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WordSesh EMEA
02 September 2020

Join WordPress developers from around the world for this must-attend virtual conference on 2nd Sept 2020!

What's WordSesh?

WordSesh is a live, virtual conference for WordPress professionals. Each event is highly curated to provide you with the absolute best possible experience.

Every presenter has been hand-picked and each topic is selected to complement or build on the others.

Best yet, every presentation is recorded and published to WPSessions after the live event has ended. This means you can watch everything no matter when you're available.

WordSesh EMEA is coming to a screen near you on September 2nd, 2020, kicking off at 8:00am.

Want to know more? Join to the mailing list and stay up-to-date about all future event details!

    PS – You should follow @WordSesh on Twitter for announcements.

    Adam Silverstein, @roundearth
    Adejoke Haastrup, @jasgeekythe5th
    ArΕ«nas Liuiza, @arunaswp
    Joost de Valk, @jdevalk
    Marieke van de Rakt, PhD, @mariekerakt
    Mary Job, @maryojob
    Miriam Schwab, @MiriamSchwab
    Pascal Birchler, @swissspidy
    Patricia Brun Torre, @PatriciaBT70
    Sandy Edwards, @sunsanddesign
    Shane Pearlman, @justlikeair
    Sodiq Akinjobi, @geektutor
    Woody Hayday, @woodyhayday
    Mike Stott, @mikestottwp
    Sebastiaan van der Lans, @delans

    Meet the Speakers

    Say hello to each of the incredible hand-picked speakers for WordSesh EMEA 2020!

    You should follow each of them on Twitter, and follow @WordSesh too while you're at it.

    Schedule

    This year we have 13 sessions that touch on topics like plugin development, static WordPress, business development, and leveraging WordPress for growth.

    Every session brings a valuable lesson and perspective to the table, so you should make time to watch them all. Please note that the schedule arrangement may change in the weeks leading up to the event.

    Use the selector above the session list to adjust the timezone of the schedule.

    WordSesh EMEA

    02 September 2020


    8:00am

    Meet & Greet

    All Attendees
    8:15am

    Opening Remarks

    Portrait of Brian Richards Brian Richards Event Host
    8:30am

    Building & Sustaining a Business on Free Software

    Portrait of Marieke van de Rakt Portrait of Joost de Valk Marieke van de Rakt Phd & Joost de Valk CEO & CPO, Yoast
    9:00am

    Blockworld: Survival Guide for a PHP Developer

    Portrait of ArΕ«nas Liuiza ArΕ«nas Liuiza Engineering Team Lead, Kayak
    9:30am

    CRM - the True Essential Tool for the Modern Business

    Portrait of Woody Hayday Portrait of Mike Stott Woody Hayday & Mike Stott Co-founders of Jetpack CRM
    9:45am

    15-minute Break

    Stretch your legs!
    10:00am

    A Static-first Approach to WordPress

    Portrait of Allie Miriam Schwab height= Miriam Schwab CEO, Strattic
    10:30am

    Understanding Web Vitals

    Portrait of Pascal Birchler Adam Silverstein Developer Programs Engineer, Google
    11:00am

    Web Stories: Publishing Stories on the Open Web

    Portrait of Pascal Birchler Pascal Birchler Developer Programs Engineer, Google
    11:15am

    Mid-Day Break (75min)

    Take some time to rest and relax.
    12:30pm

    Easier Plugin Development Using Boilerplates

    Portrait of Adejoke Haastrup Adejoke Haastrup Software Developer, Sendbox Technologies
    1:00pm

    Fixing Fraud and Improving SEO with Blockchain

    Portrait of Sebastiaan van der Lans Sebastiaan van der Lans Founder & CEO, WordProof.io
    1:30pm

    How to Manage your Clients and Their Websites in Less Time

    Portrait of Sandy Edwards Sandy Edwards US Field Marketing Manager, GoDaddy Pro
    1:45pm

    15-minute Break

    Stretch your legs!
    2:00pm

    Waiting for the Host: Event Planning and the Pandemic Pivot

    Portrait of Shane Pearlman Shane Pearlman Partner and CEO, Modern Tribe, Inc.
    2:30pm

    What Community Events Taught Me About Business

    Portrait of Patricia Brun Torre Patricia Brun Torre Owner, Virtuaza
    3:00pm

    5-minute Break

    Stretch your legs!
    3:05pm

    How I Built "How Do You Tech"

    Portrait of Mary Job Mary Job Support Engineer, Paid Memberships Pro
    3:35pm

    How To Use WordPress Multisite to Scale Your Business

    Portrait of Sodiq Akinjobi Sodiq Akinjobi Project Manager, Peths Digital
    4:00pm

    Closing Remarks

    Portrait of Brian Richards Brian Richards Event Host

    Win a Lifetime Membership on WPSessions!

    WPSessions.com is home to more than 180 hours of exclusive presentations and courses, featuring many of the foremost WordPress experts from around the world. These are talks you won't find anywhere else!

    In fact, every past WordSesh presentation is proudly featured in the WPSessions library (and only in the WPSessions library).

    We have TWO quick and easy contests that you can enter to win that WPSessions membership:

    1. Invite Your Friends!

    After you register you will get your own special invitation link. Share this link with your friends and colleagues on your favorite social networks – or, better yet: reach out and invite them individually (everyone loves a personal invitation)!

    The person who invites the most attendees will win a lifetime membership.

    And a second place winner will win a year-long membership (or extension to their current membership).

    2. Attend the Live Event

    All you need to do for this one is attend the live event and click the "enter contest" button. One lucky winner will be selected at random.

    Yep, that's it! Show up to any part of the live event, click the "enter contest" button, and you're in.

    The drawing for this one will take place and the winner will be announced during the closing remarks at the end of the event.

    Well, what are you waiting for?

    Kind Words about WordSesh

    Hallway Track

    No good conference is complete without the opportunity to chat and network with your peers. This year, WordSesh has multiple built-in opportunities for you to connect with other attendees, talk shop, swap notes, and make new friends from around the globe.

    swag

    Event Swag

    No, we won't have any stickers, pins, or t-shirts, but we will have plenty of useful gifts for every WordSesh attendee! We've made special arrangements with many awesome companies in the WordPress space to provide exclusive digital swag.

    Thank You Sponsors!

    WordSesh is possible thanks to these incredible partners.
    Tell them thanks and check out what they're doing!

    A WordSesh for You

    No matter where you live, there is a WordSesh to suit your timezone. Mark your calendar and join the fun!

    March 24 & 25, 2020
    WordSesh APAC
    Asia/Pacific

    May 27, 2020
    WordSesh AMER
    Americas

    September 2, 2020
    WordSesh EMEA
    Europe/Middle East/Africa

    Psst, are you more into ecommerce?
    You should check out WooSesh, the conference for WooCommerce.

    Watch Past Events

    There have been so many great presentations on WordSesh that it would be criminal to make a list of favorites. Instead, here is just one recent session.

    You can watch the recordings from all past WordSesh events right now on WPSessions.

    WordSesh, a WPSessions Event

    For the past seven years, WPSessions has been recruiting remarkable presenters to teach what they know.

    WPSessions is home to more than 180 hours of exclusive content to help you write better code, find better clients, and deliver better projects.

    If you're hungry for WordPress training, and one full day of WordSesh just isn't enough for you, WPSessions is ready feed that desire year-round.

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