Present an English Talk at WordCamp Tokyo
WordCamp Tokyo 2019 team is looking for speakers of English sessions. Share your knowledge, skills, and experiences with the Japanese and international audience.
Please note we will NOT be providing simultaneous interpretation this year. Instead, we are looking into using UDTalk, a real-time captioning + machine text translation service.
What We Expect from Speakers
Talks for all skill levels are welcome.
We do NOT require you to be famous, or an “expert”. If you haven’t spoken at a conference before, let this WordCamp be your first one! All we ask is that you speak passionately about a topic you know well.
We do have some general guidelines for talks, though. Your talk should be…
- directly related to WordPress, or immediately applicable and relevant to our audience
- respectful of the WordPress community, the WordCamp code of conduct, GPL, and WordPress trademark.
- something that will inspire the audience!
Application Details
Speaking Date
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Venue
Bellesale Shinjuku Grand 5th Floor Conference Center (Japanese)
(It is in the Shinjuku area, Tokyo. [See on Google Maps])
Application Deadline
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 23:59 JST
Requirements
- You have experience in working with WordPress-powered website.
- You must read and agree to the “Agreement among WordCamp Organizers, Speakers, Sponsors, and Volunteers”, and pass the 100% GPL Vetting Checklist.
- You must agree to be audio/videotaped and photographed during the event (the data may be published on WordPress.tv). We also ask you to publish your slides.
- You need to submit your profile information, session summary, and slides in time.
Suggested Topics
Here’s a list of topics we would really like to have someone present this year. You can, of course, submit a different topic if you’d like.
For Beginners/Non-Devs
- WordPress community
- Intro to blogging/writing
- Copyrights law for blogging
- Intro to Block Editor
- Intro to Customizer
- Overview of current front-end technologies (including JavaScript)
- WordPress business best practices
- WordPress client work project management
For Advanced Users
- PHP trends for WordPress users
- WooCommerce real-life experience
- REST API use cases
- PWA
- What is JAMstack/JAMstack use cases
- Headless WordPress
- Optimized infrastructure for WordPress
- WordPress internal processing
Notes:
- Talks can be either 15 or 45 minutes in length.
- We will notify the result of your application by mid-August.
- We may ask you to join an online meeting to discuss the contents of your session and/or rehearse your talk.
- WordCamp is a volunteer-run community event and there is no monetary compensation for speaking. Your travel and accommodation cost will not be reimbursed.
- We will provide a free Session Day ticket and event T-shirt to speakers. Speakers will need to register a free Contributor Day ticket separately if they wish to attend it.
- If you are not based in Tokyo and don’t know whether you can travel to Tokyo for sure, please let us know in advance. It will not affect the selection process, but we just need to learn as much as we can about your situation.
- We ask your WordPress.org email address for using the Gravatar photo, and WordPress.org account for associating this speaker experience with your profile page.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.