All you need to know about WordCamp Singapore 2017

General

This is the 2nd time we’ve ran WordCamp Singapore in recent years. We’ve got a great bunch of speakers, not all from WordPress related business. There are people speaking from big enterprises such as Google, WordPress big names such as Automattic & Human Made and local & international WordPress businesses alike.

There are 3 events namely

  • Conference Day (28 Oct)
  • Afterparty (28 Oct Evening)
  • Contributor & Workshop Day (29 Oct)

All venue information can be found by reading the Venue page

Conference Day

Registration starts 8.30am and there will be light refreshments served, so just come early and chit-chat! Talks will begin 9 am sharp!

We have 3 great rooms for 2 tracks of talks (12 speakers from all around the world and 8 local ones) and a main hall for networking, food and visiting the sponsor booths!

See the conference schedule here

Afterparty

At the end of the conference day, we’ll be providing some light refreshments right at the convention center.

After which, we’ll adjourn to the afterparty location which is about a 5 mins walk.

Alcohol will served there but we’ll ensure that there are soft drinks for non-drinkers. Everyone who has bought a ticket is welcome!

Contributor & Workshop Day

Contributor Days are held in many WordCamps across the world but this is the first time we’re doing that in Singapore.

This is a day for people to just bring their laptops, sit down and contribute back to the WordPress project. No experience is needed.

We’re also running 2 workshops for the first time to get more people into WordPress!

Read more about the Contributor & Workshop Day here.

WIFI

High speed wifi is available for free throughout the convention area.

Out of Town people

If you’re from out of town and you have burning questions to ask – drop a line to @kenshino on the Make WordPress Slack or email us at singapore@wordcamp.org

Sponsors

There are also a great list of sponsors who have booths in our Main Hall. You will get to interact with people from Automattic, Human Made, PayPal, WooCommerce and Z.com.

Read more about our sponsors here

Tickets

If you have not bought a ticket, come on! It’s running out. Get yours now at https://2017.singapore.wordcamp.org/tickets/

Social Media

You can follow us on Twitter or Facebook and Instagram. Use #WordCampSG to talk about the event.

Thank you, WooCommerce, for being our Platinum Sponsor!

37% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.

Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.

Thank you, JetPack, for being our Platinum Sponsor!

Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple-site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look and feel of your site without installing other tools. More information can be found at jetpack.com.

Thank you, Z.com, for being our Platinum Sponsor!

Z.com for WordPress provides all your needs for building WordPress websites.

No need to worry about acceleration, security, backup as well. Z.com for WordPress is designed for users to concentrate on building their website so you have your own website automatically as little as 1 to 2 minutes as the first step.

Once set it up, your WordPress website is with the all exceptional features those are automatic updates, ultra fast SSD storage, 1-click site-copying, 1-click staging environment, auto-scaling and automatic backup and more already as standard. In addition, there are unlimited services as standard for additional WordPress websites, data transfer and websites visitors.

Just leave it all to us and Enjoy your own WordPress website with Z.com Singapore.

Thank you, PayPal, for being our Platinum Sponsor!

Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy.

Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 210 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom, enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies. For more information on PayPal, visit https://www.paypal.com/about. For PayPal financial information, visit https://investor.paypal-corp.com.

Thank you, GoDaddy Pro, for being our Gold Sponsor!

GoDaddy Pro is a free membership program for web developers, designers & agencies. It offers exclusive tools to help onboard, manage and maintain multiple clients and their sites fast and easy. With GoDaddy Pro tools, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage their products from a single dashboard. Additionally, your membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support and rewards for recommending GoDaddy to your clients.

You can use GoDaddy Pro with all of GoDaddy’s newly refreshed hosting products, including Managed WordPress, cPanel shared hosting, our brand new cloud product, and our virtual and dedicated solutions.

And, always get the best price on GoDaddy products with your “30% off list price” member benefit.

Learn more about GoDaddy Pro.

Thank you, Bluehost, for being our Gold Sponsor!

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

Thank you, Human Made, for being our Gold Sponsor!

Human Made

Human Made is a WordPress development agency that brings open source to big publishers and enterprise-level clients. NewsUK, USAToday, Greenpeace, and Unison, are just some of the names we’ve worked with.

We hire the best people, regardless of location, and our team consists of some of the world’s most respected WordPress ​professionals. We’re highly active in contributing to all aspects of the WordPress project and re​cognised worldwide for our community standing.​ Find out more about us and how we work by reading our engineering handbook. And get in touch! We’d love to hear from you.

Thank you, Silver Sponsors!

TAMSAN is a Japanese web production / digital marketing company based in Singapore. Our Headquarters are in Osaka, Japan and we were founded 24 years ago.

Our goal is not only to develop websites or apps, but to also solve the client’s problems using digital solutions.

We are launching a mobile commerce package “Mobile Commerce 360” developed with WooCommerce. There is comprehensive support ranging from rapid launch of E-Commerce content to operations and marketing (marketing automation/advertising planning).

More information can be found at ec.tamsan.sg.

iVideoSmart is a home-grown OTT video platform with product, project and support teams based in Singapore. Being in the business of helping our customers build white label video business, one of our core product uses WordPress to rapidly build and deploy custom video portal for the dissemination and monetisation of video content.

WordCamp Singapore 2017 is over. Check out the next edition!