WordCamp Cape Town 2011 offers 2 Tracks of talks hosted by some of the most interesting WordPress professionals around.
Each Speaker will host a 30 minute session with a short Q&A session afterward. There are two tracks on offer, the Publisher track and the Tech/Developer Track.
Publisher Track
This track will focus on the role of content in WordPress Web development, including blogging, content creation, content management and content strategy.
Registration
– 08:00 to 9:15am
1st Morning session:
- 09:15 – Opening Remarks and Introduction by Ashley Shaw
- Jonothan Druig takes over as MC for the day
- 09:30 – What a 60’s Rock n’ Roll Band Can Teach Us About Online Publishing by Fred Roed
- 10:15 – Syndicating your blog by Craig Strachan
Tea/Coffee Break
- 10:45am to 11:15am
2nd Morning session:
- 11:15 – WP-eCommerce by Dan Milward
- 12:00 – How to deal with non-technical WordPress clients by Jess Green
Lunch
- 12:30pm to 13:30pm
1st Afternoon session: Out of Africa
- 13:30 – WordPress as a CMS by David Mugo from Kenya
- 14:15 – Harnessing the full power of WordPress for multimedia publishing by Oluniyi D. Ajao from Ghana
Tea/Coffee Break
- 3pm to 3:30pm
2nd Afternoon session: (SEO)
- 15:30 – WordPress and search engine traffic by Dr Carl Parry
- 16:15 – WordPress SEO by Neil Pursey
Panel Discussion:
- 17:00 – Publisher Panel Session covering the future of publishing with WordPress traditional media vs new media using mediums like blogging, micro-blogging, social media marketing
Tech/Development
The development track will be focused on the more technical aspects of developing with WordPress, including Plugins, User Interface design and scalability.
Registration
– 08:00 to 9:15am
1st Morning session: (Front & Backend)
- 09:20 – Introduction to event by Ashley Shaw
- Tyler Reed takes over as MC for the day
- 09:30 – Responsive Web Design by Jason Bagley
- 10:15 – Improving Ease of Use with the WordPress Admin Dashboard by Matt Bush
Tea/Coffee Break
- 10:45am to 11:15am
2nd Morning session (Scaling)
- 11:15 – Scaling WordPress by Ashley Shaw
- 12:00 – Building high volume websites with WordPress by Roy Foubister
Lunch
- 12:30pm to 13:30pm
1st Afternoon session: (Mobile)
- 13:30 – MobilePress by Matt Geri
- 14:15 – Obox Mobile by David Perel
Tea/Coffee Break
- 3pm to 3:30pm
2nd Afternoon session (Scaling)
- 15:30 – Using WordPress as a development framework by Jeff Pearce
- 16:15 – The Business of WordPress: Making Money in more ways than one by Adii Pienaar
Panel Discussion:
- Business Panel Session covering making money off WordPress by selling themes, plugins, membership or advertising
