 29: WordCamp Bratislava

The first WordCamp we ever attended was WordCamp Bratislava 2016. And this year will be the sixth annual WordCamp conference to take place in Bratislava. The conference will last all day and will take place at the University of Economics.

So, are there any WordCamp events you’re attending this April?