{"id":3849,"date":"2019-03-13T09:16:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T09:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.london.wordcamp.org\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2019-03-19T23:01:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T23:01:52","slug":"our-first-round-of-2019-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/london.wordcamp.org\/2019\/our-first-round-of-2019-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Our first round of 2019 speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

In the first of our series of features on our 2019 schedule, we are proud to introduce you to the speakers for WordCamp London.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We have a total of 45 speakers, covering three tracks during the weekend of 6 \u2013 7 April at the London Metropolitan University. We were overwhelmed by the number and generosity of applicants willing to share their experience and knowledge. We only wish we had even more sessions to be able to include more in the final line-up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Tickets are limited so make sure you\u00a0snap up your place<\/a>\u00a0for these amazing talks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For the first morning of the conference on 6 April, we have 11 speakers joining us for a mixture of business, content, development, community and design talks. Meet the speakers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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As a digital business administrator, Judith consults freelancers and small companies on all aspects of online marketing and digitisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has always had a soft spot for niches and small businesses because she likes people who follow their passion. She has gained 20 years of professional experience in small service businesses, mostly in the tourism industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She started her own business in 2015 and became a passionate WordPress fan. Since 2017, she has been involved in the WordPress Community (Orga, volunteer and speaker at MeetUps).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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She works as a web and graphic designer, designing primarily in WordPress for SME clients based in and around Sussex and the UK. She also loves helping business owners with their websites at regular, free drop-in #ShakeItHUB help sessions.

Meg\u2019s company, Shake It Up Creative, specialises in rebranding and repositioning. She said she enjoys working with companies that are ready to take their business to the next level, value design and marketing and need some professional help to turn their ambitions and their passions into reality. She wants to help organisations find and communicate their purpose through design and marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPiccia Neri\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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With a background in art theory, she has been a practising designer for more than two decades, working with cultural institutions and London agencies on global brands. Piccia led the creative direction of the design department at the British Film Institute, London. She was Vice President of the Chartered Society of Designers (UK) 2013 to 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piccia runs her own web and design consultancy agency out of Valencia, Spain. She educates \u2018geeks\u2019 on design and speaks at conferences on design topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With a career spanning more than 25 years in integrated communication design, Raffaella works with clients on all aspects from strategy to implementation. Her motto is \u2018design is problem solving\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in New York City, she now lives and works in the Italian countryside, surrounded by flora and fauna. Her online identity is Zetaraffix. She is a contributor to the Make WordPress design<\/a>, marketing<\/a> and polyglots<\/a> teams, and an organiser for the WordPress Translation Days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRemkus de Vries\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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From the Netherlands, Remkus is the Manager of Partnerships at Yoast and has responsibility for translations. He has been active in the WordPress Community since 2006. He co-founded WordCamp Netherlands in 2009 and WordCamp Europe in 2013 and has been part of both organising teams ever since.<\/p>\n

He has also been a team rep for the Make WordPress Polyglots<\/a> and informally assisted other WordCamp organising teams.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSabrina Zeidan\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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A fan of WordPress since 2010, Sabrina is fond of scaling the networks of websites with WordPress Multisite and performance optimization. She focuses on making\u00a0WordPress websites faster as a part of WP Media team.<\/p>\n

She is a WordCamp volunteer and a contributor to Make WordPress polyglots<\/a> and plugins<\/a> teams.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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She works as a digital consultant, digital mentor, trainer and coach. Practical and versatile, Simona\u2019s degree in statistics fuels her curiosity in the future, having taught her that there are always certain probabilities.<\/p>\n

Simona is an active member of the WordPress community. She has been an organiser of WordCamp Milan for three years, is a speaker and a member of the \u2018Diversity Outreach Speakers\u2019 programme.<\/p>\n

She also contributes to the Make WordPress polyglots<\/a>\u00a0team.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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A writer who is passionate about communicating ideas in creative ways, Tess works as Marketing Manager for Mind Doodle. The company helps people globally use creative thinking and visual task management.<\/p>\n

She is active in the WordPress community and is leading the Communication Team for WordCamp Europe 2019. Tess co-organised the first do_action hackathon to take place in Europe, was a previous co-organiser of the monthly Bristol WordPress People MeetUps and supported the inaugural WordCamp Bristol. Tess was winner of the GoDaddy Pro scholarship for Women in Tech in 2017, in partnership with Campaign.<\/p>\n

During her free time, you will find Tess writing, making music, staying active (in any way, from yoga to flipping tyres!), attending music festivals with friends, kayaking with her partner or exploring the countryside with their two dogs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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As the 34SP.com WordPress Platform Lead and Developer advocate, Tim is responsible for the management of the WordPress platform and keeping thousands of sites running fast and staying secure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is also known to give the odd talk here and there and when he can blog and appear randomly on YouTube. Tim\u2019s own site is timnash.co.uk<\/a> and he writes about everything from security to home automation with a healthy dose of WordPress and humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim contributes to Make WordPress core<\/a>, support<\/a> and plugins<\/a> teams, and is a MeetUp organiser.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYvette Sonneveld\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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An all-round marketing professional, Yvette has helped dozens of business owners attract leads, clients and fans. She created her first hand-coded website in 1999 and her first WordPress site in 2008. During office hours, Yvette is in charge of the \u00a0marketing for Level Level, a full service WordPress agency based in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n

She discovered the WordPress community in 2014, when to extend her comfort zone, she travelled on her own to volunteer at WordCamp Miami. This one volunteer-type tourism experience encouraged her to continue to try new things. It \u00a0has led to many exciting opportunities including speaking internationally, becoming a Make WordPress Marketing<\/a> team representative and a WordCamp organiser.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A professional educator, with a current focus on JavaScript development with and alongside WordPress at javascriptforwp.com. Zac has many years of experience teaching at high schools, colleges, bootcamps and online learning sites like Treehouse, Udemy and Frontend Masters.<\/p>\n

In addition to teaching, Zac also runs Web Hosting for Students, one of the world\u2019s largest hosting companies dedicated to students and teachers. You can also catch his free Office Yoga sessions on OfficeYoga.tv.<\/p>\n

He contributes to Make WordPress training<\/a> and plugins<\/a> teams.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

FIND OUT MORE<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The\u00a0full schedule is available<\/a>\u00a0now and includes talks on Accessibility, Development, SEO and Design amongst others.\u00a0Tickets are on sale<\/a>, so what are you waiting for? Book your place.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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