Author: Siobhan

Siobhan is the lead organiser of WordCamp Whitley Bay, her hometown in the North-East of England where she spends a lot of time on the beach with her dog and kids. When she's not organising WC Whitley Bay she's the COO of Human Made and runs WP Includes.

Save the Date: WordCamp London 20th – 22nd March 2015

We’re really excited to announce that the next WordCamp London will be held from 20th – 22nd March 2015 at London Metropolitan University!! The event will break down as follows:

  • 20th March: Contributor Day (for all things contributing to WordPress)
  • 21st – 22nd March: Conference (for all things WordPress)

The next WordCamp London is going to be even bigger than the last, with three tracks packed with everything the discerning WordPress developer, designer, blogger, contributor, business owner, and general aficionado might need. We’re hugely grateful to London Metropolitan University, who will be hosting us this year. We’ve got some exciting plans this year that we think will make our WordCamp really special.

But…uhh…. what about WordCamp London 2014?

We had every intention of holding WordCamp London this year. However, the room that we fell in love with is being renovated until the end of the year. Rather than having a festive Christmas WordCamp or pushing it just to January, we thought March would be a great alternative. This means that there’s a slim chance that the English weather will be nice to us and send rays of sunshine to warm up our WordCamp.

You shan’t be starved of WordPress, however. The WPLDN meetup group continues as usual, and there’ll be a WP Contributor Day in London later this year! Watch the meetup group for information.

What’s Next?

Over the coming months we’ll be making the usual announcements: call for speakers, call for sponsors, call for volunteers, ticketing, contributor day signups, and all of the other goodies you’ve come to expect from your WordCamp.

See you in March!

WordCamp London needs a venue! Can you help?

Last year, WordCamp London was a huge success and we want to make this year even bigger and better. This means finding a bigger venue that can host two conference days. We’re working our way through venues in London, sending out requests for quotes, collating information, and trying to find a way to keep our costs as low as possible.

We’re committed to keeping the event as cheap for attendees, while still providing an amazing WordCamp experience. Venues in London are expensive, so we’re looking for a venue partner or sponsor who would be able to host our WordCamp for us. By hosting WordCamp London you’ll be supporting an amazing open source project, and we’re happy to discuss what we can do to show our thanks.

We’d like to hold the WordCamp over a weekend some time between August -> December 2014.

Who can help?

We need an venue space that can hold up to 600 people, across three rooms. You might be able to help us if you’re a:

  • University: universities can be perfect spaces because they can hold lots of people and have lots of bandwidth. It’s also a great opportunity for your students to learn about WordPress and meeting people in the WordPress community.
  • Adult Education Centre or College: again, this can be a great opportunity for students to learn about WordPress.
  • Tech company: if you’re a big tech company with a whole load of space, supporting a WordCamp is a great way to support the open source community
  • cinema, theatre, meeting house, community centre, mansion house, historic building, any other big space that can hold 600 people and their laptops!

We’d also be interested in speaking to anyone who thinking they can host the Contributor Day. For that we need a venue of around 150 people.

If you think you can help, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us an email.

WordCamp London 2015 is over. Check out the next edition!