WordCamps are a place to ask and answer questions – but there might be a point during WordCamp London 2016 when you need to ask someone a non-WordPress related question: where are the nearest bathrooms? Where can I get some coffee? Where’s the Quiet Room?

For these questions, please look out for our wonderful team of volunteers who will be wearing bright blue t-shirts with the WordCamp London 2016 logo, as well as LOCALHOST, written on the back.

In all their glory, here they are:

Please get in touch with a volunteer if you need to report a Code of Conduct violation. If you cannot see a volunteer around you, please go to the main entrance in the Rocket where you will be able to find a volunteer or organiser.

The Happiness Bar has become part and parcel of WordCamps all over the world and offer a place for attendees to have their WordPress questions answered by helpful volunteers. It’s an opportunity get one-on-one help and advice on your own website, discuss challenges, troubleshoot problems, and learn about cool WordPress tips and tricks.

Continue reading Get WordPress Help & Support at the Happiness Bar →

Contributing back to WordPress is one of the most important ways of maintaining, improving and developing the platform. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never contributed before, all you’ll need to get started is your laptop and a willingness to learn!

WordCamp London 2016 will hold a Contributor Day on Friday 8th April at London Metropolitan University in the Graduate Centre, and we’d like to warmly welcome all and every skill level to come along and make WordPress with us.

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Accessibility is a priority in the WordPress Community, and this year WordCamp London 2016 is proud to be fully accessible to the deaf and hard-of-hearing, wheelchair users, parents and lactating women.

We’ve added a few additional facilities to ensure WordCamp London remains accessible to everyone for the duration of the event. If you’d like more information regarding any of the below, please get in touch with us at london@wordcamp.org.

Hearing Loops

All rooms holding sessions and presentations are fitted with audio induction loops. This includes the Henry Thomas Room, Great Hall and GC1–08 (in the Graduate Centre).

Speech to Text Reporters (STTRs)

We’ll be providing live captions for every presentation throughout the event. Continue reading Accessibility at WordCamp London 2016 →

Lilyana Yakimova is the Marketing Director @ WordPress hosting specialist SiteGround.com. She joined the company since its very foundation, and has led all marketing and communication strategies to date. Effectively communicating SiteGround’s strengths, Lilyana’s vision has helped grow the company from a single client to an international business, building the brand to what SiteGround is today.

Who is SiteGround? And what are you guys doing?

SiteGround is a cool web hosting company that has been around for more than 10 years. We have servers in the USA, UK, the Netherlands and Singapore. We have offices in Bulgaria and Spain. We host 200K WordPress sites plus thousands of others too.

Continue reading Say hello to… SiteGround! →

Our final speaker announcement, rounding up another incredible collection of individuals you’ll have the pleasure of seeing on stage.

Continue reading Welcome our final batch of speakers! →

Here’s another excellent line-up of speakers you can look forward to seeing at WordCamp London 2016!

Continue reading Introducing our second batch of speakers! →

Over the next few days, we’ll be announcing our amazing speakers to the world! Say hello to our first batch…

… and check out their sessions in more detail in the schedule.

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We’re super proud to announce our diverse mix of panelists who will be covering Q&A sessions around Core, Accessibility and Recruiting For Your Business.

Continue reading Say hello to our wonderful panelists! →

Last year, WordCamp London’s 2015 organisers created a comprehensive list of hotels within a walking distance or tube ride away from the venue.

We’ve republished it here for you and hope it’s just as helpful this time – but don’t thank us, thank them!

Please note that the hotels are in no particular order and the travel time shown is based on Google Maps calculations.

Continue reading Hotels & Accommodation →