The WordCamp London 2019 organising team is made up of web people from across the UK, who come together to contribute their skills and time to produce an amazing three day event.
The project, each year, builds on the knowledge and work of previous organisers, feedback, tips from other WordCamps and support from the Make WordPress Community team. The team is also supported by a number of advisors in the ongoing quest to promote accessibility and sustainability throughout the event.
The organisers look forward to welcoming you new and regular attendees, sponsors, volunteers and speakers.
Team Leads
WCLDN 2019 is led by two Co-Leads Dan Maby and Babs Saul, supported by a number of leads managing and championing particular areas of the event.
Communications Team
From website content to engaging with WordCampers and new audiences, this team is at the heart of the operation and involved in many wider aspects of the event planning to help make the experience as positive as possible for all those attending.
It also develops the plans for Contributor Day and working with other WordCamps, finding ways to build bridges and help more people take part in contributing to the WordPress global project.
Working with WordCamp Europe, a Progressive Web App is hoped to be available for use at London in April.
Abha Thakor
A specialist in communications, tech and digital research, and project management. Abha is involved in writing and presenting professional development materials, leading CPD initiatives for institutes. She contributes to the Make WordPress marketing, community and WordPress.tv teams, and is a WordCamp volunteer, speaker and organiser.
Abha is WordCamp London’s Communications Lead and involved in supporting many aspects of the 2019 event. She is also on the 2019 WordCamp Europe organising team.
Connect: @nonstopnewsuk / abhacomms / nonstopnews.co.uk Leo Mindel
He runs the coffee machine at Sotic, a Digital Sports Agency delivering massive sites using WordPress. He has been a member of WordPress London since 2016 and has regularly live streamed the MeetUps.
Leo joins the communications team for WordCamp London 2019 and is responsible for our live streaming plans.
Alex Denning
He runs Ellipsis Marketing, a marketing agency for WordPress businesses. He also co-authors MasterWP.co, a weekly newsletter for WordPress professionals.
Alex is on the WordCamp London communications team and leads the organising for 2019’s Contributor Day. He is also a contributor to the Make WordPress Marketing team.
Connect: @AlexDenning / alexdenning.com
Design Team
Our team here take care of the look and feel of the event and its channels. From signage posters to design of this year’s wapuus, this is a hub of activity and creativity.
Speakers Team
Focusing on supporting all those who would like to and those who are selected to speak at WordCamp London, this team is at the centre of leading our content planning.
Niels Gyde
A freelance graphic designer, Niels works in both online and offline environments. He came to the UK from Denmark in 1992 and worked in Italy for 10 years. He returned to England in 2010 and started working with WordPress.
His first WordCamp London was in 2018. Niels enjoyed his time as a volunteer so much, he joined the WCLDN team for 2019 as our Speakers Lead.
Connect: @gyde10 / cast creative.com
James Coates
Founder of Impact Media, a digital agency specialising in building, supporting and evolving WordPress powered websites. James’ background is in UI design and UX. He loves to create usable, conversion focused, great looking websites. He has been designing websites with WordPress since 2008.
James joins WCLDN 2019 on the Speakers Team and is supporting design.
Connect: @impact_james / impactmedia.co.uk
Todd Halfpenny
Founder of Datamad Plugins, known for Widgets on Pages, Todd is a web developer by trade. He got the WordCamp bug back at WordCamp Manchester in 2010, and has been hooked ever since. He’s a member of the WordPress London MeetUp. He finally got round to volunteering at WordCamp London in 2018, and loved it.
For WordCamp London 2019, Todd joins us on the Speakers Team. He also contributes to Make WordPress plugins and the translation teams.
Connect: @toddhalfpenny / toddhalfpenny.com
Sponsors Team
WordCamps owe a great deal of thanks to all those who take part in sponsorship either locally or globally.
Hauwa Abashiya
Describing herself as a ‘creative soul’, Hauwa is looking forward to being an ongoing contributor to the Make WordPress teams. Though new to WordPress community, she already feels she belongs and is excited about being part of WordCamp London. She works in web development, having transferred her skills from a career in project management, and discovering WordPress along the way.
She felt so welcome at her first event, WordCamp Brighton 2018, she volunteered for WordCamp London 2019. She is our Sponsors Lead, and has been liaising with established and potential new sponsors. We want our sponsors to be part of the event and thank them for making WCLDN possible. Other organisers Abha, Alex and Dan are also part of the Sponsorship Team.
Please do visit our generous sponsors during the event.
Website Team
Our site is the main channel for keeping attendees, speakers and sponsors informed and supporting them in their planning. The team work closely with communications and others to share the key tips and information to make your event experience even better.
Kirsty Burgoine
A WordPress engineer specialising in Front End development at Human Made. Kirsty is a long time attendee to WordCamp London, and for 2019, she joins the organising team as our Website Lead.
Read about how she created the animation on the site’s banner as part of the visual vision for the event.
Connect: @kirstyburgoine / kirstyburgoine.com
Louis Moloney
Runs Green Box, a web and software development company that specialises in websites and custom development for the charity sector. Louis loves building things.
He joins our WordCamp London Website Team and has been busy creating useful forms and tailoring the site to help our attendees.
Connect: @greenboxweb / Green Box