{"id":1040,"date":"2017-10-26T10:14:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T02:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.singapore.wordcamp.org\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2017-10-26T10:19:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T02:19:40","slug":"all-you-need-to-know-about-wordcamp-singapore-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singapore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/all-you-need-to-know-about-wordcamp-singapore-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"All you need to know about WordCamp Singapore 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>General<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is the 2nd time we&#8217;ve ran WordCamp Singapore in recent years. We&#8217;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 &amp; Human Made and local &amp; international WordPress businesses alike.<\/p>\n<p>There are 3 events namely<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference Day (28 Oct)<\/li>\n<li>Afterparty (28 Oct Evening)<\/li>\n<li>Contributor &amp; Workshop Day (29 Oct)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All venue information can be found by reading the <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.singapore.wordcamp.org\/venue\/\">Venue<\/a> page<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conference Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Registration starts 8.30am and there will be light refreshments served, so just come early and chit-chat! Talks will begin 9 am sharp!<\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.singapore.wordcamp.org\/conference-day-schedule\/\">conference schedule here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Afterparty<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At the end of the conference day, we&#8217;ll be providing some light refreshments right at the convention center.<\/p>\n<p>After which, we&#8217;ll adjourn to the afterparty location which is about a 5 mins walk.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol will served there but we&#8217;ll ensure that there are soft drinks for non-drinkers. Everyone who has bought a ticket is welcome!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Contributor &amp; Workshop Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Contributor Days are held in many WordCamps across the world but this is the first time we&#8217;re doing that in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>This is a day for people to just bring their laptops, sit down and contribute back to the WordPress project. No experience is needed.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re also running 2 workshops for the first time to get more people into WordPress!<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.singapore.wordcamp.org\/contributor-day\/\">Contributor &amp; Workshop Day here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>WIFI<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>High speed wifi is available for free throughout the convention area.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Out of Town people<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re from out of town and you have burning questions to ask &#8211; drop a line to @kenshino on the Make WordPress Slack or email us at singapore@wordcamp.org<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sponsors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.singapore.wordcamp.org\/sponsors\/\">sponsors here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tickets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you have not bought a ticket, come on! It&#8217;s running out. Get yours now at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2017.singapore.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">https:\/\/2017.singapore.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You can follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordCampSG\">Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wordpress.sg\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wordcampsg\/\">Instagram<\/a>. Use #WordCampSG to talk about the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General This is the 2nd time we&#8217;ve ran WordCamp Singapore in recent years. We&#8217;ve got a great bunch of speakers, not all from WordPress related business. 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