Schedule

This year, we’re going to be continuing the tradition of holding practical workshops on day 1, followed by inspiring sessions on day 2. We’re also holding our first ever Contributor Day on 3 November!

We’ve made sure there’s something for everyone this year, so check out the schedule below and get excited for WordCamp Cape Town 2018!

Thursday, 1 November – Workshops

Workshops are 90 minutes long and attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops with them so they can work along with everyone else.

Time	Auditorium	Café
8:00 am	Registration
9:00 am	Welcome
9:15 am	Climbing the Gutenberg Job Thomas Favorite session: Climbing the Gutenberg	WPooW – An Object-Oriented Wrapper for Creating WordPress Themes or Plugins Chido Warambwa Favorite session: WPooW – An Object-Oriented Wrapper for Creating WordPress Themes or Plugins
10:45 am	Morning tea
11:15 am	Maintaining & Running a Successful Online WooCommerce Store Hanna Partridge Favorite session: Maintaining & Running a Successful Online WooCommerce Store	Leveraging the WordPress REST API to Power Mobile Applications Lindeni Mahlalela Favorite session: Leveraging the WordPress REST API to Power Mobile Applications
12:45 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	A Definitive Guide to Building Your First Gutenberg Block Daine Mawer Favorite session: A Definitive Guide to Building Your First Gutenberg Block	How to Create a Website Experience Anchen le Roux Favorite session: How to Create a Website Experience
3:30 pm	Afternoon tea
4:00 pm	WordPress Internationalisation Workflows Pascal Birchler Favorite session: WordPress Internationalisation Workflows	Improving your Code with PHPUnit and Test Driven Development Matt Bush Favorite session: Improving your Code with PHPUnit and Test Driven Development
5:30 pm	Closing

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Friday, 2 November – Sessions & Youth Camp

Alongside the sessions on Day 2, we will also be hosting a Youth Camp where we will be working with local high-school students to educate and empower them to get started on the web. More information and sign up here.

Time	Sessions
8:00 am	Registration
9:00 am	Welcome
9:25 am	I Know How She (or He) Does It! Anchen le Roux Favorite session: I Know How She (or He) Does It!
10:05 am	How to Rock Customer Service in eCommerce Claire Nieuwoudt Favorite session: How to Rock Customer Service in eCommerce
10:40 am	Morning tea
11:15 am	The power of open-source CMSs in Africa and the story of a level playing field Oduor Ken Jagero Favorite session: The power of open-source CMSs in Africa and the story of a level playing field
11:55 am	Growing a Local WordPress Community Thabo Tswana Favorite session: Growing a Local WordPress Community
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:55 pm	Panel: Contributing to WordPress Vedanshu Jain, Hugh Lashbrooke, Thabo Tswana, Pascal Birchler, Trisha Cornelius Favorite session: Panel: Contributing to WordPress
2:45 pm	How to Create a Welcoming Environment in Your Tech Space Trisha Cornelius Favorite session: How to Create a Welcoming Environment in Your Tech Space
3:20 pm	Afternoon tea
3:55 pm	Youth Camp Report Favorite session: Youth Camp Report
4:35 pm	How Getting Involved with the Community Changed My Life: A Tale of Meetups, WordCamps, Career Changes & Globe Trotting Jonathan Bossenger, Bruce Lunnis Favorite session: How Getting Involved with the Community Changed My Life: A Tale of Meetups, WordCamps, Career Changes & Globe Trotting
5:10 pm	Closing
6:00 pm	After party

Don’t forget to get your tickets for WordCamp Cape Town 2018.

Saturday, 3 November – Contributor Day

This year is a first for WordCamp Cape Town – we will be hosting a Contributor Day as part of our WordCamp! Many WordCamps around the world do events like this, and it is a day designed to enable us to contribute back to WordPress as a community.

Interested? Find out more info and register for it here.

Don’t forget to get your tickets for WordCamp Cape Town 2018.