{"id":3286,"date":"2016-02-26T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.london.wordcamp.org\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2016-02-26T15:09:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T15:09:46","slug":"welcome-our-final-batch-of-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/london.wordcamp.org\/2016\/welcome-our-final-batch-of-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome our final batch of speakers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our final speaker announcement, rounding up another incredible collection of individuals you&#8217;ll have the pleasure of seeing on stage.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2016.london.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/belen-albeza\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bel\u00e9n Albeza<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Bel\u00e9n is an engineer and game developer working at Developer Relations in Mozilla. 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